[OS X TeX] Re: Law Review Publisher Request

Thu Mar 15 16:27:11 EDT 2012

Thank you for your answers, but what I am looking for is a way to package
latin modern or computer modern into a single font that can be installed
with a single click. Is this possible?

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM, <macosx-tex-request at email.esm.psu.edu>wrote:

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>   1. Re: automatic superscript braces in TeXShop editor
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>      Computer Modern Distribution (William Adams)
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> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:33:41 -0600
> From: Don Green Dragon <fergdc at Shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] automatic superscript braces in TeXShop editor
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> Hello Herb and Ross,
>
> Thank you both for explaining how to use \usepackage{xspace} properly.
>
> As to Ross's further comments:
>
> On 12Mar2012, at 7:09 PM, Ross Moore wrote:
>
> > <<snip>>
>
> > Please do *not* define single-letter commands for your own
> > macros. There are many with already have a meaning in TeX,
> > or (La)TeX with system-wide packages loaded for supporting
> > particular accents, languages and character sets.
> > e.g.
> >  \B  \C  \G  \H  \L  \M  \O  \P  \S  \T  \U
> > and maybe some others.
>
> Not in the habit of using the above, so I checked them out. \C \O \P and
> \S are useful (to me), and even if they were not, I would not redefine them
> (\renewcommand) for personal use. As to the others, \B \T and \U generate
> ``Undefined control sequence'' error messages. \H seems to do `strange'
> things!!!
>
>
> > Even more of the lowercase ones have a meaning.
>
> I believe it!
>
>
> > Why does this matter?
> > Think about collaborating with a foreign author,
> > or just requiring to typeset an author's name, affiliation
> > or foreign title, within a bibliography entry.
>
> Not so sure about the above! My practice has been:
>
> Whenever I want to introduce a personal command via \newcommand, I enter
> the details in the preface and then do a typeset. If there are any
> complaints, such as the "already defined'' one, then I back off and revise
> the my command's name. So far that has not caused problems, or, at least,
> I'm not aware of any problems --- yet!  :-)
>
> As to collaborating with other authors, I'm not in that ball park yet, but
> I've often thought about how user-defined devices would be handled.
> Methinks a great deal of discussion would be required. For a team effort, a
> good approach  might be to eliminate personal quirks, but I suspect that
> could be contentious.
>
> However, Ross's use of the adjective 'foreign' puzzles me. How come you
> (Ross) did not write: "... with any author.''? As to bibliographies, I'm
> not into the BibTeX league yet, and have found \begin{thebibliography} and
> \bibitem serve me well --- so far.
>
>
> > Using  \NN  is better, in that the name conveys the
> > "double-struck" aspect of the symbol that you want it for.
>
> Not very keen on that solution, but I will keep it in mind. ;-) Pleased to
> know that \C and \O can be used.
>
>
> > However, you still need to be careful of \AA  and  \SS and maybe some
> others.
>
> I can see the usefulness of \AA but I've often wondered why \LaTeX bothers
> with \SS.
>
>
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> >       Ross
>
> Advice from Herb and Ross always helps. Thanks!  :-)
>
>
> Don Green Dragon
> fergdc at Shaw.ca
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:01:18 -0400
> From: William Adams <will.adams at frycomm.com>
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Publisher of Case Western Reserve Law Review
>        Seeks   Computer Modern Distribution
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> On Mar 14, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Bobby Cheren wrote:
>
> > As the recently elected Publisher of Volume 63 of the Case Western
> Reserve Law Review, I am considering switching over to Computer Modern.
> This is fitting, as Donald Knuth is one of our Math Department's most
> illustrious alumni. The rub is I need a good single file distribution of
> the typeface that works on both Mac and Windows. Some outfits seem to sell
> this, but I would be shocked if it is unavailable otherwise. I think I am
> just looking in all the wrong places. I searched around CTAN, but only
> found the founts in separate files.
> >
> > Any suggestions on something I can distribute via emails to associates?
> We have an annual turnover rate of fifty percent at the journal, so this
> needs to be dead simple.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for suggestions.
>
> My suggestion would be to use a nice OpenType version of Latin Modern ---
> you need for the files to be something which can be installed on all
> operating systems and used w/ a wide variety of programs:
>
> Project overview here:
>
> http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin-modern
>
> article in TUG:
>
> http://www.tug.org/tugboat/tb24-1/jackowski.pdf
>
> All of the OTF fonts are here:
>
>
> http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin-modern/download/lm2.004otf.zip
>
> I'd suggest developing a subset archive of only the fonts needed by your
> templates for your own distribution. In my experience, people complain
> about the ``clutter'' of the different optical sizes and many variants.
>
> William
>
> --
> William Adams
> senior graphic designer
> Fry Communications
> Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:04:36 +0100
> From: Jonas Lindh <jonas.lindh at gu.se>
> Subject: [OS X TeX] onehalfspacing failing due to figure?
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