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What fonts or typefaces were commonly used in old (pre-1950) mathematics literature?
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I recall reading some books in my university library which were published in the 1920s and 1930s, and am wondering about their fonts. They looked very nice, and I would like to find some. It seems Monotype Modern was one such font, but it somehow costs hundreds of dollars despite the fact that its creator has been dead for a century.
Are there open source versions of such classic mathematical fonts?
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I recall reading some books in my university library which were published in the 1920s and 1930s, and am wondering about their fonts. They looked very nice, and I would like to find some. It seems Monotype Modern was one such font, but it somehow costs hundreds of dollars despite the fact that its creator has been dead for a century.
Are there open source versions of such classic mathematical fonts?
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asked Jan 19 at 20:47
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The History of Science and Mathematics StackExchange might be a better place for this question. Possibly, people on the TeX StackExchange might have insights.
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I recall reading some books in my university library which were published in the 1920s and 1930s, and am wondering about their fonts. They looked very nice, and I would like to find some. It seems Monotype Modern was one such font, but it somehow costs hundreds of dollars despite the fact that its creator has been dead for a century.
Are there open source versions of such classic mathematical fonts?
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asked Jan 19 at 20:47
radislajevradislajev
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I recall reading some books in my university library which were published in the 1920s and 1930s, and am wondering about their fonts. They looked very nice, and I would like to find some. It seems Monotype Modern was one such font, but it somehow costs hundreds of dollars despite the fact that its creator has been dead for a century.
Are there open source versions of such classic mathematical fonts?
math-history
math-history
asked Jan 19 at 20:47
radislajevradislajev
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asked Jan 19 at 20:47
radislajevradislajev
613
asked Jan 19 at 20:47
radislajevradislajev
613
asked Jan 19 at 20:47
radislajevradislajev
613
asked Jan 19 at 20:47
radislajevradislajev
613
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Hint: Some related information is given in Mathematical Typography by D.E. Knuth from 1979. He discusses aspects of the development of typography used in AMS Transactions from 1900 up to the late 1970s in order to introduce $TeX$ and $mathrm{METAFONT}$.
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Hint: Some related information is given in Mathematical Typography by D.E. Knuth from 1979. He discusses aspects of the development of typography used in AMS Transactions from 1900 up to the late 1970s in order to introduce $TeX$ and $mathrm{METAFONT}$.
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Hint: Some related information is given in Mathematical Typography by D.E. Knuth from 1979. He discusses aspects of the development of typography used in AMS Transactions from 1900 up to the late 1970s in order to introduce $TeX$ and $mathrm{METAFONT}$.
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Hint: Some related information is given in Mathematical Typography by D.E. Knuth from 1979. He discusses aspects of the development of typography used in AMS Transactions from 1900 up to the late 1970s in order to introduce $TeX$ and $mathrm{METAFONT}$.
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Hint: Some related information is given in Mathematical Typography by D.E. Knuth from 1979. He discusses aspects of the development of typography used in AMS Transactions from 1900 up to the late 1970s in order to introduce $TeX$ and $mathrm{METAFONT}$.
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