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Which font does LaTeX use / Possible to use in Word? [duplicate]
What is the name of the standard font in LaTeX? And is it possible to download and use this font in Microsoft Word?
I found that Latin Modern supposedly resembled it, but the archives on ...
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how can we write in Greek with computer modern font
How can we write Greek documents (i.e. in the Greek language) having the computer modern font? What code do we have to write? I'd like to note that I don't want to include some Greek letters, but I'd ...
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Fatter Computer Modern
I very much like the design of the Computer Modern fonts, except that the strokes (mostly the hairlines) are too thin and "spindly", so not well suited to low-resolution devices like computer screens. ...
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Should I use fix-cm?
I recently became aware of the existence of the fix-cm package. I've looked at the documentation in fixltx2e.pdf, but it's not clear to me exactly what the problem is that it fixes. Should I worry ...
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ClassicThesis Changing the font to computer modern
I am super sorry for this question as it is very basic and probably answered many times..
I really like the ClassicThesis format a lot!
However, I am not really a big fan of the Palatino font for ...
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Computer Modern font with accented characters (in XeTeX)
I'd like to use Knuth's Computer Modern font with XeTeX (not with XeLaTeX and so not with a LaTeX package) in a way where I don't have to type accents in a \'-way and without any gimmick such as ...
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How do I use Bakoma fonts in my text?
I find the information on Computer Modern and Bakoma fonts confusing. I really want to change font and see what I get. How do I change my font to Bakoma?
These are the fonts I want: Bakoma Computer ...
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How do I invoke cm-super?
I have installed cm-super from the command line in Ubuntu.
I can see the .pfb files in usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/cm-super.
I am still not sure how to invoke them in LaTeX.
This page:
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Are bitmap fonts too fuzzy or is it just me? [closed]
The above text was rendered with LaTeX. The text below was rendered in Libre Office.
You can see that there is a big difference in clarity, I think. Is it just me? How can I get LaTeX to produce ...
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Google Docs' PDF viewer
I downloaded the cm-super package and for comparison, created 5 versions of my document with different fonts:
Computer Modern
CM-Super
CM-Super with microtype
Latin Modern
Latin Modern with ...
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Should I worry about the new math fonts when using pdfLaTeX?
I watch the CTAN Announcement RSS feed as a way of finding out about cool new packages. Recently I saw two announcements; The release of lm-math and tex-gyre-math. I use both Latin Modern (via ...
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dvips: warning: no config file for `amz'
I have submitted a PDF manuscript to a conference and I get the feedback that my fonts in the verbatim environment either look hideous or they are not rendered at all. The manuscript looks nice on my ...
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Font shape undefined despite using either or both of fix-cm and lmodern
My document begins:
\RequirePackage{fix-cm}
\RequirePackage[l2tabu, orthodox]{nag}
\documentclass[oneside]{memoir} % TODO 12pt
Nevertheless, I get errors:
LaTeX Font Info: Font shape ...
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What are all the font styles I can use in math mode?
As can be seen in above picture, there are lots of fonts or font styles that can be used in math mode.
What are all the fonts or font styles I can use in math mode, and which packages are required ...
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Unwanted CM fonts when trying to use mathpazo
Some more information. In making an MWE I removed a lot of stuff, including the use of XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX, and fontspec. What I was actually trying to do was set up a suitable maths font environment ...
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\textbullet and CM sans serif: font shape undefined
The following example
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\sffamily
\textbullet
\end{document}
gives me the warning:
LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OMS/cmss/m/n' undefined
(Font) ...
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Are the original CM fonts better than the current type1 fonts?
What are the differences between the original (rasterized) CM fonts and the current (smooth PDF-friendly) type1 versions of these fonts?
It seems to me that the originals are much better looking. ...
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Identity of LaTeX default sans serif font
What the the default sans serif font in LaTeX? If it is a clone what is it based upon?
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Switching back to Computer Modern within XeLaTeX
Until I select a font using \fontspec{ ... }, XeLaTeX uses the default of Computer Modern. Once I select some font, I have no idea how to re-select Computer Modern. Can anyone help?
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How do I swich between Vector and Raster (bitmap) Fonts?
Q. What do you exactly need?
A. I need to compile twice one and the same document in PDFLaTeX using
vector fonts from CM-Super package
standard raster Computer Modern fonts
Q. Why do you need ...
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CM clearer than CMsuper? After applying \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}, fonts get blurry
minimum working code:
\documentclass{article}
% \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
abc
ABC
123
\end{document}
It opens as pdf in Mac's preview and Acrobat X respectively.
The left is ...
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Computer Modern Unicode + OpenType for XeTeX / fontspec
I'd like to use the most modern version of the Computer Modern fonts for XeTeX [or anything newer, of course] with the FontSpec package. Currently, I'm using
\setromanfont{CMU Serif}
However, this ...
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Small caps with CMSS?
How can I use small caps with the CMSS font?
When trying to set fontshape to "sc" I get a serif font or just no change (if I use fonthshapealone):
result of example below:
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Force Computer Modern in math mode
I am writing a presentation using the beamer class and XeTeX. I have changed the sans font using \setsansfont. Now some symbols in my equations are rendered using the mono font (like the lowercase ...
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Fine tuning the ccfonts package
A little background the package ccfonts does not have any bold characters hence when you use it it loads the computer modern bold. Now there is an option for this package: "boldsans" when it uses a ...
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Including LaTeX font in PowerPoint chart
I am running Windows 7 and create some charts in PowerPoint 2010. I export the charts to PDFs and load them into a LaTeX document.
Can I load the default LaTeX font into Office? How?
Essentially, I ...
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Latin Modern vs cm-super?
I've read various answers to questions on here that suggest the original Computer Modern fonts have been superceded. Sometimes it is suggested we use the cm-super package, sometimes that we instead ...
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Where can I find computer modern fonts for use in other programs, e.g. Adobe Illustrator?
For some complicated diagrams, I need to use something like Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape, and would like to include nicely typeset labels. (I'm aware of post-processing solutions, such as pinlabel.) ...
