[texhax] Can anyone tell me what these characters are?

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:44:12 -0400 (EDT) schrieb Micha Hofri:

> The following is from a log file which latex created when compiling a 
> list of mathematical symbols:
> 
> LaTeX Font Info:    Font shape `OMS/ptm/m/n' in size <10> not available
> (Font)              Font shape `OMS/cmsy/m/n' tried instead on input line 135.
> LaTeX Font Info:    Font shape `OT1/ptm/bx/n' in size <5> not available
> (Font)              Font shape `OT1/ptm/b/n' tried instead on input line 135.
> LaTeX Font Info:    Try loading font information for TS1+ptm on input line 135.
> 
> The file has 135 lines.  What characters offended?
>   I use the package mathptmx (and many others, but this one seems 
> implicated).

This substituations are probably harmless. (LaTeX is trying hard to
do senseful substituations when a symbol/font is missing.) But if
you want to find out which symbols triggers the message: Shorten
your document until it disappears.

-- 
Ulrike Fischer