{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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XeTeX Arabic vowels
I would like to demonstrate declension in the Arabic language by coloring a single vowel or letter. I found some solutions to color a single letter, however the connections would break.
So again I'm ...
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Good reference for learning how fonts works
Can you suggest a book/textbook that will help me to learn how fonts works in LaTeX ?
The problem is next: for two years I will write my Master's theses (for beginning) in Serbian in Cyrillic. There ...
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XeTeX: What happened to \mathcal and \mathscr?
Recently I switched from pdflatex to xelatex to be able to use OpenType fonts. I like to use variables highlighted using \mathcal for specific variables, while I used to use \mathscr-typeset variables ...
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Are the fonts Minion Pro and Myriad Pro free for commercial use? [closed]
Are the fonts Minion Pro and Myriad Pro free for commercial use when I obtained them by downloading the free software Adobe Reader?
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Define kerning in lualatex
I am trying to define a kerning between V and /. (see question)
My approach is the following, but I don't see any differences between using the feature file and not using it.
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\XeTeXglyph triggers previous character variant. How to avoid this?
I’m typesetting a document in Hoefler Text with XeTeX. I am however dissatisfied with the default position hyphens and dashes and much rather use other glyphs instead. I currently achieve this with ...
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Inconsolata missing after MiKTeX update
I just ran the MiKTeX Updater and there was an update for Inconsolata. I also refreshed the FNDB and it is listed as installed in the Package Manager, but when I try to compile my documents that have ...
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Math symbols in tt font
I am trying to typeset some mathematics all in typewriter font; aiming to emulate the appearance of a particular computing environment. However, \mathtt in math mode doesn't appear to affect the ...
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Displayed math looks bad using beamerposter with lmodern
I'm using a theme for beamerposter that requires the package lmodern. Specifically, I'm modifying the theme found
here. However, the displayed equations do not look right when I use lmodern.
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Geo Sans Light Font
Does anyone know what settings are required for Geo Sans Light Font in Latex as can be found HERE.
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Kp-fonts package used font
Which is the font used in Kp-fonts package? I would to know what's the name of the fonts provided by the kpfonts package.
I can't understand if kp-fonts is just package's name or also the font's name!
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Compilation error when using MetaUML on Windows
When I try to compile a MetaUML program on Windows, I get the following error:
Font ptmr8r not usable: TFM file not found
I Googled this error, and I found that I have to install ...
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How (La)TeX makes use of font related files, i.e., .fd, .map, .enc, .def,etc when selecting fonts?
What are the usage of these font related files: .fd, .map, .enc, .def, etc?
What's the sequence of using them when (La)TeX converts tokens to generate a pdf output(assuming pdftex is the engine)?
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Mapping to replace \newfont with \usefont
Rather than write
\newfont{\mynewfont}{pagk8r scaled 3000}
one now apparently (Ref.: Math symbol within a new-font word) should write:
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xepersian, xetex can't find fonts
I'm trying to add persian text to my document but it doesn't accept the fonts I set and returns this error:
The font "XB Niloofar" cannot be found.
I just installed texlive using this guid. And ...
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Non-bitmapped “thumb up” symbol for flagging “good practice” tips
I want to use a "thumb up" symbol, to flag a "good practice" tips in my document. Table 244 in the Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol list shows that the dingbat package provides the following:
However, ...
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Why LaTeX uses upright uppercase Greek letters by default in math mode?
Why upper-case Greek letters are typeset in upright font, i.e., \mathrm? While at the same time, some upper-case Greek letters those are also Latin Letters ,e.g., A for $\Alpha$, B for $\Beta$, are ...
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Get current font size as length
I understand from THIS question that the current font size can be determined.
But how can I convert this to a length value?
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\newlength{\mytextsize}
%This ...
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textgreek, metafont and missing config files
I'm aware this is quite a specific question and apologise for that, but I'm quite stuck and I think a few people might benefit.
Anyway, I'm an Ubuntu-user and about a month ago I used ls to look at a ...
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Fonts: achieving a clean look of the math
With dsfonts, the square roots don't have the thick bold top bar on some of the symbols as with pxfonts, but with pxfonts, the \int and the other forms \iint all appear vertical whereas with only ...
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Hot to change kerning around ( glyph with lualatex?
Inspired by An example of changing kerning of a font in LuaLaTeX I decided to try to change the kerning for some letter combinations together with parentheses which have been bothering me in my ...
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how to set font feature file for a specific font file and not the whole font shape
I'm looking for having my document set with specific ligatures, such as 's' replaced by 'longs', 's t' by 'longs_t' etc. and using the Linux Libertine G font.
To do this, I'm writing my text ...
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Differences in processing DejaVu Serif between LuaTeX and XeTeX
I'm trying to set a heading in DejaVu Serif Condensed Bold. Simplified, here's the code:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{DejaVu Serif Condensed}
\begin{document}
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Hanging figures in Times
I would love to see hanging figures by using times package, but according to docs it is not possible. Typing "texdoc times" in console I was informed that this package is obsolete and it's recommended ...
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How to access the quotation marks in Berling font using lualatex?
