Using Bitstream News 702 (=Excelsior) with LaTeX
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                                                            2006-07-23
                                                      Michael Gaehrken
                                                      mgaehrken@gmx.de

This archive contains all required files for using Bitstream News 702, a
clone of Excelsior, with LaTeX, with the exception of the font itself,
which is _not_ included. The font can be bought from Bitstream, and is
included in some versions of CoralDraw.


--------------------------   Installation   --------------------------

This describtion assumes a TDS-compliant TeX system!

1) Unpack the archive. The archive contains all files in their correct
position in a virtual texmf-tree, therefore you only need to move the
files to their corresponding location in your local texmf-tree. Some of
the directories might have to be created first.

2) Install the PFB-files. At first, you have to rename your fonts
according to the following table. Depending on the source of your fonts,
they may have different names.

Bitstream:      Corel:              TeX:
0027A___.PFB    news702n.pfb    ->  bexr8a.pfb      (Roman)
0028A___.PFB    news702i.pfb    ->  bexri8a.pfb     (RomanItalic)
0029A___.PFB    news702b.pfb    ->  bexb8a.pfb      (Bold)
0030A___.PFB    new702bi.pfb    ->  bexbi8a.pfb     (BoldItalic)

The resulting three PFB-files have to be moved to
texmf/fonts/type1/bitstrea/excelsior/ (probably you have to create the
directory first) in your local texmf-tree.

3) Update your filename database. If your tex system maintains a
filename database, you might have to update manually now. Please consult
the documentation of your tex system.

4) Enable the map file. Please consult the documentation of your tex
system, how to enable the additional font map "bex.map", which is
located in texmf/dvips/config/ and texmf/fonts/map/dvips. Under teTeX
2.0 and later, run the following commands:

    texhash
    updmap --enable Map bex.map

For other distributions, please consult your documentation!


-------------------   Using the fonts with LaTeX   -------------------

The supplied package "bexcelsior.sty" selects Bitstream News 702 as the
default serif font. The package supports the following option:

  scaled=<scale>: Loads the font scaled by <scale>.

Most of the code used in this package is adapted from packages by Walter
Schmidt.

Using the font without scaling is also possible by simply using the
command

  \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{bex}


-----------------------   Shapes and Series   ------------------------

boc:
n (roman):      n (normal), it (italic)
b (bold):       n (normal), it (italic)

All fonts are available only T1 and TS1 encoded, so you should include
the following commands in you preamble:

    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    \usepackage{textcomp}

Neither OT1 nor LY1 are supported at the moment.


----------------------------   History   -----------------------------

2006-07-23 wrong fontnames in documentation corrected (now "bex" instead
           of "bes")
2006-06-06 inital release


----------------------------    Legal    -----------------------------

This bundle "bexcelsior.tgz" and the included files are
    Copyright (c) 2006 Michael Gaehrken

Distribution of single files prohibited.

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Michael Gaehrken
mgaehrken@gmx.de