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* The COMPUTER MODERN BRIGHT family of fonts *
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* 1998-11-14 *
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* fonts: v1.0e 1998-12-11 *
* cmbright.sty v6.7 1997-11-14 *
* fd files v7.3 1998-02-02 *
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* Read this completely and carefully, even if you have *
* already used the previous version(s). *
* *
* There will be no more *basic* changes to the fonts. *
* Extensions and bug fixes, however, may be expected. *
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What's new?
===========
1998-12-11: * improved Euro symbol; * \mathbold acts on
lowercase greek, too; * the .fd files now support font sizes
of 29.86 and 35.83 pt.
Description
===========
`Computer Modern Bright' is a family of sans serif fonts for
TeX and LaTeX, based on Donald Knuth's CM fonts. It
comprises OT1, T1 and TS1 encoded text fonts of various
shapes as well as all the fonts necessary for mathematical
typesetting, incl. AMS symbols.
CM Bright has been designed as a well legible standalone
font. It is `lighter' and less obtrusive than CMSS, which,
in contrast, is more appropriate for markup purposes within
a CM Roman environment.
Together with CM Bright there comes a family of typewriter
fonts, `CM Typwewriter Light', which look better in
combination with CM Bright than the CMTT fonts would do.
Additionally this collection provides all the necessary
files for using the fonts with LaTeX.
The fonts
=========
Design size: 8pt 9pt 10pt 17.28pt
CM Bright text fonts, traditional encoding (OT1):
medium regular cmbr8 cmbr9 cmbr10 cmbr17
medium slanted cmbrsl8 cmbrsl9 cmbrsl10 cmbrsl17
bold extended cmbrbx10
CM Bright text fonts, Cork encoding (TS1):
medium regular ebmr8 ebmr9 ebmr10 ebmr17
medium slanted ebmo8 ebmo9 ebmo10 ebmo17
semibold regular ebsr8 ebsr9 ebsr10 ebsr17
semibold slanted ebso8 ebso9 ebso10 ebso17
bold extended ebbx10
CM Bright text companion fonts (TS1):
medium regular tbmr8 tbmr9 tbmr10 tbmr17
medium slanted tbmo8 tbmo9 tbmo10 tbmo17
semibold regular tbsr8 tbsr9 tbsr10 tbsr17
semibold slanted tbso8 tbso9 tbso10 tbso17
bold extended tbbx10
Typewriter Light text fonts, traditional encoding (OT1):
regular cmtl10
slanted cmsltl10
Typewriter Light text fonts, Cork encoding (T1):
regular ebtl10
slanted ebto10
Typewriter Light text companion fonts (TS1):
regular tbtl10
slanted tbto10
mathematical fonts:
math. slanted (OML) cmbrmi8 cmbrmi9 cmbrmi10
ditto, bold (OML) cmbrmb10
math. symbols (OMS) cmbrsy8 cmbrsy9 cmbrsy10
AMS `A' (U) cmbras8 cmbras9 cmbras10
AMS `B' (U) cmbrbs8 cmbrbs9 cmbrbs10
Installing the fonts
====================
Copy the files from the subdirectory mf of this collection
to a directory searched by METAFONT. In a TDS compliant
file system the suitable place might be:
texmf/fonts/source/public/cmbright/
Copy the files from the subdirectory tfm of this collection
to a directory where TeX looks for the font metrics. In a
TDS compliant file system the suitable place might be:
texmf/fonts/tfm/public/cmbright/
Please overwrite all existent METAFONT sources and tfm files
of previous versions: With selective updating errors are
more likely to occur.
You will need the source files of Knuth's original CM fonts,
of the original (roman) AMS fonts, and of J. Knappen's EC
fonts, too, in order to generate the bitmaps.
IF YOU HAVE INSTALLED version 1.0, 1.0b or 1.0c, all
existent pk files named eb* and tb* (i.e. the EC versions)
at all magnifications must be removed, because the font
metrics of certain symbols have changed.
Additionally, existent pk files of version 1.0 named cmbr17
and cmbrsl17 at all magnifications must be removed.. There
will, however, be no problems when printing out existent dvi
files using these fonts.
Beta versions (< 1.0) of the fonts MUST be completely
removed.
