<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><br><div><div>On Aug 4, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Michael Sharpe <<a href="mailto:msharpe@ucsd.edu">msharpe@ucsd.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br>On Aug 4, 2014, at 1:43 PM, George Gratzer <<a href="mailto:gratzer@me.com">gratzer@me.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I started working on the 5th edition of More Math into LaTeX.<br><br>And I have a thought. What would happen if write<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Tex<br><br>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>LaTex<br><br>no fancy staff. Would it not look nicer? I'm really getting tired of LATEX.<br>Is this crazy? What do you think?<br><br></blockquote><br>I'd suggest keeping your options open by using two macros, \tex and \latex, throughout the manuscript so it will be easy to change and experiment with. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Of course, it's like that.</div><div><br></div><div>GG </div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">In many body fonts, the spacing in LaTeX is unfortunate, as the combinations aT and Te appear unevenly kerned, with too much space in the first and not enough in the second. (It's often particularly bad in sans serif fonts.) The macros will need kerning applied that is specific to the font you will use.<br><br>Michael<br><br>----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br>TeX FAQ:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq">http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq</a><br>List Reminders and Etiquette:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/">http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/</a><br>List Archive:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/">http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/</a><br>TeX on Mac OS X Website:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/">http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/</a><br>List Info:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex">https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex</a></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>