{fonts} is about fonts and how to use them. It deals with questions about changing family, shape and weight of fonts, but also with font packages. If your question is not about a font in general but about specific symbols, use {symbols} instead. For questions about font sizes, use {fontsize}.
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Font Rendering Artefacts on OS X
Ever since I started using OS X, I have noticed strange rendering artefacts when viewing PDFs I create using pdfTeX, XeTeX, or LuaTeX using Preview.app. These artifacts are not always reproducible, ...
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\setbox containing maths interferes with surrounding math mode in XeTeX
I encountered what might be a bug in XeTeX (but I would be glad to be proven wrong) while chasing a strange interaction between bytefield, unicode-math, and mathtools.
In general, I do not expect a ...
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Identify a math script font [duplicate]
Today I saw an amsart article with the following script "I" in it:
But I can't identify which font it is. All math script fonts I know are \mathcal, \mathscr, and \mathfrak, but none of these ...
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Looking for an “easy to understand” description of the tfm file format
I try to understand TeX more deeply, and one part of it is the TFM (TeX font metric) file format. Is there an easy to understand yet complete description of it somewhere (perhaps free)?
I know I can ...
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Golden ratio typography in TeX
Chris Pearson makes a number of claims in his article Secret Symphony: The Ultimate Guide to Readable Web Typography, which I find fascinating, and I would like to know: are the formulas he proposes ...
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luaotfload cannot load system font [closed]
(I have asked this question in comp.text.tex and lualatex-dev@tug.org mailling lists, but I still haven't got any reply. I know this website is not for bug report, but since no developer responded me, ...
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Scale font in TikZ plots
I have a lot (~100) of TikZ plots, autogenerated with a popular matlab script.
I want to resize the font of the plots, because it is currently too large.
I googled a bit, and found some answers (even ...
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xelatex myriad pro l with apostrophe issue
I compile my document with xelatex.
I use Myriad pro
\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Myriad Pro}
My problem is that the "l'a" is looking OK but not the "l'i" the i touches the apostrophes. Can ...
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How can I use \lVert and \rVert norm symbols (‖x‖) with the Iwona math font?
I want to use \lVert and \rVert to denote the vector norm.
With Computer Modern this works quite fine. But when trying to use Iwona as a math font, I run into trouble:
\documentclass{standalone}
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Change font in combine class
I'm working with combine class to join several articles. This package works fine, but now I want to change the font of all document. I tried
\usepackage{mathpazo}
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What fonts are compatible with T2A encoding?
I'm trying to figure out what fonts are compatible with T2A encoding - seems like there's no such a list known to Google.
I've identified that iwona and computer roman (default) are supported. ...
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More than one width of a glyph in LaTeX or LuaLatex
I don't know where I can ask about it.
I have font with 2 or 3 versions of letter 'a'.
How I can put this information to LuaLaTeX, LaTeX etc.?
When the paragraph are breaking/making LaTeX made ...
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How change math font size in power?
How can I change the font for power such a way that the power symbol is rendered much smaller than the number 3 in the following formula? I need to sum (necessarily with \displaystyle) was much ...
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pdflatex: Handling of fonts when including other pdfs
I was curious about one fact: How will pdflatex deal with fonts embedded in pdfs it includes?
For example: When I include 100 pdf-files (e.g. using \includegraphics) will the generated output file ...
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Longtable monospace font
How do I format all the text in a longtable to monospace. Adding \texttt{ before or after the \begin{longtable} and a } at the end gives me a
Runaway argument?
{ \begin {longtable}{lll}
! Paragraph ...
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lining figures in tables and math, old style figures in text
I’m using TeXLive 2012, up to date on Ubuntu 12.10. When I use the libertine package with the option osf and newtxmath for math fonts!, I get oldstyle nombers everywhere, but I only want to use them ...
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Problems with installation of MinionPro [closed]
I am trying run my .tex-file after I installed MinionPro in TeXLive, but the following problem appears:
!pdfTeX error: pdflatex (file MinionPro-Bold.pfb): cannot open Type 1 font file
for reading
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Having trouble with MikTex and fonts for custom package, missing file
I'm trying to get a custom document class working on a Windows PC where I do not have administrative rights. MikTex can't access its package repository, and so far I've been forced to install a large ...
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Change font type in arabtext
I wrote an Arabic paragraph
\begin{arabtext}
\begin{center}
\Large{\textbf{معادلةُ زُمْرةِ إعادة التقنين لنموذجيْ بينر المتعامدُ و المترابط
}}\\ \vspace{0.5cm}
\large{إعدادُ
}\\
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Question about beamer - Cambria font with CambridgeUS
Related to my previous question about beamer, now I have another one:
How to set Cambria font for mathematical equations and Times New Roman or Arial font for regular text
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structured overview of installed fonts suitable for font comparison
How to get a "reasonably structured" overview of the fonts installed on a computer that are usable by (La)TeX or alternatively by LuaTeX / XeTeX? By "reasonably structured" overview I imagine a ...
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Problem while compiling template CV with: ' fontspec error: “font-not-found”'
I have somme problem while I'm trying to compile template CV from: http://www.latextemplates.com/template/friggeri-resume-cv .
I have install texlive-full package on Ubuntu and tryied to compiled this ...
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Using multiple fonts for maths and text
When using the Fourier font for text is it possible to use the standard times new roman latex font (or any other) for equations?
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luatex 0.76 failed to generate some ligatures [closed]
I installed texlive 2013 today. After installation, luatex cannot generate ligatures for "fi fl ff", but it can for `` '' ---. xetex works perfectly here, after update.
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
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Ligatures in (Graphite) TrueType fonts
When using ConTeXt MkIV (i.e. with the LuaTeX engine), I’ve noticed that ligatures don’t work properly for some TrueType fonts, even though they do work in LuaLaTeX or even LibreOffice. As far as I ...
