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>I'm working on polishing a 40+ page document all about transformers. The
>document includes many mathematical and Greek characters in its formulas.
>
>I'm on a Mac and am using the Garamond font. When I run into a character
>I can't find in that font, I'm using the Symbol fonts ... but there are a
>couple I'm having trouble tracking down. Anybody know of a font that
>includes more of these kinds of characters? Do I need to get a Greek
>font to be sure that I am getting all the Greek characters? What about a
>mathematical font?
>
MT Extra has some mathematical characters. Possibly Dingbats has also
something useful.
If you need equations and have Clarisworks at hand, you may use a plug-in
called Equation Editor by Design Science (http://www.mathtype.com), which
generates a lot of mathematical equation signs.
Regadrs,
Kees de Bondt
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