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by WaS
Wed May 03, 2006 3:22 pm
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: script Q
Replies: 1
Views: 24385

IIRC, the shape that is "easier" to recognize as a Q has been chosen as the default one;
this was a deliberate decision.
by WaS
Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:33 pm
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: lucidacal option seems to cause problems with Y&Y tex
Replies: 2
Views: 58820

mtpro expects the font (TFM) name that is used in the new Lucida
distribution. If you get the "new Lucida" to work on Y&Y TeX, the
lucidacal option for mtpro will work, too.
by WaS
Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:05 am
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: Distribution updates v0.994; other info
Replies: 3
Views: 35790

With the latest (and hopefully final) beta release, the [boldalphabet] option does not exist any more, and the \mathbold alphabet is always available by default. Just read the announcement and the documentation! I have dared to introduce this change, because the were no reports about the boldalphabe...
by WaS
Tue Apr 04, 2006 6:41 am
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: bad \sim in subscript, mtp2 beta 0.991
Replies: 10
Views: 55734

@murray:

Yes, there was a bug concerning \sim, but it should have been fixed
in the meantime. Please, make sure to use the latest version of the fonts,
both on Y&Y-TeX and on MikTeX. It seems as if you had erroneaoul y
installed wrong tfm and/or pfb files on MikTeX.
by WaS
Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:23 pm
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: bad \sim in subscript, mtp2 beta 0.991
Replies: 10
Views: 55734

Re: bad \sim in subscript, mtp2 beta 0.991

As a subscript, the \sim character is neither printing clearly nor previewing clearly in MiKTeX. [...] On the other hand, this symbol is OK in PCTeX. What do you mean by "MikTex" vs "PCTeX"? Did you create Postscipt or PDF output? Which Postscript or PDF viewer are you using? Ar...
by WaS
Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:54 am
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: subscriptcorrection
Replies: 14
Views: 89096

good news:

Mike Spivak has found a new implementation for the subscript correction,
which should behave like standard LaTeX, i.e., _\text and _\mathrm should
no longer fail. There will soon be a beta release including this patch.
by WaS
Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:43 pm
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: subscriptcorrection
Replies: 14
Views: 89096

Michael, the issue is not specific for the \text command: For instance, in standard LaTeX (without subscript correction) you can also write $a_\mathrm{b}$, whereas $a_\hat{b}$ would not work. That's why omitting the braces in these cases is dangerous and is never recommended. Maybe I should have wri...
by WaS
Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:22 am
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: subscriptcorrection
Replies: 14
Views: 89096

Re: subscriptcorrection

In addition I suggest to add a line to the mtproII manual saying that bad style LaTeX such as a_\text{b} is not supported by MTProII. I suppose that should resolve the issue. Since we agree that the syntax in question is officially unsupported, anyway, this looks like an appropriate solution to me....
by WaS
Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:34 pm
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: subscriptcorrection
Replies: 14
Views: 89096

Re: subscriptcorrection

a_\text{b} works when I use Y&Y MathTime (mathtimy) I suppose it works only because you forgot to enable subscript correction with mathtimy (if it supports subscript correction at all). (If I'm wrong, I'd kindly ask you to send me the package code of mathtimy.) When I use (on a non-Y&Y-TeX-...
by WaS
Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:31 pm
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: Distribution updates v0.994; other info
Replies: 3
Views: 35790

v0.991 -- an important request to the beta testers

Dear beta testers, from now on, please, load the mtpro2 package always with the option [boldalphabet], regardless of whether or not this is needed in fact.. It would be important for me to know whether doing so causes any compatibility problems with existing documents or macro packages. Please, try ...
by WaS
Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:51 am
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: subscriptcorrection
Replies: 14
Views: 89096

I have consulted three LaTeX textbooks for beginners wrt/ this topic: None of these implies that you may omit the braces after the underscore (unless there follows one single character only, of course). Also, I remember having learned that omitting the braces is "bad style", and that I hav...
by WaS
Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:13 am
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: Y&Y and MiKTeX installation of MTPro
Replies: 2
Views: 31323

Re: Y&Y and MiKTeX installation of MTPro

4. Compiled the same file as under A.3 with Y&Y latex. The text font that showed up in the DVI file was computer modern. I had to add \usepackage[LY1]{fontenc} before loading the times and mtpro2 packages. Then I got same result as with MiKTeX. Using LY1 encoding works fine with MiKTeX, too, so...
by WaS
Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:27 am
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: Y&Y TeX vs. MiKTeX with MathTimePro2 fonts
Replies: 3
Views: 29804

Preliminary anwers: 1) Using T1 encoding with Times cannot work on Y&Y-TeX. Y&Y-TeX supports Times and other fonts from the non-TeX world only with LY1 encoding. 2) Updating psnfss on Y&Y-TeX is pointless. The psnfsss collection supports the Base35 fonts with OT1 and T1/TS1 encoding, whi...
by WaS
Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:17 am
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: undefined \varGamma and \varOmega
Replies: 4
Views: 30854

Please, tell me one other math font family where these \var... macros for the uc Greek letters are provided (and documented!). Besides, these macro names are unclear and misleading, anyway. On the other hand, the present interface of the mtpro2 package regarding Greek letters is compatible with many...
by WaS
Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:20 pm
Forum: MathTime Pro II Beta
Topic: first impressions
Replies: 15
Views: 88269

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? ??? Because TeX can' t control that via font metrics alone. (Mike ?) Or are you asking why subscriptcorrection is not enab...