Here is a small example:
\documentclass[11pt,article,oneside]{memoir}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[ItalicFont={BerlIt}, FeatureFile=myligatures.fea]{Berling}
\begin{document}
``Lala la''
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Quickest way to search for valid \fontfamily arguments?
Say I have a command like
\newcommand{\fntpal}[1]{{\fontfamily{ppl}\selectfont#1}}
used for changing the font of specific chunks of text to Palatino and I also want something similar for other ...
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xelatex does not find texgyreterms
I want to use xelatex together with TexGyreTerms:
\ifxetex
\newcommand{\lsCoverTitleFont}[1]{\fontspec[LetterSpace=-2.0]{TeXGyreTermes} \fontshape{sc}\fontsize{52pt}{16.75mm}\selectfont #1}
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Still can't compile with newpx
I have the same problem as this question: Cannot compile using the newpx package
But the solution there doesn't work for me. After running updmap several times I still can't compile even the simple
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Improve inline fraction style with Quattrocento font
I'm using the Quattrocento font in a beamer presentation (which my audience likes a lot) but I have a small problem with inline fractions like 33 1/3, which do not look very good. Specifically the "1" ...
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Substitute the \infty provided by the eulervm package
How can I substitute the \infty of the eulervm package with the \infty at the left (that in text mode) in this PDF? (to find it easily, please use the ctrl+f combination and then type \infty)
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How to create outline text with a solid interior in ConTeXt?
Following the instructions for \definespotcolor at the ConTeXt Garden, I created some outlined text:
\defineeffect[outline][alternative=outer,rulethickness=.25pt]
\starteffect[outline]
This text ...
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Handle different font names
Preface
I'm using XeLaTeX and typeset a document using the TeX Gyre Pagella Math font in conjunction with the unicode-math package. This is some sample code
\documentclass{standalone}
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Change font family in pgfplots (followup)
The MWE below shows that the solution at How can I change the font family in pgfplots? does not cover all the cases. The digits in the plot itself and the subscript in math mode in the title need ...
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Combining sffamily and scshape
According to a relevant comment, one should be able to specify both weights and shapes for each family.
Why can I (seemingly) not have small caps with \sffamily?
Minimal example:
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non-invasive kerning/spacing modification: what options are there?
Once in a while, you may want to (1) adjust or create a kerning pair (or, better yet, kerning class) in a font, or (2) adjust a particular glyph's sidebearings.
examples of scenario (1) would include ...
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Mathpazo has broken \left and \right
If I use mathpazo then it seems that \left\Vert and \right\Vert generate the wrong size in one case:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{mathpazo}
\begin{document}
{\Large $\left\Vert ...
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Kerning between V and / in Palatino and Euler
Edit 1
I made the test with real palatino font and Neo-Euler, with the same result
(As far as I can see)
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[] {PalatinoLTStd-Roman.otf}
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How do I create custom headings?
I'm using the document class Thesis, which is based on the more general class book. I would like to create a custom heading to specify specific sections of a mathematical model, e.g. \modelsec{Zero ...
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Math symbol within a new-font word
I would like to insert a bullet to separate the syllables within a word. The word appears in a new font, and I would like the bullet to appear (as in a dictionary) centered within the word.
Neither ...
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How to change font for a TextField with pdfLaTeX?
First of all, I am a TeX-Noob, so this may be easy answered by a pro ;-)
We have MiKTeX 2.9 and pdfLaTeX for creating pdf documents.
One pdf document contains multiple form fields (TextField), and ...
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Format in toc appearing differently
I set up my toc to show parts in bold small caps, and then use a similar setup to show the beginning of references (such as bibliography and lists of figures etc.) and appendices. In the MWE, I use ...
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Are true glyphs used for accented characters, when input as escaped codes?
I know that in the early days of TeX, some characters outside the standard ascii where typeset by quite dirty hacks. For example, in my language (Polish), we have an "a with a downward hook" (ą) and ...
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Mathtype Euclid Font in Latex
Is there anyway that I can use Mathtype's Euclid font in typing texts in latex? Just for the text, not the math mode. Some used to suggest that it's the same as the default Computer Modern font in ...
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Open-source TeX fonts visually similar to FF Fago or Neo Sans Intel
Are there open-source TeX fonts visually similar to FF Fago or Neo Sans Intel (used on intel.com website and also Intel manuals (small example))?
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Using proprietary fonts
I'm considering purchasing a font from Hoefler & Frere-Jones for my thesis (the font is called Requiem).
Does anybody have any experience with H&FJ fonts? In particular:
Are there any ...
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How to replace a mathfrak uppercase letter by a “large” lowercase
My students find it difficult to read (and reproduce) \mathfrak{S}. I'd like to replace it with a large \mathfrak{s}.
Here is what I've done so far
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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Problem with character placement (XeLaTeX, Linux Libertine and Unicode)
The following test document:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
\begin{document}
aɻ
\end{document}
displays the second character above, instead of after ...
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esint package changes integral to cap symbol
The following code produces wrong output:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath, esint, kpfonts}
\begin{document}
\[\int_a^b f(x) dx \]
\end{document}
If I change the loading order of the ...
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What fonts are these? [duplicate]
I have a problem identifying what fonts are used in typesetting these pdf documents. However, since I'm a beginner here with low reputation, I can't post an image caption of the files. Even if I could ...
