On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:43:43 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > "Andrei Alexandrescu" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... >> On 3/10/11 2:22 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >>> "Lars T. Kyllingstad"<[email protected]> wrote in message >>> news:[email protected]... >>>> Embedding formulas as images isn't really an option, because you want >>>> them to be in the same font as (or a font that looks good with) the >>>> document's main font. >>> >>> That strikes me as worrying over a trivial detail. Is the formula's >>> font *really*the point, or it is the formula itself? >> >> http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/cm.html >> >> > Those look the same to me.
A tiny difference in one symbol, for sure, but in a document with thousands and thousands of symbols, such small differences add up and can impact both reading speed and eye strain. > "In fact, the old delta was so ugly, I couldn't stand to write papers > using that symbol; now I can't stand to read papers that still do use > it." > > And I thought *I* tended to be particular about things! Well, Knuth is the designer of TeX, so it's not too surprising that he has opinions about such details. :) -Lars
