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Subject: Sterling bug?
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 10:54:02 +0100
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Hi,
There appears to be an error in core-mis.tex. The character called up is
dollar rather than pound. Another question is of the logic of the font
family selection which is different to the dollar selection in the same
file. In normal text this appears in italic which doesn't seem correct.

\def\sterling%
  {\bgroup
   \ifnum\fam=\bffam
     \bi
   \else\ifnum\fam=\bifam
     \bi
   \else\ifnum\fam=\bsfam
     \bi
   \else
     \it
   \fi\fi\fi
   \$%
   \egroup}

Thanks
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Nigel