fontinst-1.8 release
Sebastian Rahtz
s.rahtz@elsevier.co.uk
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:32:36 +0100
Ulrik Vieth writes:
> - mathptm (based on Times, Symbol and ZapfChancery) should be backwards
> compatible to the original version including all the (mis)features
>
> - mathptmx (based on Times, Symbol and RSFS) includes a number of changes
> (hopefully improvements), but it is _not_ metrics-compatible to the
> originaly mathtptm, so it should be used with care.
>
> Both packages use different font names, but some of the family names and
> fd file names are the same, so it's not recommended to install
sadly, that means that the PSNFSS is going to have to stay with the
old one only. I cannot risk a deluge of complaints. Cannot mathptmx be
made entirely independent?
sebastian