Re: Changing fonts, math and AMS

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Luis A. Apiolaza wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Well, spending US$165 doesn't sound that appealing. I don't know if it
> would be the same quality, but I was searching the net and I found
> Lucida math symbol, extension and italic (supplied by Linotype) for
> US$21 each at:
> 
> http://www.fonthaus.com
> 
> They are offered as PC Postscript or Macintosh Postscript. Does anyone
> has experience with those types of fonts. Would they work directly
> with context or it would be necessary to do some obscure work on them
> before being able to include them in my documents?

You would need the PC Postscript version (PFB/PFM). I remember these
fonts vaguely, they are not as good as the Y&Y ones but they should
do the job. These are the 'parents', so to say. They'll need some work
and probably will miss some characters.

But ... you can get the Y&Y ones separately as well: check this page

   http://www.yandy.com/river/setdetail-LB.htm

Just the 5 math fonts will cost you $70. Since you need at least the
three basic ones, the difference is 70-3*21 = only $7. You'll get
two extra fonts and they will be the 'right' ones.

For the remaining $95, you get 22 high-quality fonts.
Not a bad deal at all.

Greetings, Taco