AMS Euler

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AMS Euler
font AMS Euler
category Handwriting
Font classification Handwritten Antiqua
Font designer Hermann Zapf , Donald Knuth
Client American Mathematical Society
Creation 1983
example
Font example for AMS Euler
Equations set in AMS Euler

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

Commons : AMS Euler  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • 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)