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20 Oct
2008
20 Oct
'08
4:14 p.m.
Rory Molinari wrote:
So if I understand things correctly, the various arguments are:
[palatino]: the typeface being defined (or modified in this case) [ss]: the part of the typeface being defined (the \ss name) [sans]: refers to a part of the "modern" typeface [modern]: pick the "sans" part of the this typeface [default]: what's this bit? [encoding]: the encoding to use [rscale]: a scaling adjustment to make up for CM's smaller x-size.
Is that the general idea?
Yes, spot on. The [default] is for font families with optical scaling instances and is only used with the computer modern fonts. When combined with a different font set, like palatino, it doesn't make much sense so it is usually left at [default]. Best wishes, Taco