% !TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk \documentclass[11pt]{amsart} \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} %\geometry{landscape} % Activate for rotated page geometry \usepackage[parfill]{parskip} % Activate to begin paragraphs with an empty line rather than an indent \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{etbb} \usepackage[libertine,varbb]{newtxmath} \usepackage[cal=rsfso,scr=rsfs]{mathalpha}% so \mathcal uses acute rsfs \usepackage{mathrsfs}% so \mathscr uses natural rsfs \title{An acute script font based on RSFS} \author{Michael Sharpe} \email{msharpe at ucsd dot edu} %\date{} % Activate to display a given date or no date \begin{document} \maketitle The {\tt rsfs} fonts are, in their natural states, very oblique, appearing to be slanted to the right at close to 45$^\circ$. In my opinion, this makes them less suited for use as a replacement for \verb|\mathcal|. If you choose to use the {\tt rsfs} fonts, it is best to invoke them via the {\tt mathalpha} package. For example: \begin{verbatim} \usepackage[cal=rsfs,calscale=1.03]{mathalpha} % invoke as \mathcal scaled up 3% \end{verbatim} or \begin{verbatim} \usepackage[scr=rsfs,scrscale=1.03]{mathalpha} % invoke as \mathscr \end{verbatim} %(The \verb|mathrsfs| package defines \verb|\mathscr| to use {\tt rsfs} for output.) The purpose of this package is to make a collection of virtual fonts from the {\tt rsfs} PostScript fonts that remove much of the slant. The {\tt o} in {\tt rsfso} stands for {\tt oblique}, though {\tt acute} would be a better description. The end result is quite similar in appearance, modulo a few flourishes, to the commercial script font in the Adobe Mathematical Pi collection. Here is a sample (as a png snapshot) of the latter, produced via \verb|\usepackage[mathcal]{mathpi}| but also useable via {\tt mathalpha} with the incantation \verb|\usepackage[cal=mathpi]{mathalpha}|. \includegraphics{mh2scr0} The second line above shows that work will need to be performed to get spacing, accents and subscript positions in better shape than when invoked by the now obsolete {\tt mathpi} package. The same fragment using {\tt rsfso} renders as $\mathcal{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}$ $\mathcal{\hat{A}}\mathcal{\hat{F}}_i\mathcal{\bar{M}}^2_k$ Compare this to the output from {\tt rsfs}: $\mathscr{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}$ $\mathscr{\hat{A}}\mathscr{\hat{F}}_i\mathscr{\bar{M}}^2_k$ The {\tt rsfso} package has two options: {\tt scr} causes a redefinition of \verb|\mathscr| rather than \verb|\mathcal|, and {\tt [scaled=1.1]} expands the size by a factor of 1.1, allowing you to match the size of the \verb|\mathcal| (or \verb|\mathscr|) output to your math font. IMO, it is better to use it via the {\tt mathalpha} package, as it provides a shared syntax for loading a large number of mathematical alphabets. \end{document}