# Accessing dutchcal and other fonts directly

I wanted to define one symbol using the dutchcal font, but using the dutchcal package ruins the command \mathcal.

One workaround was to define another command \matholdcal by

\DeclareMathAlphabet{\matholdcal}{OMS}{cmsy}{m}{n}


and replace \mathcal by \matholdcal all over the document. It works well although I don't understand the syntax of \DeclareMathAlphabet.

But it is a pain to use \matholdcal all the time, and creates a mess if I want to copy-paste parts of other documents.

I would like to do the opposite, leave the command \mathcal as it is, and create a new command just for the dutchcal font.

However I don't know how to look for fonts in my LaTeX tree, nor what to put in place of the OMS and cmsy above.

Thanks for the help!

• Have you checked here: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/165621/… – Majid Abdolshah Feb 8 '18 at 6:41
• @MajidAbdolshah I have seen that one but it doesn't give what I am looking for. I would like to use the dutchcal font without having to mess up with the \mathcal command – user4929 Feb 8 '18 at 9:18

Looking into dutchcal.sty I found which lines to use instead of calling the package:
\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathdutchcal}{U}{dutchcal}{m}{n}