## replacing math font in latex?

### replacing math font in latex?

suppose that i have a font named vmtmr which
i wish to use as a math font, ie to replace cmmi .
how do i use it in latex?  i used the following
commands, but they did not have the desired effect.

\font\teni=vmtmr10 \skewchar\teni="7F
\font\seveni=vmtmr7 \skewchar\seveni="7F
\font\fivei=vmtmr5 \skewchar\fivei="7F
\textfont1=\teni
\scriptfont1=\seveni
\scriptscriptfont1=\fivei

note, vmtmr is a virtual font which i constructed from
other postscript fonts using the command vptovf.
any help will be greatly appreciated.
glenn forney

### replacing math font in latex?

>suppose that i have a font named vmtmr which
>i wish to use as a math font, ie to replace cmmi .
>how do i use it in latex?  i used the following
>commands, but they did not have the desired effect.

>\font\teni=vmtmr10 \skewchar\teni="7F
>\font\seveni=vmtmr7 \skewchar\seveni="7F
>\font\fivei=vmtmr5 \skewchar\fivei="7F
>\textfont1=\teni
>\scriptfont1=\seveni
>\scriptscriptfont1=\fivei

>note, vmtmr is a virtual font which i constructed from
>other postscript fonts using the command vptovf.
>any help will be greatly appreciated.

You want to set up NFSS, which would allow you to use the command
\newmathalphabet{} to change the math font to whatever you prefer.

It may well be possible using the "Old" Font Selection System, but
probably requires a lot of "rewiring" of LPLAIN.TEX/LFONTS.TEX to
make it work.  Better to look up NFSS, and be able to systematically
select fonts, rather than having to hack them in.

Alternatively, you could rename the font files so that cmmi would
refer to your vmtmr font.  Other people at your site might not like
that very much, though.

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Hi TeXperts,

My question regards to the replacement of the AMS fonts (metafont
version) with the Adobe Mathematical-Pi fonts in Type-1 format. Both
fonts have a lot in common, e.g., script, black-bold, frak and math
symbols, but the Adobe version is better designed in some way.

I wonder if anyone has attempted to write a style package for
replacing the amslatex's amssymb.sty and amsfonts.sty but using the