On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:56:38AM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Zvezdan" == Zvezdan Petkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Zvezdan> That's exactly what I meant. CM family is ugly. Notice what I
> Zvezdan> say above about Euler. Metafont itself is not an issue. It's
> Zvezdan> a design. CM was designed by one of the greatest computer
> Zvezdan> scientist off all time, but only a would-be artist. Euler is
> Zvezdan> designed by one of the greatest designers of all time --
> Zvezdan> Herman Zapf. That's what makes a difference.
>
> I thought the cm font had been designed with input from Zapf too...
>
> JMarc
As far as my memory serves me, Knuth and Zapf worked together on Euler
only for American Mathematical Society. Zapf never used a program to
design (he used Linotype devices only before) and Knuth was an expert
for such things. :-)
One can hardly imagine two better choices for these two parts of the
work.
I read a book:
Hermann Zapf & his design philosophy : selected articles and lectures
on calligraphy and contemporary developments in type design, with
illustrations and bibliographical notes, and a complete list of his
typefaces
and do not remember seeing CM mentioned there though. It had samples of
all his designs at the back and Euler was there of course. I might check
it out in the library again if you're _really_ interested.
Best regards,
--
Zvezdan Petkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.cs.wm.edu/~zvezdan/
