rendering brackets

[Michael J. Baars]

On Sun, 2020-03-01 at 16:51 +0000, David Carlisle wrote:
> I don't see anything unusual in your output. You have chosen to use
> \left--\right (it is often better to choose a specific size such as
> \bigl..\bigr) but if you use \left..\right then the size of the
> brackets depends on the size of the contained expression  and
> \frac{1}{a} is taller than \frac{a}{1}

Yeah, well I did see something unusual. \frac{1}{a} and \frac{a}{1} are
supposed to be exacly the same height, that is what the whole
experiment is about. Have it your way... if that is what you prefer.
I've never used \bigl or \bigr, it never hurts to try something new.
Mischa.
> Incidentally avoid using `eqnarray` it is better to use the
> alignments from the amsmath package.
> 
> David
> 
> On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 at 16:32, Michael J. Baars <
> mjbaars1977.tex-live at cyberfiber.eu> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I've posted this to the math-font-discuss list earlier, but nobody
> > 
> > seems to be there or willing to help.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Although I have a lot of experience writing .tex files, I have no
> > 
> > experience with the tex-live source codes. Hope I'm at the right
> > 
> > address.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The attachment shows that the rendering of the brackets in the
> > 
> > different formulas is not very consistent. In my opinion, somebody
> > 
> > ought to have a look at the rendering engine. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Mischa Baars.
> > 
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