Re: CSRoman again

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Hi Michal

> Hm. It doesn't. I have to play a little with the distribution. teTeX 
> 3.0 is much different from the old one, so it's possible I do some 
> stupid things.

map file support keeps changing, which is why i prefer runtime  loading

>
>> - at the last bachotek there was a talk about czech type design and 
>> one of the remarks was that fo rmany fonts this whole accent business 
>> was more a matter of taste than of quality (i will not quote the 
>> speaker on czech typesetting tradition here-)
>
>
> Yes, it's about tastes. But I strongly do not like Latin Modern, 
> especially iacute in sans bold. :-) Simply, I'm used to CS fonts. :-) 
> And perhaps Latin Modern will be improved in the nearest future. I'll 
> try to get used to it.

well, the computer sans is no beauty anyway, certainly not for much text -)

>
>> - just curious: do you always use cm fonts? there are other fonts 
>> with math nowadays
>
>
> Well, I teach four different courses and I try to typeset documents 
> for each course with a different font: Microeconomics with Computer 
> Modern (CS fonts in Type1), Neoclassical Macro with Palatino (URW 
> Palatino + math glyphs from pxfonts), Monetary Economics with Concrete 
> (CM Super in Type 1 + math glyps in Metafont), and New Institutional 
> Economics with Times (URW Times + math glyphs from txfonts). Are there 
> more free fonts with math support? Other documents (with no math) I 
> typeset with more fonts.

there is now also iwona (sansish) with math (antykwa is a not really for 
big docs, more for display)
another nice alternative is utopia (with fourier)

these are all on tex live (well, i say that with crossed fingers)

Hans