From: David H. <dh...@ca...> - 2007-01-19 12:44:49
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Dear all, Does anyone know how to print mathematical formulae (especially symbols) in bold when using the Times fonts? In particular, I am using the 'mathptmx' package. I have been trying to add some fonts manually but everything has been unsuccessful. I can print normal letters in math mode, though, but the problem is with symbols such as $\alpha$ etc. I am aware of the solution using the \pmb command (triplication of the symbol), however I am seeking for some solution using a single bold font. Thanks a lot in advance! David Holec |
From: Alan R. <ri...@ec...> - 2007-01-19 14:01:43
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David Holec wrote: > Dear all, > > Does anyone know how to print mathematical formulae (especially symbols) in > bold when using the Times fonts? In particular, I am using the 'mathptmx' > package. I have been trying to add some fonts manually but everything has > been unsuccessful. I can print normal letters in math mode, though, but the > problem is with symbols such as $\alpha$ etc. > > I am aware of the solution using the \pmb command (triplication of the > symbol), however I am seeking for some solution using a single bold font. If you use mathptmx your only option is to fake the bold symbols in math mode. It simply doesn't include any bold math fonts. You could add the fonts yourself if you have (or are willing to buy) some suitable fonts, but that would be a whole lot of work. You could switch to txfonts -- just know that most folks familiar with typography seem to feel that it is a rather poor implementation of Times for LaTeX. Finally, if you're willing to consider another font package you might find some ideas here: http://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/survey.html Alan |
From: Cornelius C. N. <no...@it...> - 2007-01-19 20:33:30
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, David Holec wrote: > Dear all, > > Does anyone know how to print mathematical formulae (especially symbols) in > bold when using the Times fonts? In particular, I am using the 'mathptmx' > package. I have been trying to add some fonts manually but everything has > been unsuccessful. I can print normal letters in math mode, though, but the > problem is with symbols such as $\alpha$ etc. > > I am aware of the solution using the \pmb command (triplication of the > symbol), however I am seeking for some solution using a single bold font. > > Thanks a lot in advance! > David Holec > Have you checked if the fonts provided in AMSLaTex (the LaTeX package provided by the American Mathematical Society) do what you need/want ? ccn. -- ................................................................. Prof.Dr. Cornelius C. Noack Phones: Inst. f. Theor. Physik FB 1 office : +49 (421) 218-2427 Universit"at Bremen secretary: -2422 Otto-Hahn-Allee Fax : -4869 D - 28334 Bremen home : +49 (421) 34 22 36 Fax: 346 7872 E-mail: noack at itp.uni-bremen.de or ccnoack at mailaps.org WWW-page: www.itp.uni-bremen.de/~noack ................................................................. |