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         Using Monotype Times NR with TeX and LaTeX
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                                                  2005-06-01
                        Walter Schmidt <w-a-schmidt@gmx.net>


LaTeX
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The Monotype Times NR font family is assigned the name "mnt"
in LaTeX.  To make LaTeX use it as the default roman font
family, load the package timesmt:

  \usepackage{timesmt}

Doing so will additionally enlarge the default line spacing 
by 3%, thus taking into account the somewhat larger
effective size of the TimesNR fonts as compared with
Computer Modern or Times Roman.  Besides, the package
redefines the macros \TeX and \LaTeX so that they work
properly with Monotype Times, rather than with Computer
Modern.

Monotype Times NR is available with design sizes of 10pt,
7pt and 5.5pt.  The supplied font definition files make
LaTeX use

  the 10pt fonts for sizes of 9pt and above,
  the  9pt fonts for sizes of 7...9pt,
  the  5.5pt fonts for sizes below 7pt.


NFSS classification of the text fonts

  encodings      family  series  shapes
  ----------------------------------------
  OT1, T1, TS1   mnt     m       n, it, sc
  OT1, T1, TS1   mnt     b       n, it

NB:
Small capitals (shape sc) are not available at sizes below
9pt, because there are no Expert fonts for the 7pt and 5.5pt
design sizes.  
The bold-italic shape (b/it) is not available at sizes below
7pt, because there is no such font.

Only those text companion (TS1) symbols, that are also part
of the ISO-Adobe character set, are available, plus the Euro
symbol.



plain TeX
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At TeX level, the following (virtual) fonts are available
with the traditional "TeX text" (OT1) character set:

  TFM name:   Size:   PostScript FontName:
  -----------------------------------------
  tim          10  pt TimesNRMT
  timi         10  pt TimesNRMT-Italic
  timsc        10  pt TimesNRMT with small capitals
                       from TimesNRExpertMT
  timb         10  pt TimesNRMT-Bold
  timbi        10  pt TimesNRMT-BoldItalic
  sv            7  pt TimesNRSevenMT
  svi           7  pt TimesNRSevenMT-Italic
  svb           7  pt TimesNRSevenMT-Bold
  svbi          7  pt TimesNRSevenMT-BoldItalic
  tst           5.5pt TimesSmallTextMT
  tsti          5.5pt TimesSmallTextMT-Italic
  tstb          5.5pt TimesSmallTextMT-Bold

Notice that the names of the TFMs for the OT1-encoded fonts 
do not follow the "Karl-Berry-scheme", with respect to 
compatibility with previous implementations.



Known problems
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The kerning tables of the TimesNR fonts exhibit several 
deficiences, affecting accented characters and letter pairs 
that are common in languages other than English.  
These flaws were not yet corrected in the TeX font metrics.



Suitable math fonts
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In conjunction with the TimesNR text fonts it is strongly
recommended to use the `MathTimeProfessional' math fonts.
They were particularly desigend to blend with TimesNR and
provide the same set of design sizes.  They are accompanied
by suitable macro packages for LaTeX and plain TeX.  The
MathTimeProfessional fonts are available from PCTeX, Inc.
<http://www.pctex.com>.

== finis