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How do I add Hebrew support to TeXLive on Windows (with pdfTeX+babel)?
I just downloaded & installed TeXLive 2012 on my Windows 7 box, including Hebrew language support. I then tried to process the following document:
\documentclass{article}
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Latex and Thai language
I try to use Latex with Thai language.
I found a few problems.
\usepackage[Lenny]{fncychap}does not completely support Thai font. (TH Sarabun New is an opentype font)
\bibliography{bib} do not ...
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Use sans-serif in a verbatim environment?
What is the right way get fancyvrb’s verbatim environment (or any other variation) to use \textsf as the font?
I can do it with:
\begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\}]
\textsf{Here’s some textsf.}
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Unable to find TFM file
I use TeXLive 2011 (installed with ISO) in Ubuntu. When I use the package bbding, it shows
** ERROR ** Unable to find TFM file bbding10
and I use the command locate bbding10.tfm
that returns:
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Changing the default title/author/institution/frametitle font in Beamer
I sadly haven't been able to answer this questions using Google. In beamer, I'd like to make the default font for the entire title page, as well as frame titles, to be the default font from the old ...
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Old Korean han'gŭl in XeLaTeX?
Does anybody know if it's possible to typeset old han'gŭl (Korean alphabet) in XeLaTeX?
I'm referring to these letters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Hangul
It is not possible to type outright ...
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LaTeX is not compiling consistently
I am really new to LaTeX, so it's possible I'm making some egregious error that I'm not aware of, but my documents are compiling inconsistently. By that I mean it compiles correctly maybe one in ...
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Why acrobat is telling me the font is CMSSBX10?
Through this site I learned how to extract font information from pdf and found out that it might be mathdesign. But why adobe acrobat pro tells me it is CMSSBX10? I want to use the same font in my ...
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Replace all standard LaTeX fonts with [arbitrary fonts] for journal submission
A physics journal I'm submitting to requests that image files not contain any non-standard fonts. Standard fonts, as far as they are concerned, are: Times-Roman, Times-Italic, Times-Bold, ...
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Solving an unexpected interaction between ebgaramond and Franklin Gothic
Here's my MWE, and its output (XeLaTeX, TeXLive 2012 latest, Windows 7):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{ebgaramond} %%% <== This one
\setsansfont[%
]{ITC ...
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Creating my own font map for use with XeLaTeX [duplicate]
I want to create my own font map for use with XeLaTeX. What I want to do is what Natror is doing with the medial long S in his answer to this question:
Trouble with contextuals in LuaLaTeX with ...
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Xelatex beamer Calibri: how to suppress unwanted ligatures [duplicate]
Solution:
\setsansfont[Ligatures={NoRequired,NoCommon,NoContextual}]{Calibri}
I'm no typographer, therefore I didn't know the techinical terms, but this Wikipedia article describes it: ...
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Dollar sign with txfonts and fontenc
I have a strange problem with the dollar sign ($) and \textbf{} when using the txfonts and fontenc packages. The dollar sign has a space after it. Both packages are required to reproduce the problem.
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Smallcaps “Đ” (đ) corrupted [duplicate]
The title says it all. How do I fix it? he letter works fine when "normal" (including bold, italic, bold-italic).
I use these:
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{currvita}
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“Chapter” not appearing in title
I am using the report class to submit my thesis. Since my university wants the word 'chapter' to be in a different font, and the title of the chapter to be in a different format, I made some changes. ...
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How to change font type face only in table environment?
Why doesn't the \ttdefault change the font in the table? I want to change font for a single table only.
\begin{table}[h!]
\singlespacing
\footnotesize
\ttdefault
\caption{Some caption.}
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Adobe Garamond Pro (otf) with mathdesign
I would like to use the Adobe Garamond Pro (otf) font with mathdesign. The readme of the package says:
The following commercial families are also supported:
mdpga family corresponds to ...
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Upright greek math: `theta` with `textgreek` package too boldish
With the following MWE:
\documentclass[british]{article}
\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage{textgreek}
\begin{document}
\LARGE
Normal text default font, italics and upright:
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How to use `\mathrm` with capital greek letter and `newtx` package?
I have macros that use \mathrm. However, if the argument is a capital greek letter, newtx package changes the outcome to a math symbol in T1 encoding. I do not expect \mathrm to do anything on capital ...
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Babel shorthands has a problem with \bm package
Using the babel command \useshorthands{"} prevents \bm package to work normally.
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\useshorthands{"}
\usepackage{bm}
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Font not found by XeLaTeX
Hi LaTeX gurus out there.
I understand that you could use XeLaTeX to use any system font. Well, recently I downloaded a LaTeX template for a CV from http://www.latextemplates.com
The template uses ...
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Latin Modern embedded in pdf documents? [closed]
I'm using the Latin Modern fonts to label diagrams that I create in Powerpoint. I save each Powerpoint slide as a pdf file, and then I insert these pdf files into LaTex documents (among other uses). ...
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luatex cannot find font metric data
After installing TeX Live 2012 in a non system directory (not sure if this makes a difference) and running some of the tests found at TeX Live Install, LuaTeX can't find the example font metrics even ...
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TeXMaker compilation error, Font OT1/ptm/bx/n/20.74=ptmb7t at 20.74pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found
when I am compiling any TeX document in my TeXMaker, it is giving me the following error message.
Font OT1/ptm/bx/n/20.74=ptmb7t at 20.74pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not
found.
I am using ...
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Type1 fonts and musixtex
Thanks to @cgnieder, I can now typeset the full range of a piano. Now, I'd like to use the utopia-mathdesign package.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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