As far as *I'M* concerned (and perhaps that could also be extended to ALL our metric supporters here!) what really matters about this "new" thing is: HOW or WHAT UNITS of measurement does it use for its definitions and all?
If it's still based on the stupid, mediocre, ridiculous 1/72 of an inch crap I know exactly where to sent them: to the garbage bin where it belongs!!!!! Marcus On Sat, 6 Jul 2002 13:43:08 James Frysinger wrote: >Hooray! There is hope for the future in typography! > >We have often wrestled here with the problems caused by the inability to >represent special symbols in our email, on web pages, and the like. I have >just read a NetWatch note in Science (28 June 2002) that led me to survey the >information at > http://www.stixfonts.org >regarding the pending release of a new, huge font set. I will not try to >answer all the questions that are readily available with their answers on >that web site, but some neat features of this promised product stand out: >1. It will be made freely available, with licensing requiring only an >agreement not to modify the fonts. >2. It will be compatible with Adobe Type 1 and OpenType fonts. >3. It will be in the "Times" family. >4. It will be available in four faces: regular upright, regular italic, bold >upright, bold italic. >5. It will be ported almost immediately to TeX. >6. It will be compatible with MathML. >7. It can be incorporated into browsers either directly or as a plug-in. >8. It will provide over 7700 glyphs, enabling the writing of techinical >documents (web, paper, electronic) in one font set, thus avoiding the >requirement to mix font sets with the hope that all the readers have all >those fonts in their machines. >9. It will be completed this fall, with release sometime in 2003. >10. It is totally funded and sponsored by the American Chemical Society, the >American Institute of Physics, the American Physics Society, the Institute of >Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Mathematical Society, and >Elsevier Publishers. >11. This font set is expected to cover all the needs for publication in >scientific, medical, engineering, and mathematical fields. > >Jim > >-- >James R. Frysinger >Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist >Senior Member, IEEE > >http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Office: > Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer > Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > University/College of Charleston > 66 George Street > Charleston, SC 29424 > 843.953.7644 (phone) > 843.953.4824 (FAX) > >Home: > 10 Captiva Row > Charleston, SC 29407 > 843.225.0805 > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
