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(v3.5.25) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <20050708100433.9242@mail.comp.lancs.ac.uk> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at libero.it serv4 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:21267 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:21267 Friday, July 8, 2005 Adam Lindsay wrote: > Giuseppe Bilotta said this at Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:11:01 +0200: >>Thursday, July 7, 2005 Adam Lindsay wrote: >> >>> Me neither, but they look to be of good quality, but of lesser glyph >>> coverage (lacking AMS symbols) than the PX fonts. That said, the basic >>> three fonts are 99.8% glyph compatible with the existing PX support. >> >>So ConTeXt uses the PX family for math support when Palatino >>is in use? > That's my understanding of it, yes. > Reading more about it yesterday, that does indeed sound non-optimal. > Can you say what the requirements would be for improving Palatino math > support would be? Well, all things considered I would say that augmenting the mathpazo collection would be the best thing. > (And have you tried my little typescript hack?) Yes. It works perfectly, thanks :) > For those trying to follow along: > Young Ryu's pxmath: > * Current ConTeXt choice > + Complete AMS glyph coverage > - Some spacing bugs > - No longer supported, and deprecated in LaTeX world > Diego Puga's mathpazo: > * LaTeX's preferred choice (of free fonts) > + heavily tested spacing > - only 'basic' math support > I think some sort of hybrid is possible. Without relying on virtual > fonts, it would be necessary to make a choice between the two blackboard > options. Is it possible to set mathpazo as the default math font for Palatino, and setting px as the fallback? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta