1*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierAMSFonts PostScript Fonts (Adobe Type 1 format) 2*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 3*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierThe PostScript Type 1 implementation of the AMSFonts produced by and 5*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierpreviously distributed by Blue Sky Research and Y&Y, Inc. are now freely 6*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombieravailable for general use. This has been accomplished through the cooperation 7*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierof a consortium of scientific publishers with Blue Sky Research and Y&Y. 8*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierMembers of this consortium include: 9*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 10*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierElsevier Science IBM Corporation Society for Industrial and Applied 11*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierMathematics (SIAM) Springer-Verlag American Mathematical Society (AMS) 12*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 13*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierIn order to assure the authenticity of these fonts, copyright will be held by 14*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierthe American Mathematical Society. This is not meant to restrict in any way 15*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierthe legitimate use of the fonts, such as (but not limited to) electronic 16*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierdistribution of documents containing these fonts, inclusion of these fonts 17*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierinto other public domain or commercial font collections or computer 18*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierapplications, use of the outline data to create derivative fonts and/or 19*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierfaces, etc. However, the AMS does require that the AMS copyright notice be 20*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierremoved from any derivative versions of the fonts which have been altered in 21*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierany way. In addition, to ensure the fidelity of TeX documents using Computer 22*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierModern fonts, Professor Donald Knuth, creator of the Computer Modern faces, 23*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierhas requested that any alterations which yield different font metrics be 24*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombiergiven a different name. 25*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 26*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierThe AMS does not provide technical support or installation assistance beyond 27*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierany installation instructions included in this file. Installation and use of 28*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierthese fonts may require some technical expertise. Review this READ.ME file 29*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierin its entirety before undertaking an installation. 30*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 31*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierThe fonts are available in Macintosh and PFB (binary Type 1) outline 32*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierformats. 33*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 34*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierThe canonical version of the PostScript AMSFonts is located on 35*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierthe AMS FTP server, ftp.ams.org, at /pub/tex/psfonts/amsfonts. 36*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 37*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierHistory 39*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 40*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierThe PostScript versions of the AMSFonts were produced by Blue Sky Research 41*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierof Portland, Oregon, and Y&Y, Inc., of Concord, Massachusetts, who published 42*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierthe fonts in conjunction with their commercial implementations of the TeX 43*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierprogram. 44*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 45*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierCharacter outlines were derived from high-resolution METAFONT-generated 46*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombiercharacter bitmaps by the ScanLab application from Projective Solutions (Ian 47*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierMorrison and Henry Pinkham), applied and corrected by Douglas Henderson of 48*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierBlue Sky Research. Character hints were created by software from Y&Y 49*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier(Berthold and Blenda Horn), with extensive hand work by Blenda Horn. Font 50*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierengineering, production, and packaging were by Douglas Henderson and Berthold 51*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierHorn. 52*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 53*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 54*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierFont Distributions 55*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 56*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierThe canonical version of the PostScript AMSFonts is located on the AMS 57*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierFTP server, ftp.ams.org, at /pub/tex/psfonts/amsfonts. These fonts 58*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierare also available on the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN). 59*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 60*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierThe following three files are in this directory for you to download: 61*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 62*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombieramsps-textures.hqx for use with Textures, contains fonts in standard 63*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Macintosh Type 1 format 64*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombieramsps-oztex.hqx for use with OzTeX, contains fonts in standard 65*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier Macintosh Type 1 format 66*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombieramsps-pc.zip for use on a Windows or DOS system, contains fonts 67*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier in PFB format with PFM metrics files 68*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombieramsps-unix.tar.gz for use on a Unix system, contains fonts in 69*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier PFB format with AFM metrics files 70*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 71*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 72*7dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierEach distribution includes a READ.ME file which contains instructions 73*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierfor installing the fonts. Please review the READ.ME file in its entirety 74*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierbefore undertaking to install the fonts on your system. 75*7dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 76