pdflatex and yandy

[Robin Fairbairns]

> Hi, I was wondering if anyone has successfully employed pdflatex with yandy
> tex system

i don't know of any way to run pdflatex with y&y tex (the file paths
would be all wrong).  am i misunderstanding you?

> using mathtime plus fonts. In particular do script fonts and the
> boldmath package (\bm commands ) work fine?

i've used math time "ordinary" with pdflatex, but i've only had the
"plus" fonts installed for a rather short time, and haven't yet tried
them with pdflatex.

> What is the alternative to
> using psfrag when using pdflatex (which does not accept eps files).

this isn't a y&y question (since y&y don't have a pdflatex).  try
ps4pdf, from ctan macros/latex/contrib/ps4pdf -- i don't know whether
it's restricted to particular operating systems, though.

> Another related question, have anyone there successfully used the complete
> set of mathtime plus fonts with miktex and yap? again scripts and \bm seem
> to be the major problem with some other symbols like left bracket, etc.

i have a project to write a faq answer on this issue.  i don't see any
reason that they should not work (i _have_ run mathtime original on
miktex with no problems).

i'll try to rustle something more up for you over the weekend (this is
not a guarantee...).

Robin Fairbairns

Y&Y support team