[OS X TeX] Fwd: [texhax] A question about Y&Y Inc.

[Aaron Jackson]

Strange, that the fonts "are not available anywhere".  I just bought  
them from Blue Sky in November and the fonts are still listed for sale  
on their web site...

On Feb 12, 2005, at 5:14 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

>
> Since the question has been asked here a few times,
> I'm cross-posting this answer concerning Y&Y
> and Lucida fonts.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	Ross
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: karl at freefriends.org (Karl Berry)
>> Date: 13 February 2005 1:11:38 AM
>> To: falvarado at math.wsu.edu
>> Cc: support at tug.org
>> Subject: Re: [texhax] A question about Y&Y Inc.
>>
>>     I am interested in getting the Lucida Bright Fonts from Y&Y Inc.  
>> for my
>>     MiKTeX installation, but it appears that www.yandy.com does not  
>> belong
>>     to Y&Y Inc. anymore. Do you know how can I contact them?
>>
>> Y&Y went out of business last year, so the Lucida fonts for TeX are  
>> not
>> currently available anywhere.  They may reappear at some point, but
>> there's no ETA.
>>
>> There is a yandytex-users mailing list.  For anyone interested in Y&Y
>> TeX, you may want to peruse the archives for Feb so far:
>>   http://lists.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind0502&L=yandytex&F=l
>>
>> I posted a note there asking for experiences (pro and con) and other
>> info about Lucida and MathTime.
>>
>> In particular, if there are any Windows programmers reading this who
>> would be interested in updating the Y&Y TeX distribution if it became
>> free software, please write me.  (Or, for that matter, any Windows
>> programmers interested in working on TeX Live or anything else  
>> TeXish.)
>>
>> Best,
>> karl
>>
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