Re: Difference between fonts in Mathematica 4.1 and 4.2?
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- Subject: [mg37956] Re: [mg37939] Difference between fonts in Mathematica 4.1 and 4.2?
- From: Luci Ellis <luci at verbeia.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 00:38:39 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On 21/11/02 5:21 AM, "John Fultz" <jfultz at wolfram.com> wrote: > All of the old Math1-5 glyph mappings are precisely the same in > Mathematica1-5 except for the double-struck and gothic characters (e.g. > \[DoubleStruckA], \[GothicA]). The gothics moved into Mathematica6, and > the double-strucks moved into Mathematica7. > > We needed to add fonts because the existing ones were running out of room. > It made sense for these alphabetical sets to have mappings in fonts which > mapped the alphanumeric glyphs to the expected positions, instead of > having the alphanumeric glyphs sitting in oddball locations in Math5 like > they were before (the script letters/numbers currently occupy the > alphanumeric positions in Math5/Mathematica5).. > > In fact, much of Mathematica 5 is not presently different from the old > Math5. If you look at the font, you'll still see many (but not all) > double-strucks and gothics in it, but this will change in the future, and > anything generated with 4.2 or later will always reference the > Mathematica6/7 locations of these glyphs. > > Sincerely, > > John Fultz > jfultz at wolfram.com > User Interface Group > Wolfram Research, Inc. > > Dear John, Many thanks for this clarification. It is certainly helpful for my particular needs, and I will update the rest of my LaTeX map file to reflect this. Warm regards, Luci Ellis http://www.verbeia.com/mathematica/