UKTeX V89 #03 Friday 20 January 1989
re: Raw TeX: staticisation of fonts
re: merging MF fonts with PostScript fonts
verbatim macros for LaTeX
Determining the document style in LaTeX
Emacs Functions for LaTeX mode
dvi2ps
BibTeX sources
OzTeX
Landmarks in Electronic Publishing
Rick Simpson's `Unconventional Uses of Metafont' software
Editor Peter Abbott
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From: "Jerry Leichter (LEICHTER-JERRY@CS.YALE.EDU)" <LEICHTER@arpa.yale-eng-venus>
Subject: re: Raw TeX: staticisation of fonts
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Philip Taylor wants to know which font to expect to be used as \textfont0
after something like:
\font\myfont fonta
\textfont0=\myfont
\font\myfont fontb
He is expecting fontb, but getting fonta.
The problem is with his expectation. An assignment to \textfont0 assigns the
CURRENT MEANING. The current meaning of \myfont is "the font fonta". Changing
the meaning of \myfont later has no more effect than changing the value of
\b in:
\def\b{old b}
\let\a=\b
\def\b{new b}
changes the meaning of a.
What makes this seem confusing is that the meaning displayed for \the\textfont0
above would be \b. This is the result of TeX's convention for naming fonts in
displays: The name for a font is just the last command given in a \font command
for that font. Thus:
\tracingonline=1 X \showlists
produces
... \tenrm X ...
If you now type:
\font\newrm cmr10 \showlists
you get:
... \newrm X ...
This is the same "X" - it's just that TeX has chosen a new external name for
the font it was chosen from.
-- Jerry
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Subject: re: merging MF fonts with PostScript fonts
From: Mario Wolczko <mario@uk.ac.man.cs.r7>
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Date: Fri,13 Jan 11:41:48 1989
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Subject: re: merging MF fonts with PostScript fonts
The question is: was Metafont ever in the mainstream? Yes, it does
quality character generation, and yes it is PD. But what's the demand
for such a tool? How many people in the world are trained to do font
design? Very few, I suspect. Unless there's a large number of
amateur font designers out there, I would guess that most of them do
font design for a living, and paying for a package is unlikely to be a
large overhead. Also, they'll want their fonts to reach as wide an
audience as possible, and I'm suggesting that PostScript is more
likely to be their chosen medium.
In your last sentence you're confusing the the issue of the output
format produced by metafont as opposed to its user interface. If
metafont produced its fonts in postscript would that make you any
happier? (Probably not.)
What does Metafont give you that other systems don't? Only the "meta"
nature distinguishes it from other systems. Therefore, I think it has
no advantages for symbol or logo creation ... who designs meta-symbols
and meta-logos? Personally, I would find it much more immediate and
effective to design a logo or symbol with an interactive WYSIWYG
graphic editor. Further, if such an editor generated a PostScript
description, I could use that symbol in many more applications than if
it were in a GF file.
Again, in your last sentence you are confusing the format of font
files with a font designing program's user interface. The way I look
at metafont is that it's sort of analogous to tex in that tex is a
markup language/batch system for text formatting and metafont is a
programmatic/batch system for font design. On the other side of the
coin are WYSIWYG text editors and WYSIWYG font editors. Just as there
are some print jobs that are better done with a WYSIWYG editor and
some that are better done with a markup system, there are no doubt
some things that are better done with WYSIWYG font systems and some
with programmatic/batch font systems.
Personally, I should think that logos would be easier to do with
metafont, especially the ones that are geometric since metafont is
such a geometry toolbox. A lot of dingbats are probably easier to do
with metafont; look at Zapf Dingbats, all those stars, arrows, and
such. I would also think that modifying an existing font would be
easier with metafont.
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From: alien@uk.ac.essex.ese.vulcan (Adrian F. Clark)
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Subject: verbatim macros for LaTeX
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> From: Colin Walls <ctw@uk.ac.umist.cns>
> Message-Id: <21890.8901091019@sun>
> Subject: Including whole files in a LaTeX document
> To: info-tex@uk.ac.aston
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 89 10:19:01 BST
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> We are currently producing documentation which will include examples
> of working source code. Does anyone have a set of LaTeX macros which
> will enable one to include the source code file in \tt font without
> having to make amendments to the source code at all.
