Mathfonts for Bitstream's ITC New Baskerville
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                                                            2004-12-11
                                                      Michael Gaehrken
                                                      mgaehrken@gmx.de

This distribution contains an attampt to make (free) mathfonts for
Bitstream's ITC New Baskerville. In this font the roman characters are
taken from New Baskerville Italic (with a few exeptions), and the greek
characters (and some symbols) are supplied from a slightly changed
version of Computer Modern. Most symbols are taken directly from
Computer Modern.

This approach was inspired by the MathKit package by Alan Hoenig, and is
still based on modified versions of some of its files. Most code for the
mathfonts is taken from the sources of the mathpazo-fonts. The type1
fonts are produced by mftrace and fontforge.

Please note, that the quality of this fonts is far inferior compared to
other solutions. Please consider to buy e.g. BA-Math from MicroPress.


--------------------------   Requirements   --------------------------

A (working) installation of the package "bnewbask.tgz" is required for
using this package. Please use a version as of 2004-12-11 (or later),
because older versions lack certain files needed for math typesetting.


--------------------------   Installation   --------------------------

This describtion assumes a TDS-compliant TeX system.

1) Unpack the archive.

2) Install the TeX/LaTeX files. The folder "texmf" contains all files
for TeX/LaTeX in their correct position in a virtual texmf-tree,
therefore you only need to move the files to their corresponding
location in your local texmf-tree. Some of the directorys might have to
be created first.

3) Update your filename database. If your tex system maintains a
filename database, you might have to update manually now. Please consult
the documentation of your tex system.

4) Enable the map file. Please consult the documentation of your tex
system, how to enable the additional font map "fbnb.map", which is
located in texmf/dvips/config/ and texmf/fonts/map/dvips. Under teTeX
2.0 and later, run the following commands:

    texhash
    updmap --enable Map fbnb.map

For other distributions, please consult your documentation!


-------------------   Using the fonts with LaTeX   -------------------

The supplied package "mathbnb.sty" selects Bitstream's ITC New
Baskerville as the default serif and math font.

As default the package loads lining figures. The package supports the
following options:

  osf: Load font with oldstyle figures for text. For math are always
    lining figures used.

  slantedGreek: Load italic uppercase Greek letters by default

  commands: Load additional commands for selecting the font styles not
    supported by the LaTeX font management:
      -\osstyle, \textos{...} selects oldstyle figures
      -\lnstyle, \textln{...} selects lining figures
    Those commands are taken from "The Font Installation Guide" by
    Philipp Lehman.

The package is based on the mathpazo package.


----------------------------   History   -----------------------------

2004-12-11  Inital release


----------------------------    Legal    -----------------------------

This bundle "mathbnb.tgz" and the included files are
    Copyright (c) 2004 Michael Gaehrken

Distribution of single files prohibited.

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Michael Gaehrken
mgaehrken@gmx.de