Installing the LaTeX interface
==============================
Copy the files from the directory latex/ of this collection
to a place where you keep documented LaTeX sources or to a
temporary directory. In case your LaTeX version is from
Dec. 1996 or newer, then run LaTeX on the installation
script cmbright.ins to unpack them, otherwise you must use
oinst.ins instead of cmbright.ins.
Then move the .sty and .fd files which have just been
generated to a directory where you keep LaTeX's style files.
The latter step is not required if your "docstrip" program
has been configured to write directly to the TeX
directories, and if the directory tex/latex/cmbright/ exists
in your TDS tree before unpacking the files.
Run LaTeX on cmbright.dtx to typeset the description of the
LaTeX package. Run LaTeX on cmbr.fdd, too, in order to
obtain a description of the font interface and a list of all
the available font shapes.
Using the CM Bright fonts with LaTeX
====================================
For typesetting a complete document, including mathematics,
using the CM Bright and CM Typewriter Light fonts, you only
have to load cmbright.sty into LaTeX:
\usepackage{cmbright}
Low level access (without the cmbright package) is possible,
too: The fd files define the new font families `cmbr' and
`cmtl', so you may request:
\fontfamily{cmbr}\selectfont
\fontfamily{cmtl}\selectfont
Of course you may switch to the T1 (EC) encoding (which is
heavily recommended) and/or use the text companion symbols.
See the description of the LaTeX package (cmbright.dtx) and
the font interface (cmbr.fdd) for the details!
Problems, deficiencies and known bugs
=====================================
The CM Bright fonts are stronger degraded by an unsufficient
printer resolution than the other CM fonts. Only at 600
dpi, relative to a design size of 10pt, a satisfying result
will be obtained, and on a 1200 dpi phototypesetter you will
see how the fonts REALLY look!
Rendering at 300dpi may even result in Metafont errors,
affecting fine details of certain letters. See also the FAQ
(2) below!
The placing of the accent \t (tie-after) is bad. (Did you
ever need it?)
The semibold font series is not available with OT1 encoding.
There is no `caps and small caps' font shape; see FAQ (4)
below!
There are nor CM Bright math fonts for the (coming) `New
Math Font Setup' yet, so the `cmbright' package cannot be
used in conjunction with `newmath',
See the description of the cmbright package for some special
problems concerning the LaTeX interface only!
Future changes
==============
Minor changes and/or bug fixes to the T1/TS1 fonts are still
to be expected.
All future changes, bug fixes and additions to the
`official' EC fonts will be adopted, if appropriate.
The source files will be reorganized. At the moment they
contain lots of unnecessary and redundant code.
FAQs
====
(1) With CM Sans Serif the new EC fonts are sometimes very
much different from the traditional ones. What about CM
Bright?
There have been some small aesthetical refinements, but
the width and the weight of the fonts have not been
changed (except for some mathematical symbols), so you
should not encounter any problems when upgrading to the
T1 encoding. (With J. Knappen's EC fonts, too, the
mathematical symbols in the T1/TS1 fonts are different
from those in the traditional fonts.)
(2) Can I use the CM Bright fonts with a 300 dpi printing
engine?
With large font sizes this is no problem at all. At
10...12pt, however, the only advice which can be given,
is: Try it out! At lower sizes certain letters may be
corrupt; problems are known to occur with the caret
accent at 8pt and below.
(3) Typesetting a complete book using the CM Bright fonts,
how would that look?
See the Proceedings of the Ninth European TeX Conference
(1995). The fonts used were a beta release of CM Bright;
the small sizes (< 10pt) have been improved very much in
the meantime. The book was printed at 600dpi.
(4) Help! CM Bright does not provide `small capitals'.
Company names, acronyms, trade marks and similar material
may be typeset capitalized. In order to make the result
less obtrusive, the font size should be one `step'
smaller than the surrounding text. A `quick and dirty'
way to make LaTeX perform this task is the following
style file `smcaps.sty'. It defines the new command
\textc{..}, which may be used in place of \textsc{..}:
\ProvidesPackage{smcaps}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\sm@ller}{%
\dimen@\f@size\p@
\ifdim \dimen@ > 12\p@
\dimen@=0.83333\dimen@
\else
\advance \dimen@ -\p@
\fi
\math@fontsfalse
\fontsize{\the\dimen@}\z@
\selectfont
}
\newcommand{\textc}[1]{{\sm@ller\uppercase{#1}}}
% end of smcaps.sty
(5) Why do the EC Bright fonts not support font size
interpolation?