There's a file called `MISC.STY' in the style file collection of the
Aston archive (currently [PUBLIC.CLARKSON]) which contains macros
called \verbfile (for the verbatim inclusion of a file) and \listing
(for verbatim inclusion with line numbers).
Adrian F. Clark
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Subject: Determining the document style in LaTeX
Is there any way one can determine the document style (article, etc)
from within a style file specified as an option to the \documentstyle
command, as in
\documentstyle[mymacros]{article}
and
\documentstyle[mymacros]{letter}
For example, for the letter style, mymacros.sty could define the
return address (etc), but for articles, it could make all
table-of-contents entries generate leaders.
(If it is possible, I stand some chance of getting the same style
options on all my documents!)
Adrian F. Clark
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Subject: Emacs Functions for LaTeX mode
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Does anyone out there by any chance have an Emacs function to
indent a LaTeX source file (e.g. indent sections, subsections, lists)
in a similar way to how Fortran mode indents DO loops, IF blocks, etc.
While such indentation is not at all necessary, it makes the source
files somewhat more intelligible.
Dunstan Vavasour
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Subject: dvi2ps
IS it possible to get hold of an up-to-date version of the
TeX dvi2ps program; ideally one which uses the resident Adobe fonts
in the LaserWriter.
Philip Taylor
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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 89 13:19
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\documentstyle{article}
\title{Font News}
\author{Dominik Wujastyk}
\date{January 16, 1989}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Concrete Roman and Italic}
The new book {\em Concrete Mathematics\/} by Ronald L. Graham, Donald E.
Knuth and Oren Patashnik\footnote{Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley,
1989.} is naturally typeset using \TeX, and also uses new
typefaces. The maths in set in AMS Euler, a typeface designed by
Hermann Zapf for the AMS. The text is set in special versions of
Knuth's CM family roman and italic, with weights designed to
blend with AMS Euler. This has been named Concrete Roman and
Italic.
Zapf's design for AMS Euler is intended to suggest the look of
mathematics as written on blackboards. This is how maths has
chiefly been written by generations of maths teachers and
researchers and is the medium in which most mathematics has
always been seen by most mathematicians. The face is distinctly
calligraphic, as opposed to italic, and in my view achieves the
effect it seeks. But it faces the same difficulty as any
striking and original new type design: it initially distracts the
reader from the underlying text. It would be interesting to hear
from anyone who reads {\em Concrete Mathematics\/} right through how the
typefaces fare after protracted reading.
The Concrete roman face appears to have features in common with
the CM typewriter font, although at the time of writing I have
not seen the parameter files. It is a face somewhat in the genre
of Bigelow's Lucida or Carter's Bitstream Charter, though
different from these, of course.
\section{Lucida}
In December 1988 Chuck Bigelow informed me that:
\begin{quotation}
Atari is soon (January 1989) bundling Lucida text fonts with its
PostScript clone upgrade for its laser printer, the SLM 804. The
Lucida fonts include the \TeX\ text character set. The Lucida
math fonts will also be available for Atari systems, but from the
Imagen Corp., later in 1989. Also, QMS-Imagen are bundling
Lucida fonts in the same character set with a software PostScript
clone "UltraScript PC" for IBM PC's and various printers. The
Lucida \TeX\ math fonts will also be available from Imagen for
that system.
\end{quotation}
\end{document}
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Character code reference:
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Lower case letters: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Digits: 0123456789
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Backslash, slash, vertical bar: \ / |
Punctuation: . ? ! , : ;
Underscore, hyphen, equals sign: _ - =
Quotes--right left double: ' ` "
"at", "number" "dollar", "percent", "and": @ # $ % &
"hat", "star", "plus", "tilde": ^ * + ~
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Subject: BibTeX sources
Do you know where I can obtain the sources for BibTeX 0.99 or higher? I am
on a VAXStation II/GPX running Ultrix 2.2. We currently have 0.98i+0.1
and have been given some .bst files for later versions of BibTeX in which
the order of arguments to the := function are reversed. Rather than alter
all the .bst files, I would rather try and bring up a later version of BibTeX.
Thanks in advance.
