------------------------------------------------------------ The virtual mathpple fonts v2.0a for PSNFSS 8.1 ------------------------------------------------------------ 2000-05-02 Walter Schmidt This directory contains the fontinst sources of the virtual mathpple fonts for typesetting math with Adobe Palatino. The `Makefile' must be edited to reflect the directory structure of your TeX system and the command to invoke TeX. Currently it suits OS/2 with emTeX/TDS. Targets are: make tex runs the master source file fontplcme.tex through TeX and creates the .vpl and .fd files make metrics creates the .vf and .tfm files make installfonts copies all the .vf, .tfm and .fd files to the right directories make all makes all above targets make clean, make realclean cleans up ------------------------------------------------------------ Changes ------------------------------------------------------------ Version 2.0a as of 2000-05-02 * This is part of PSNFSS 8.1 now. * The distribition includes patched afm's, with the 1-1 kerns removed. * \Re, \Im taken from Euler instead of CM Symbols. * \infty taken from euex10 instead of CM; as a result, boldface \infty is missing now. * Metrics for eurm10 and eurb10 are now taken from the tfm's, as oposed to afm's, so as to avoid rounding errors. Version 1.1 (1999-04-20) * (changes affected the style file only) Version 1.0 (1999-04-05) * Comma and period for math are now taken from Palatino, as opposed to CM Math Italic. * Small adjustments to the spacing of a few characters. Version 0.97 (1999-01-07) * the first public release ------------------------------------------------------------ Credits ------------------------------------------------------------ The mathpple fonts are based on fontinst scripts written by Aloysius Helminck, which were distributed in conjunction with fontinst v1.335, but are no longer available from the CTAN. The main changes with regard to Helminck's model are: * italic Greek letters from the Euler fonts; * \mathcal from CM instead of Zapf Chancery; * positioning of math accents substantially improved; * improved spacing; * cmex9 isn't used any more, because there is no Type1 version of this typeface in the AMS distribution. Special thanks also to Daniel Schlieper, who proposed the project, wrote the very first version of the style file mathpple.sty, contributed many good ideas and helped me with testing. -- finis