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 Re: Unicode math Barbara Beeton <[log in to unmask]> Tue, 20 May 2014 11:50:10 -0400 text/plain (23 lines) On Tue, 20 May 2014, David Carlisle wrote:     [...]     If you want \mathbf{Var} to "look OK" then you need to kern the V and a     and that means (as far as I understand the current situation) either using a     text bold font or having tables somewhere in the macro layer and inserting     kerns "by hand", that is: make the macros iterate over every character     inserting     kerns where needed. (but maybe luatex and or xetex can modify the font     metrics     at font loading time? i think maybe the "proper" thing to do is recommend declaring these multi-letter non-\mathrm strings as a special kind of operator name. may require a new command ... i agree with david that the text kerning is definitely wanted here. -- bb