============================================================ mathpple v0.97 Mathematical typesetting with the Palatino fonts ============================================================ Walter Schmidt 1999-01-07 ------------------------------------------------------------ This is a preliminary test version. Please, report bugs or problems to the above address! ------------------------------------------------------------ The LaTeX macro package `mathpple' defines the PostScript font family `Palatino' (ppl) as the default roman font and will use the `mathpple' fonts for typesetting math. These virtual fonts have been create for typesetting math in a style that suits the Palatino text fonts. The mathpple fonts make use of the CM, Adobe Symbol and Euler fonts as far as the required glyphs are not provided in Palatino. The AMS fonts, when used additionally, will be scaled to fit Palatino. The current distribution comprises the package mathpple.sty, the mathpple virtual fonts, and .fd files for scaling the font family Helvetica to suit Palatino, too. The fontinst sources of the mathpple fonts are icnliuded, too. Additionally, the Euler fonts are required in PostScript (Type1) format, which are available from he CTAN -- see below. ============================================================ Installation ============================================================ The names of the fonts and fonts families do not collide with the older `mathppl' fonts; both may be installed in parallel. * Copy all files from latex/ to a directory where LaTeX searches for style files. In a TDS compliant system this should be texmf/tex/latex/mathpple * Copy all files from tfm/ to a directory where TeX searches for font metrics. In a TDS compliant system this should be texmf/fonts/tfm/public/mathpple * Copy all files from vf/ to a directory where dvips searches for virtual fonts. In a TDS compliant system this should be texmf/fonts/vf/public/mathpple * The Euler fonts must be provided in Type 1 (PostScript) format. In the CTAN you can find them in the archive fonts/amsfonts/ps-type1/amsps-pc.zip . Copy at least the files eurm10.pfb eurb10.pfb to a directory where dvips searches for PostScript fonts. In a TDS compliant system this should be texmf/fonts/type1/ams/euler ( The mathpple fonts have been tested with these Type1 versions of the Euler fonts provided by the AMS. Besides, the BaKoMa distribution of Type1 fonts, too, comprises Euler. ) * Copy the file dvips/mathpple.map to a directory where dvips keeps its map files; make dvips read this file, too. In case you have installed _all_ the Type1 fonts from the AMS distribution, dvips must read both this file mathpple.map and the map file psfonts.amz which is part of the AMS distribution. The directory fontinst/ contains the fontinst sources of the virtual fonts. You need these files only in case you want to rebuild or modify the fonts. ============================================================ Usage ============================================================ Load the package as usual: \usepackage{mathpple} This will make the font family `ppl' (Adobe Palatino) the default roman family, and `zpple' (the mathhpple fonts) will be used for math. Only the following fonts will be used beside Palatino: eurm10, eurb10, cmr10, cmbx10, cmmi10, cmmib10, cmsy10, cmbsy10, cmex10, Adobe Symbol. All are available in Type1 format, so that one can create documents which do not require any bitmap fonts. Package options --------------- [slantedGreek] Uppercase Greek will be typset slanted, too. New commands ------------ * The package defines a new command \mathbold to typeset math variables, incl. greek, in a slanted boldface style, e.g: \mathbold{k} (\mathbold is a so-called `math alphabet'.) * Regardless of the option `slantedGreek' the commands \upDelta \upOmega always provide an upright \Delta and \Omega. Selecting the font encoding --------------------------- mathpple.sty does NOT change the default output font encoding from OT1. It is, however, recommended to use PostScript fonts in the extended T1 and TS1 (text symbols) encodings. This is enabled by the following commands: \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{textcomp} Selecting a suitable sans serif font ------------------------------------ mathpple.sty does NOT change the default sans serif font which is used for \sffamily and \textsf. In case you want Helvetica to be used instead of CM Sans, do NOT load the package helvet.sty, bacause Helvetica is slightly larger than Palatino when used at the same nominal size The distribution contains .fd files for a font family named 'phvv', which is indeed Helvetica, scaled down to 95%. You can use this font family as the default sans serif one by redefining the macro \sfdefault: \renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phvv} Caution: `phvv' is defined for the T1 and TS1 encodings only. (Please, note that `phvv' can be used regardless of the mathpple package, of course!) Selecting a typewriter font --------------------------- The package mathpple does not change the default typewriter font from `cmtt'. In order to specify a different one, e.g. `pcr' (Adobe Courier), just redefine the macro \ttdefault: \renewcommand{\ttdefault}{pcr} Using the AMS fonts ------------------- The AMS fonts, when used in conjunction with mathpple.sty, will automatically be scaled to fit Palatino. Do NOT specify the option [psamsfonts] when loading amsfonts.sty or amssymb.sty! Yet the package mathpple ensures that the AMS fonts will be loaded at those design sizes only, which are provided in Type1 format, too. Calligraphic alphabet --------------------- The package mathpple does not change the \mathcal alphabet from CM Symbol. A special package like calrsfs or euscript must be loadeded additionally in order to use a different font for this purpose. ============================================================ Known bugs and deficiencies ============================================================ * the \coprod symbol is not available. * There is no boldface version of the \partial symbol. * Positioning of accents on upright Greek capitals could be better. Since there is no \skewchar defined for the `operators' font, I don't know how to fix that. ============================================================ Credits, where credits are due! ============================================================ The mathpple fonts are based on fontinst scripts 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 font in the AMS distribution. Special thanks also to Daniel Schlieper, who proposed the project, wrote the very first version of the style file, contributed many good ideas and helped me with testing. -- finis