Steve Montgomery
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Subject: OzTeX
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Subject: OzTeX, public domain TeX for the Mac
I'm nearing completion of OzTeX, a public domain version of TeX for the Mac.
I don't want to spend the rest of my life copying disks, so I'd like to hear
from people willing to act as regional distributors. Any volunteers?
I'd also like to hear from altruistic Macintosh programmers interested
in helping with future development.
Some info about OzTeX. The good news first:
- Source code will be supplied. Everything is written in TML Modula-2
(which requires MPW). There is about 35,000 lines of code.
- The application includes a DVI previewer, a PostScript driver, and
of course TeX (actually IniTeX so users can create their own formats,
although Plain and LaTeX will be supplied).
The TeX module passes Knuth's trip test (for version 2.0 at least).
- OzTeX is designed to be an open and expandable TeX system. It reads
font information from standard TFM and PK files, and creates standard
DVI files. If you have access to a Unix or VMS mainframe then you'll
be able to Kermit such files to and fro without any extra processing.
A basic set of TFM files and 300dpi PK files will be supplied.
PostScript printer fonts are also supported.
- I've seen TeXtures 1.0 and MacTeX 1.1 and I'd currently rate OzTeX
below both in terms of features, somewhere between them in speed of
typesetting/previewing/printing, but way ahead in terms of cost!
Now the bad news:
- There is currently NO integrated text editor (and I'm not sure that one is
really necessary, what with MultiFinder and good DA editors available).
- Support for inclusion of graphics is currently minimal.
The previewer ignores \special commands and the PostScript driver only
allows inclusion of a file, along with optional PostScript code.
- The documentation (which I haven't even started yet) will assume some
familiarity with TeX. OzTeX is NOT aimed at beginners, but at people
who have used TeX, probably on a mainframe, and would like to use it
on a Macintosh without paying $$$.
Please do NOT send me requests for OzTeX. At this stage I only want to hear
from people willing to act as distributors or interested in helping with
the programming.
Andrew Trevorrow
ACSnet: atrevorrow@g.ua.oz
Phone: (08) 267 1060
PS. I'll be out of contact from about 25th Jan to 10th Feb.
+++Editor - Since we shall be using it I can distribute in the UK. We shall
also try to make it available from the archive by FTP (and mail if it can
be coerced to work).+++
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 89 16:24:39 GMT
From: Roger.Gawley @ uk.ac.durham
Subject: Landmarks in Electronic Publishing
!to: info-tex @ uk.ac.aston
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UK TeXies may like to be reminded about the two-day meeting at the
University of Durham on April 13 and 14, organised by the British
Computer Society Electronic Publishing Specialist Group.
The title is ``Landmarks in Electronic Publishing'' and the meeting
will examine how we got into this mess and possible ways forwards.
Speakers include many major names in Electronic Publishing--
Glenn Reid of Adobe Systems will discuss the issues that shaped the
PostScript language.
Richard Patterson of Hyphen Editorial Systems will describe the
realities of producing a PostScript clone.
James Gosling of Sun Microsystems will describe the evolution of NeWS
and its relationship to PostScript.
William Newman of both Xerox PARCs will examine present and future
integration in publishing software.
Chris Hugh-Jones of the Independent will describe the use of
electronic production methods in a daily newspaper.
Dick Mathews of Aldus Corporation will reveal how PageMaker reached
its present state and where it is going.
All this for only \quid 80 provided you are a member of the BCS or the
specialist group and you book by the end of January. Failure to meet
either of those conditions will cost you a little more but not much.
Members already have booking forms and one went out with issue number 8
of Malcolm Clark's TeXline. Anyone who did not get that (are there
such people?) can write to
Landmarks in Electronic Publishing
Computer Centre
University of Durham
Science Laboratories
South Road
Durham DH1 3LE
or request a booking form by sending an electronic message to
E.P.Landmarks@UK.AC.Durham
please end your message with your full postal address in a format
suitable for copying to an address label.
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From: alien@uk.ac.essex.ese.vulcan (Adrian F. Clark)
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Subject: Rick Simpson's `Unconventional Uses of Metafont' software
Rick Simpson described some software for generating Metafont
descriptions of assorted graphics at Exeter last year. Does anyone
know if he gave his software away? If so, does anyone have a copy of it?
Adrian F. Clark
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