Re: I need bold math italic and symbols

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>>>
>> This method works well for most letters, both bold and italic, but for
>> capital Greek \Omega \Gamma etc, bold but upright. Do you know how to 
>> make these letters in italic?

> That is how Euler capital letters are supposed to look. It imitates the 
> handwriting of mathematicians, which is upright and not italic. I do not 
> know if there is a font that contains italic capital greek letters to 
> match euler. 

As you say, the hardwritten appearance is a feature of the euler fonts,
and I don't think you can find a matching font elsewhere. Hermann Zapfs
design is so distinctive that everything else will look out of place.

Best wishes,
Taco
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