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[gmilanese@xxxxxxxxx (Guido Milanese)]

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 22:22:55 +0100 (CET)
From: Guido Milanese <gmilanese@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [SLE] Old style page numbers in LaTeX



On 12-Nov-00 Corvin Russell wrote:
> I've yet to get ahold of TeX Unbound... but in the meantime,
> how do
> you change page numbers so that they are text figures and not
> titling figures? 

I do not know if this answer is still useful, after such a long
time, and also the answer I provide is so simple that probably
is not what you required -- however, that's how I do. I put this
line in the preamble:

\renewcommand{\thepage}{\oldstylenums{\arabic{page}}}

This simple system, however, works only with standard TeX fonts.
With other styles (palatino, times ...) the result is unpleasant
because page numbers are in the default font.

Another system is to use fonts that have oldstyle numbers as
default, as e.g. the Georgia font by Microsoft (free!) or many
TTF or PS fonts produced by Adobe and others. This way you won't
have to bother at all.

My twopence...

Guido, from Italy

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