Zvezdan Petkovic wrote:
> But regarding the removal of palatino, wouldn't it be better to simply
> change it from:
>
> \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ppl}
> \renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}
> \renewcommand{\ttdefault}{pcr}
>
> to
>
> \RequirePackage{mathpazo}
> \RequirePackage[scaled=.95]{helvet}
> \RequirePackage{courier}
>
> rather than simply remove it?
Yes, that's exactly what I propose. I do not want to remove the "palatino"
option from the fonts choice, but change the "backend". LyX just loads the
above instead of \usepackage{palatino} (as it is now). Similar, Lyx should
load mathptmx/helvetica/courier instead of times if the user selects "Times"
in the fonts choice. Only pslatex should be removed. It's a hack.
> > > > And instead of ae, I'd recommend latin modern, a much better type-1
> > > > version of cm (though still beta and not yet perfect).
> > >
> > > Which package do you load for this?
> >
> > \usepackage{lmodern}. See
> > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=uselmfonts
>
> Well, it's still not a part of teTeX distribution on Red Hat Linux 9,
> and OpenBSD 3.4 that are available to me
Yes, it's still beta and not yet included to teTeX AFAIK. But apart from some
well known bugs [1] it's already quite usable (and of very good quality).
Jürgen.
[1] cf. http://pc52.ifw.ing.tu-bs.de/~harders/latex/lmodern.html
