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) A distinguishable symbol in this font is the integral sign which appears in many mathematical, physical, and engineering journals.

Releases

MathTime 1.x & Plus

These versions were sold by (the now defunct) Y&Y. Version 1.x contains math fonts (including italics) and symbols, while Plus added

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and "heavy" (extra bold) styles.

MathTime Professional 2

Released by PCTeX, this is the current version of MathTime. It has a paid version known as Complete and a free version with limited features known as Lite. Key features of MathTime Professional 2 include: * Three optical sizes, for text (10 pt), super/subscripts (7pt), and second-order super/subscripts (5.5pt) respectively * Italic "v" and "w" with rounded bottom * Alternative italic "z" in the style of Times Linotype (as opposed to the default in the style of Times New Roman) * Large mathematical

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The following features are exclusive to the Complete version: * Bold italics of Greek characters * Bold and heavy styles of basic math symbols *

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symbols, including bold and heavy styles *

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, and "holey Roman" (seriffed blackboard bold) fonts MathTime has its own license (i.e., unrelated to the license of Times New Roman).

Related typefaces

* Belleek is a metrically identical (but significantly different in shape) free replacement font for MathTime 1.x. Belleek was released by TrueTeX (Richard Kinch) in 1998. * TM Math by MicroPress is another commercial math font * STIX fonts, XTIS, and TeX Gyre Termes are Times-style math fonts released for free and/or under open source licenses

References

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