On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:39:49 +0100
"Andre Poenitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 09:23:58AM +0100, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> > Andre Poenitz wrote:
> > > > See
> > > > ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/info/l2tabu/english/l2tabuen.pdf
> > > > for details. I already posted a feature request to the lyx-devel
> > > > list, but got no answer so far :(
> > >
> > > Pointer?
> > 
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lyx-devel&m=107346919206997&w=2
> 
> Hm.
> 
>  "...i have no clear idea yet how to solve that, maybe
>   selecting e.g. mathpazo in the rm box would change the content of
>   the math box as well to mathpazo and so on."
> 
> Well, I have no clear idea either.
> 
> [At least] I lack detailed knowledge on LaTeX's use of fonts, so
> feature requests like the one above may raise awareness that
> "something is wrong" but won't lead to a solution.

Okay, so maybe a simpler solution could be to adjust the code generated
by using "palatino", "times" or "pslatex" according to the mentioned
l2tabu document (shortened quote:)

------8<---------------------------------------------------------------
2.3  Fonts

[...]

2.3.1  times.sty

The times.sty package is obsolete (see psnfss2e). It does set to the
``Times'' font, to ``Helvetica'', and to ``Courier''. However it does
not use the appropriate mathematical fonts. What's more, Helvetica is
not scaled correctly which makes it appear too big. So if you want to
use the combination Times/ Helvetica/ Courier you should do this:

Replace: 
  \usepackage{times} 
by 
  \usepackage{mathptmx}
  \usepackage[scaled=.90]{helvet}
  \usepackage{courier}

[...]

2.3.3  pslatex.sty

The pslatex.sty package works internally like mathptm.sty+ helvet.sty
(scaled). However, it uses a Courier scaled too narrowly. The main
advantage with using pslatex.sty is that it does not work with T1, and
TS1 endodings.

Replace: 
  \usepackage{pslatex} 
by 
  \usepackage{mathptmx}
  \usepackage[scaled=.90]{helvet}
  \usepackage{courier}

2.3.4  palatino.sty

The palatino.sty package behaves like times.sty - apart from setting to
``Palatino'', of course. This is why it should not be used any more.

Replace: 
  \usepackage{palatino} 
by 
  \usepackage{mathpazo}
  \usepackage[scaled=.95]{helvet}
  \usepackage{courier}

--------->8------------------------------------------------------------


That would require no changes to the user interface, only to the
generated latex code. mathpazo, helvet & co are part of latex since at
least 2000, is that "old" enough to assume sufficient accessibility?

Greetings,
Karsten

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