first impressions
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:32 pm
Hello,
I have used my thesis in theoretical physics as test for MTPro II (version from 2006-03-13). I had to change almost nothing in the sources, and the output looks, in general, good. Some intial comments about details:
In expressions like
$-i\omega t$, $e^{i H_{0}t}$, $e^{-i H_{0}t}$
the distance behind the 'i' is a bit large IMO.
Similar for the distance behind the prime in
$\varepsilon,\varepsilon',\omega$.
I find it unfortunate that one needs the option 'subscriptcorrection' to get things like
$\varepsilon_{j},\varepsilon_{k}, \varepsilon_{l}$
to look 'right'. Why is that needed?
$ij$ is wider than in CM or Pazo, $\mathit{ij}$ would be to narrow. This has the effect that some of my equations are wider with MTProII than with Pazo. ;-)
$\tilde{\omega}$ looks off-center to me.
Some minor comments concerning the LaTeX package:
Why is \mathbold only available with 'boldalphabet' option?
Why is \rmdefault not set? I understand that MTPro can be used together with different text fonts, but how about an option 'rmdefault' to set \rmdefault to ptm? Or maybe a keyvalue based interface. Just using 'rmdefault' sets \rmdefault to ptm, while rmdefault=foo sets \rmdefault to foo.
One final question: Is it possible to define a command that gives 'bold' math when used in 'normal' context but 'heavy' math when used in 'bold' context? Something like a 'make bolder command'.
cheerio
ralf
I have used my thesis in theoretical physics as test for MTPro II (version from 2006-03-13). I had to change almost nothing in the sources, and the output looks, in general, good. Some intial comments about details:
In expressions like
$-i\omega t$, $e^{i H_{0}t}$, $e^{-i H_{0}t}$
the distance behind the 'i' is a bit large IMO.
Similar for the distance behind the prime in
$\varepsilon,\varepsilon',\omega$.
I find it unfortunate that one needs the option 'subscriptcorrection' to get things like
$\varepsilon_{j},\varepsilon_{k}, \varepsilon_{l}$
to look 'right'. Why is that needed?
$ij$ is wider than in CM or Pazo, $\mathit{ij}$ would be to narrow. This has the effect that some of my equations are wider with MTProII than with Pazo. ;-)
$\tilde{\omega}$ looks off-center to me.
Some minor comments concerning the LaTeX package:
Why is \mathbold only available with 'boldalphabet' option?
Why is \rmdefault not set? I understand that MTPro can be used together with different text fonts, but how about an option 'rmdefault' to set \rmdefault to ptm? Or maybe a keyvalue based interface. Just using 'rmdefault' sets \rmdefault to ptm, while rmdefault=foo sets \rmdefault to foo.
One final question: Is it possible to define a command that gives 'bold' math when used in 'normal' context but 'heavy' math when used in 'bold' context? Something like a 'make bolder command'.
cheerio
ralf