Towards a new Math Font Encoding for (La)TeX
Matthias Clasen, Ulrik Vieth · Cahiers GUTenberg · 1998
. This paper presents a snapshot of ongoing work towards a prototype implementation of new 8-bit math font encodings for (L A )T E X, based on the `Aston' proposal presented at the TUG '93 conference. The design goals and technical considerations that have led to the present font table layouts are summarized and the contents and organization of the individual encodings are presented in detail. Finally, some alternative approaches and some remaining open problems are discussed. Keywords: mathematical typesetting, font encodings, symbol fonts 1. Introduction and Background When the arrival of T E X 3.0 [32] made it possible to overcome the limitations of 7-bit fonts, it did not take long until an encoding for 8-bit text fonts to support the needs of European languages was developed and agreed at the European T E X conference in September 1990 [2, 3, 6]. When the first implementations of these `Cork' encoded fonts became available during 1991, it was soon recognized that new 8-bit mat...