Fontspec + Cabin + LuaLaTeX

Question

I want to use the Cabin fonts (which are available on CTAN). It seems possible to use these fonts with LuaLaTeX, since there are type1 fonts available, and on CTAN it says:

LuaLaTeX and xeLaTeX users who might prefer type1 fonts or who wish to avoid fontspec may use the type1 option.

However, I'm using fontspec, so now I'm confused.

How can I get these fonts to work with LuaLaTex + fontespec ?

Answer 1

For a special footer font, I suppose you'd want to use fontspec directly. I'm not sure what your actual document looks like, but you could use fancyhdr in this case:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{georgia}
\newfontfamily\footerfont{Cabin}% default: Cabin-Regular

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyfoot{}
\fancyfoot[CO,CE]{\footerfont just a small footer}
\fancyfoot[RO,RE]{this is not in Cabin}
\pagestyle{fancy}

\begin{document}

This is not the footer and it's not in Cabin.

\end{document}