This would require more native design sizes than I have
provided. Furthermore, certain design parameters have
been optimized for the sizes currently available and the
corresponding magnifications.
Terms of distribution
=====================
Redistribution of this collection of files is allowed,
provided that it is complete and unchanged. You are,
however, NOT ALLOWED to take money for the distribution or
use of these files or the fonts generated from them, except
for a nominal charge for copying etc.
The distribution of changed versions of the files is allowed
under the following restrictions:
- You rename the file(s) before you make any changes.
- You acknowledge the origin of the original version in the
file(s).
- You distribute the original version with your file(s).
- You make sure that the changed versions contain a notice
that prevents others to take money for distribution or use
of your file(s), i.e. they have to be distributed under
the restrictions mentioned above.
History
=======
*** 1998-12-11 ***
cmbright.sty v6.7: Fixed the math font setup, so that
\mathbold acts on lowercase greek, too.
fonts v1.0e: improved Euro symbol (the metrics remain
unchanged!)
*** 1998-02-02 ***
fd files v7.3: font sizes 29.86 and 35.83 pt suppprted
*** 1998-01-28 ***
Fixed this document: Pointed out that rendering at 300dpi
may cause Metafont problems.
*** 1998-01-19 ***
Fixed cmbright.ins to prevent problems with Unix (teTeX):
Do not generate uppercase filenames automatically.
cmbright.ins now TDS-enabled.
Added oinst.ins for LaTeX < Dec.1996.
*** 1997-09-11 ***
cmbright.sty v6.6: added \relax after \ProcessOptions,
removed spurious spaces in font definitions
fd files v7.2: forced \hyphenchar\font45 in OT1 fonts,
removed spurious spaces in font definitions
included the new installation script, which was
erroneously lacking in the previous distribution :-(
*** 1997-06-03 ***
fixed a bug in the installation script: the fd files are
now generated with mixed-case names if necessary (i.e.
when running an obsolete LaTeX release on Unix)
fonts, v1.0d: corrected height of arithmetic symbols in
T1/TS1 fonts;
*** 1997-05-26 ***
Fonts, v1.0c: changed lowercase hachek accent in order
to avoid METAFONT errors occurring with certain MF modes;
fixed `root' symbol and big circles in TS1 fonts;
corrected rule_width# in semibold fonts, which had been
larger than it is in the bx fonts;
*** 1997/05/22 ***
fd files v7.0: lowercase filenames
fonts v1.0b: br17pt.mf fixed (o#, apex_o#)
cmbright.sty v6.4: minor fixes
enhanced documentation
*** 1996/11/20 ***
Documentation update only, e-mail address added.
*** 1996/07/02 ***
cmbright.sty, v6.2: The code for selecting font size and
\baselineskip has been basically changed. The default
font sizes defined in the class file will no longer be
changed. The size macros like \normalsize will no longer
be redefined. Same font sizes will always get the same
leading:
size \baselineskip
8pt 10.00pt
9pt 11.25pt
10pt 12.50pt
11pt 13.70pt
12pt 15.00pt
A new option [standard-baselineskips] enables you to
suppress the enlarged \baseselineskip values.
The commands \textregistered, \pounds, \textsterling and
\mathsterling have been made working; they will use the
roman text font.
font definition files, v6.0: In all .fd files octal
numbers have been changed to decimal ones, in order to
avoid conflicts with possibly active quote characters.
fonts, v1.0: erroneous comments fixed
*** 1996/05/02 ***
fonts: version 1.0
font definition files: 5.0
LaTeX package `cmbright': 5.0
The first `final' release, including the AMS fonts.
The author
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Walter Schmidt <wschmi@ibm.net>
Schornbaumstra{\ss}e 2
91052 Erlangen
Germany
Comments, suggestions and bug reports are welcome. Please
obtain my current (e-mail) address from the latest version
of this file!
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