On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 11:45:03PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote: > On 2016/10/18 23:45:48 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 06:57:56AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote: > >> >From ec360d66cdab86bbe98d544aca52aaec1e03518e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > >> From: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:11:35 +0900 > >> Subject: [PATCH 0/6] Add targets for alternative fonts > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> As I implied in the cover-letter of previous patch set, I attempted to > >> add make targets for alternative monospaced fonts. > >> > >> Courier font is said to be a standard monospeced typewriter font. > >> It is good as long as you don't mix it with other fonts, but when mixed > >> used in Times Roman text, it looks too wide and too thin. > >> > >> Typewriter fonts available in LaTeX are listed at the LaTeX Font > >> Catalogue site: http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/typewriterfonts.html > >> (including both monospaced and proportional fonts). > >> > >> I have no idea how much people prefer courier font, so I took two > >> approaches. > >> > >> One was to try courier font variations. > >> The other was to try "txtt" based font packages. "txtt" is a font > >> designed to look better when mixed used with Times fonts. > >> > >> But I couldn't figure out which to propose because of pros and cons > >> of candidate fonts. So I just added make targets for people to try. > >> > >> Detailed explanation of these new targets and font packages can be > >> found in the commit message of the 3rd patch ("Makefile: Add targets > >> for alternative monospace fonts"). > >> > >> Summary of pros and cons of each target is as follows. > >> > >> mss: (courier scaled) > >> pros: o can build on old TeX installation > >> cons: o too thin > >> o scaling by .94 affects apparent vertical position (looks > >> slightly lower than Times Roman text) > >> msr: (nimbusmono regular) > >> pros: o thick enough > >> cons: o requires recent TeX installation > >> o scaling by .94 affects apparent vertical position (looks > >> slightly lower than Times Roman text) > >> msn: (nimbusmononarrow) > >> pros: o can hold up to 64 characters in a line of code snippet > >> cons: o requires recent TeX installation > >> o single letter variable names denoted by \co{} may be hard > >> to recognize > >> mstx: (txtt) > >> pros: o can build on old TeX installation > >> o looks mostly good when mixed with Times Roman > >> cons: o zero character is slashed > >> o asterisk character has a higher position > >> msnt: (newtxtt) > >> pros: o looks mostly good when mixed with Times Roman > >> cons: o requires recent TeX installation > >> o asterisk character has a higher position > >> > >> Shrinking courier based fonts reduces the x-height, and causes > >> monospaced text to look somewhat lower than Times Roman text. > >> Actual baseline is not affected but the look is affected. > >> > >> My preference is the target "msnt" which uses "newtxtt" font package. > >> But "txtt" based fonts have higher positions of "*" character. > >> I anticipate some people to have hesitation to use it. > >> > >> There are other obstacles here. Some of the targets require quite > >> recent LaTeX installation or manual installation of font packages. > >> > >> On Ubuntu Trusty, only the targets "mss" and "mstx" can be built on > >> TeX Live 2013 available there. > >> > >> On Ubuntu Xenial, TeX Live 2015 works just fine for all the targets. > >> > >> My recommendation is to use "mss" (courier scaled) option as the default > >> and permit up to 57 characters in a line of code snippets, and give people > >> alternative font choices as make targets. > >> > >> If "mss" is acceptable as the default, we can modify "perfbook.tex" and > >> revert ad hoc fontsize tweaks done in the past. > >> > >> The latter half of this patch set is an attempt to use sans serif font > >> (Helvetica) as default font for one-column layout. Sans serif fonts are > >> said to be easier to read on a lower resolution display. > >> > >> Again, there is an obstacle here. I used a package "mathastext" for math > >> mode font tweaks, but the version of mathastext on Ubuntu Trusty conflicts > >> with hyperref package. The version provided on Ubuntu Xenial works fine > >> with a workaround given in the 5th patch ("Redefine \path command for > >> sans serif font"). > >> > >> Please take time to see which one meets your preference and let me > >> know what you feel. > >> > >> Thanks, Akira > >> > >> Akira Yokosawa (6): > >> Separate font package declarations > >> Adjust scale of sans serif font > >> Makefile: Add targets for alternative monospace fonts > >> Makefile: Add target '1csf' (one-column sans serif) > >> Redefine \path command for sans serif font > >> Makefile: Add notice of mathastext version for 1csf > >> > >> Makefile | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- > >> perfbook.tex | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ > >> 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > > > Applied and pushed, thank you! > > > > Getting on a plane soon, but will check tables containing code later, as > > these have been the places where font size has been the most troublesome. > > > > Next time, could you please resend the whole series as v2? Just makes it > > a bit easier to process. ;-) > > Yes. I noticed the error just before leaving home. I half expected to get > request for v2. Doing manual patch submission in the morning was a bad idea... I do know that feeling... ;-) Thanx, Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe perfbook" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
