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Re: fontinst-1.8 release
- To: vieth@thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de
- Subject: Re: fontinst-1.8 release
- From: Sebastian Rahtz <s.rahtz@elsevier.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:32:36 +0100
- Cc: fontinst@cogs.susx.ac.uk
- In-Reply-To: <199806300911.LAA05851@attila.uni-duesseldorf.de>
- References: <199806300911.LAA05851@attila.uni-duesseldorf.de>
Ulrik Vieth writes:
> - mathptm (based on Times, Symbol and ZapfChancery) should be backwards
> compatible to the original version including all the (mis)features
>
> - mathptmx (based on Times, Symbol and RSFS) includes a number of changes
> (hopefully improvements), but it is _not_ metrics-compatible to the
> originaly mathtptm, so it should be used with care.
>
> Both packages use different font names, but some of the family names and
> fd file names are the same, so it's not recommended to install
sadly, that means that the PSNFSS is going to have to stay with the
old one only. I cannot risk a deluge of complaints. Cannot mathptmx be
made entirely independent?
sebastian