[OS X TeX] More Minion Pro questions

[Michael Sharpe]

On Apr 26, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Richard Seguin wrote:

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> On Apr 26, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Richard Seguin wrote:
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>> On Apr 26, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Michael Sharpe wrote:
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>>> On Apr 26, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Richard Seguin wrote:
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>>>> On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Michael Sharpe wrote:
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>>>>> On Apr 26, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Richard Seguin wrote:
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>>>>>> On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Michael Sharpe wrote:
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>>>>>>> On Apr 25, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Richard Seguin wrote:
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>>>>>>>> I do (supposedly) have the semibold fonts installed. I bought the two semibold .otf weights, and then used TeXFontUtility to install all three weights on top of the two that were there (after which I reinstalled the newest encoding files.) Maybe I should completely delete Minion Pro and do it again. It almost seems as if it's (usually?) substituting bold when I request semibold.
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>>>>>>> Richard,
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>>>>>>> You need a different set of support files when you have semibold. It would be best to start over so the correct files are downloaded from CTAN, then apply the more recent encoding files.
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>>>>>>> I just uploaded to 
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>>>>>>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3825336/TeX/index.html
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>>>>>>> updates to the packages bickham and mathalfa that I believe work correctly. I'm going to do more testing before sending them to CTAN.
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>>>>>>> Michael
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>>>>>> Michael, 
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>>>>>> I don't see the bickham and mathalfa packages on your dropbox page. Do you want me to test any of this stuff, or should I just wait until you've uploaded to CTAN?
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>>>>> Richard,
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>>>>> Sorry---it's showing there now, and I'd appreciate any feedback you might have.
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>>>>> Michael
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>>>> I installed the new mathalpha.sty and the new TDS. Using the usual \usepackage[scr=bickham,scrscaled=.93, …{math alpha} it's typesetting just fine giving me the regular weight. How do I get to the semibold weight?
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>>>> Richard
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>>> Use scr=bickhams, scrscaled=.93 to use semibold for \mathscr and bold for \mathbscr.
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>>> Michael
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>> It works perfectly! It's selecting both the regular and semibold weights, and as far as I can tell nothing else is screwed up. Thanks!
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> Michael,
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> If I define regular Bickham as my default scr via math alpha, is there anyway to access the semibold version via a command like \mathbscr? I have a feeling that this would probably push me into the "too many math alphabets" zone, but it would be nice to know how this could be done if possible.
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> Richard

The commands

\usepackage[scr=bickham,scrscaled=.93]{mathalfa}
\makeatother
\DeclareFontShape{U}{bickhamscr}{b}{n}{
  <-> \mathalfa at scrscaled  bickham-s}{}
\SetMathAlphabet{\mathscr}{bold}{U}{bickhamscr}{b}{n}
\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathbscr} {U}{bickhamscr}{b}{n}
\makeatletter

make \mathscr give regular weight at 93% size and \mathbscr give semibold weight at 93% size. I didn't offer this as an option because, while semibold is usually a much better choice than bold in text mode, math mode requires that every single glyph be unmistakable because there is no context, and true bold is usually necessary.

This should not cause any problems with too many alphabets.

Michael