"Mind the Gap!" as they say on The Tube in London (the UK one). Sent from my iPud (\~/) > On 21 May 2014, at 02:16, William F Hammond <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:31 AM, David Carlisle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> For that use I'd think >> a variant declaration which would define \mathbf to flip the mathcodes into the U+1Dxxx block >> using the base font rather than define it as a swutch to new \fam (\mathgroup) and would be useful. > > So long as one minds the gaps in U+1Dxxx (actually the several gaps for which the unicode folk seem to have thought the characters were previously defined in the U+21xx block), though maybe it's not that much of an issue for \mathbf itself as opposed to \mathcal, \mathfrak, and \mathbb. > > At least they were thoughtful enough to leave those slots empty. :-) > > Just seizing the opportunity to make everyone aware of the gaps. > > -- Bill > > -- > William F Hammond > Email: [log in to unmask] > https://www.facebook.com/william.f.hammond > http://www.albany.edu/~hammond/ >