[OS X TeX] different defaults for size?

Bruno Voisin bvoisin at mac.com
Tue May 10 01:18:41 CEST 2005


Le 10 mai 05 à 00:55, Hendrik Chaltin a écrit :

> I was trying to make up my mind
> about what version of \mathcal to use
> \usepackage{mathptmx} or \usepackage{mathpazo}
> when I suddenly realized
> that the packages seem to induce
> slightly different defaults for \mathrm and \textrm
> (perhaps others too, I didn't check).

The primary difference is that mathptmx is based on Times, while  
mathpazo is based on Palatino; and the size of the characters in  
Palatino is slightly larger than that in Times. Is this what you  
mean, or something else?

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