Is it MATLAB, Matlab or matlab?.

Bijan Mobasseri

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Feb 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/23/97

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Might be a minor point but I have to know. I always thought it is MATLAB. But I
just looked at the title of Etter's book and saw it written as Matlab. Now,
this would not have happened without some thought. So next time I write about
"MATLAB" what is it gonna be?.

Bijan

Steve Eddins

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Feb 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/23/97

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It is MATLAB.

moba...@vu-vlsi.ee.vill.edu (Bijan Mobasseri) writes:

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Jim Tung

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Feb 24, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/24/97

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Both Etter texts that I have ("Introduction to MATLAB For Engineers and
Scientists" and "Engineering Problem Solving with MATLAB") have "MATLAB"
all uppercase in the title. When we typeset the name, we make "ATLAB" a
bit smaller (reduced by about 10%) than the "M". Some other folks reduce
it a bit more, which may make it appear to be proper case (initial cap) at
a quick glance.

As Steve said, it should be all uppercase.

Thanks for asking.

- Jim

Steve Eddins <edd...@mathworks.com> wrote in article
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> It is MATLAB.
>
> moba...@vu-vlsi.ee.vill.edu (Bijan Mobasseri) writes:
>
> >
> > Might be a minor point but I have to know. I always thought it is
MATLAB. But I
> > just looked at the title of Etter's book and saw it written as Matlab.
Now,
> > this would not have happened without some thought. So next time I write
about
> > "MATLAB" what is it gonna be?.
> >
> > Bijan

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Julian S Visch

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Feb 24, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/24/97

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In article <5eqhdl$7...@vu-vlsi.ee.vill.edu>, moba...@vu-vlsi.ee.vill.edu (Bijan Mobasseri) writes:
|> Might be a minor point but I have to know. I always thought it is MATLAB. But I
|> just looked at the title of Etter's book and saw it written as Matlab. Now,
|> this would not have happened without some thought. So next time I write about
|> "MATLAB" what is it gonna be?.

Well as I understood it, it is MATLAB(R) with the ATLAB slightly smaller and the
(R) as a superscript.

Bijan Mobasseri

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Feb 24, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/24/97

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"Jim Tung" <tu...@mathworks.com> writes:

>Both Etter texts that I have ("Introduction to MATLAB For Engineers and
>Scientists" and "Engineering Problem Solving with MATLAB") have "MATLAB"
>all uppercase in the title. When we typeset the name, we make "ATLAB" a
>bit smaller (reduced by about 10%) than the "M".

You are describing "small caps"; i.e. small caps version of "Matlab" with M
capitalized would look as you have said.But, it is still Matlab.

Bijan

Doug Schwarz

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Feb 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/25/97

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In article <5etjon$n...@vu-vlsi.ee.vill.edu>, moba...@vu-vlsi.ee.vill.edu
(Bijan Mobasseri) wrote:

Actually, Jim is describing something more like "medium caps". With
"small caps" the height of the small caps should be about the same as the
height of the short lower-case letters (such as 'x') which is normally
about 2/3 the height of the capitals. Jim said that the "ATLAB" is set at
about 90% of the size of the "M" which makes is closer to "normal caps"
than "small caps". If The MathWorks says it's "MATLAB" then it's
"MATLAB".

Doug

Jim Tung

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Feb 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM2/25/97

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Different packages handle the "small caps" font style differently,
sometimes making it less than half the height of a normal uppercase letter.
So we explicitly capitalize and reduce by about 10%.

But I'm nitpicking here. Ignoring this typography stuff, it's "MATLAB",
all uppercase.

- Jim

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