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Subject: Re: new^2 font selection scheme
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:44:12 +0100
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From: "Achim Blumensath" <blumensath@MATHEMATIK.TU-DARMSTADT.DE>
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Hello,

Will Robertson wrote:
> On 27 Apr 2005, at 5:20 PM, Achim Blumensath wrote:
>=20
> >the MinionPro project was asked about our wishes for an improved font
> >selection scheme. Currently there are three things which we miss in
> >NFSS:
> >
> >o Separate values of \bfdefault,... depending on the font family.
> >
> >o Support for many-dimensional font shapes. We need:
> >  - one axis for roman/italic/swash,
> >  - one axis for u&lc/small caps/spaced small caps/versals,
> >  - one axis for text figures/lining figure, and
> >  - one axis for proportional figures/tabular figures.
> >
> >o The ability to change math fonts within the document. Currently,
> >  \SetSymbolFont and friends are declared \@onlypreamble. This is
> >  needed, for example, to switch to tabular figures when setting
> >tables.

I forgot one feature:

o Being able to load packages from FD files (e.g., keyval).

> I believe that there will never be a fixed scheme that is able to
> encompass all variations that can be thought up by a font designer,

You misunderstood. What I meant was: being able to define your own axes.
Internally all axes could be implemented as shape parameter. I suggest
replacing the current shape value by a comma separated list with one
entry for each axis:

  \fontshape{it,sc,osf}\selectfont

Achim
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