Fraction Fonts

Mick Collins mickclns at mac.com
Wed Jan 30 13:22:04 EST 2008


Hey Mark,
Anyone:  I am wondering if anyone has tried  to connect to Equation  
Editor, or other math notation utility from within.  Otherwise,  
anyone aware of the legal implications of reverse engineering it in  
Rev.  I am a math tutor and would like to use such a thing.

    -  Mick


On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:35 AM, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com  
wrote:

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> Message: 18
> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:05:25 -0700
> From: Mark Greenberg <markgreenberg at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: Fraction Fonts
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
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> On Jan 29, 2008, at 2:17 AM, Mark Swindell wrote:
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>> Has anyone had any experience with fraction fonts in Rev?
>
> I needed fractions in a math stack and ended up forgoing fraction
> fonts in favor of this method:
>
> 1.  Display this in the part of the field that shows:  y = 4x + 11
> 2.  Put this in the hidden second line of the same field: y = 5x + 11
> 3.  Underline the 4 in line 1
> 4.  Adjust the textshift and the text size of the 4 and the 5 until
> they look like 4/5 in the visible first line.
>
> It seems like a lot of hassle, but it is pretty nifty when you get
> used to it.
>
> Hope that helped,
>
> 		Mark Greenberg
>




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