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mathptmx vs. newtx #1

Open koppor opened 10 months ago

koppor commented 10 months ago

I try to get a minimal TeXLive setup running and did not find pacakge mathptmx directly. CTAN says

The package is part of psnfss, but is reckoned to be obsolete. Users are recommended to switch to using newtx in its place.

Source: https://ctan.org/pkg/mathptmx

Should a switch to newtx be made?

sieversMartin commented 10 months ago

Well, the requirements said, that a specific font should be used:

Font (durchgehend): Nimbus Roman No 9 L
  (ich hoffe, diesen Font können Sie auch problemlos in LaTeX einbinden, ich sende Ihnen die OTFs mit, s. Anhang)

That's why I kept mathptmx (although the differences to newtx or TeX Gyre Termes should be small)

sieversMartin commented 10 months ago

So, if we want to switch some day, it could be done using an option (similar to lni).

koppor commented 10 months ago

So, if we want to switch some day, it could be done using an option (similar to lni).

I would really argue for a hard switch. - For consistency.

Libre templates for the win. 2025 maybe?

(But all of this is a side conversation 😅)