Math + Type = Vexed Designer
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- Arvizu
Hi. Here's a bit of a rant (read: cry for help). I'm laying out a new scholarly journal for a client from the university's Mathematics department.
One thing I hadn't counted on was the hideously large amounts of equations in the copy documents. Lots of equations, with math symbols that aren't fonts usually included in your typical typeface. In fact, most of them seem to be pasted into the documents from some other program. When I copy and paste them into inDesign, it works about 50% of the time. The other % is me cursing.
Needless to say, this has become an excruciatingly painful project. I knew there was a reason I went into art: math.(anyone know how to deal with math type better than this?)
- grunttt0
is there such thing as a "math font"?
- spendogg0
use times
- Nairn0
Sounds like a job for LaTex!
Whatever the hell that is.
- drgss0
100% of all mathematics journals use the same standard Roman typefaces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Com…
- iheartfun0
Look into special characters and glyphs...
As drgss says - all of them are there....
- Arvizu0
I should clarify: it's not really a matter of access to the symbols, I just don't want to have to rewrite the equations. Most of them are long and complex and have funky leading... like this:
- iheartfun0
Oh gotcha... yay I take that back i wouldn't want to have to do that either.... yikes
sorry
- Hanseatic0
You have to screenshot them large. then drop into text as picture.
only way. you fucked man.
- Arvizu0
screen shots.. gotta do whatcha gotta do... thanks for the tip.
on that note: how can I adjust the size of a screenshot? (mac)
- jimbojones0
export as PDF and you'll have no problems with the resolution
- Arvizu0
that works perfect, thanks!
- drgss0
try editing the equations to make them look simpler
- THA0
oucchhh.
- fooler20
this thread actually makes me feel like there is hope for QBN. As much as I like the occasional dick joke and pics of boobs this is what this is meant to do. People helping people.