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    Bitstream  Latin 725 (Meridien) font pack for LaTeX

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                                                  2002-08-07
                                              Walter Schmidt

The LaTeX family name of Bitstream's font family Latin 725
is "bmd".  Thus, the command

  \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{bmd}

makes LaTeX use it as the default roman font family.

Because of its larger x-height, Meridien needs a somewhat
enlarged line spacing, as compared with Computer Modern.
The exact value depends on the line width, but 3% ... 5% 
or so is required at least:

  \linespread{1.03} % or 1.05
  

Math tyesetting:
There are no math fonts that were particularly desiged to 
blend with Meridien, but Lucida New Math (from Y&Y's Lucida 
bright collection) goes well with Meridien, provided that it
is scaled appropriately:

  \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{bmd}
  \linespread{1.05}
  \usepackage[expert]{lucbmath}
  \def\DeclareLucidaFontShape#1#2#3#4#5#6{%
    \DeclareFontShape{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{<->s*[.85]#5}{#6}}



NFSS classification:

family  series  shape(s)  PostScript-Name
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bmd     m       n, it     Latin725BT-Roman,  
                          Latin725BT-Italic
bmd     mb      n, it     Latin725BT-Medium,
                          Latin725BT-MediumItalic
bmd     b       n, it     Latin725BT-Bold,
                          Latin725BT-BoldItalic

Supported encodings:  OT1, T1, TS1.  If you have got the
latest version of the font files, the TS1 encoding provides
the Euro symbol \texteuro.  too.

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