AMS Euler
font | AMS Euler |
category | Handwriting |
Font classification | Handwritten Antiqua |
Font designer | Hermann Zapf , Donald Knuth |
Client | American Mathematical Society |
Creation | 1983 |
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AMS Euler is a script - font used by the American Mathematical Society was given (AMS) in order. It is named after the mathematician Leonhard Euler . It was designed by Hermann Zapf with the support of Donald Knuth .
This font tries to replicate the handwriting of a mathematician on a blackboard, so the writing position is not inclined. It uses the German form of the integral sign . It works well with other typefaces designed by Hermann Zapf, such as: B. Palatino , Aldus and Melior , while optically it fits very badly to Computer Modern , the font family preset in TeX .
Knuth was co-author of the book Concrete Mathematics dedicated to Leonhard Euler at the time of its creation , and so the font was the first to be used for it. With Concrete Roman, Knuth designed a matching font.
AMS Euler was first implemented in METAFONT , but is now also available in other font systems such as PostScript Type 1 and TrueType .
literature
- Donald E. Knuth and Hermann Zapf: AMS Euler - A New Typeface for Mathematics . Scholarly Publishing 20 : 131-157 (1989). Reprinted as chapter 17 of the book Digital Typography .
- Donald E. Knuth: Typesetting Concrete Mathematics , TUGboat 10 (1989), 31-36, 342. Reprinted as chapter 18 of the book Digital Typography .
Web links
- User's Guide to AMSFonts (en) , Version 2.2d 2002-01, PDF document, 34 pages, size: approx. 400 kB, contains a section on the history of the AMS-Euler fonts.
- AMSFonts (en) on the website of the American Mathematical Society (with download link)