FONT with male / female symbol

[Ron at]

As a publisher,
I have tons of fonts and font styles. Most we never use because, as noted
below, they do not flow with the style of our publication (The Taxonomic
Report).  A biological publisher who would not have a variety of fonts and
symbols in not much of a "printer".  And, yes, one who writes a lot will
learn to hate editors - they want to change everything - textual
composition, layout, graphics everything.

Ron Gatrelle, president
The International Lepidoptera Survey
www.tils-ttr.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Una Smith" <una at LANL.GOV>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: FONT with male / female symbol


> Una Smith wrote:
>
> >>LaTeX users should get a copy of the Comprehensive Symbols list
> >>(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/), which
> >>includes thousands of symbols, including dozens of biological ones.
>
> Gail E. Kampmeier wrote:
>
> >These are great, but how do you get around the fact that publishers and
> >editors don't have these fonts?
>
> First of all, who says publishers (or editors) don't have fonts that
> include these symbols?  It is rarely necessary or even desirable for
> the publisher to use the exact font that an author uses:  the font
> used by a journal is part of that journal's style.)  Publishers own
> and use hundreds or even thousands of fonts;  using the correct font
> is their job, not the author's responsibility.  If a publisher needs
> a font they don't have, I expect the publisher to go out and get it.
>
> In practice, it is usually sufficient for an author to provide a
> document that shows the correct symbols (even written in by hand,
> if necessary), nevermind the font used.
>
> --
>         Una Smith
>
> Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mailstop K-710, Los Alamos, NM  87545
>