Beramono in XeTeX?

Question

I like the beramono font, and I want to use it for code listings (using the listings package). I want the standard CMR tt font for typewriter font in the body of the text.

I could do this using XeLaTeX, by importing beramono using fontspec - but I can't find the proper name of the font! All I can find is (for LaTeX):

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{beramono}

which is all very well, but it changes all typewriter fonts, not just the ones in the listings. What I want is to use XeLaTeX with something like

\usepackage{fontspec}
\newfontface\lstmono[scale=0.9]{The Proper Name for Beramono}

and then in my listing preamble include

basicstyle=\lstmono

However, I don't know the proper name for beramono. The command fc-list has not been much help. Can beramono be used with XeLaTeX?

Answer 1

Download the ttf version from

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1.10/

and save the files in a directory where your system will find the fonts. Then define a typeface

\newfontfamily\Bera{Bitstream Vera Sans Mono}[Scale=0.85]

As an alternative use the file name.

Then you can use listings with

\lstset{basicstyle=\Bera\small,...}

An example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{listings,xcolor}
\newfontfamily\Bera{Bitstream Vera Sans Mono}[Scale=0.85]
\lstset{basicstyle=\Bera\small,keywordstyle=\bfseries,commentstyle=\itshape}
\begin{document}

\begin{lstlisting}[language={[LaTeX]TeX}]
\documentclass{article}% standard class
\usepackage{pst-eps}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\end{lstlisting}

\texttt{Default monotype} 
\textbf{\texttt{Default bold monotype}} 
\end{document}

Answer 2

This is based on the OP's comment that solved the problem. Under pdflatex, xelatex or lualatex you can select the font explicitly at any point using

\fontencoding{T1}\fontfamily{fvm}\selectfont

Note the specific declaration of the font encoding, which is needed if you have not set this globally in the document. For listings, you can then set basicstyle to call use this font.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{basicstyle=\small\fontencoding{T1}\fontfamily{fvm}\selectfont}

\begin{document}

Demonstrating ordinary typerwriter font \texttt{ordinary typewriter
font} for comparison.

\begin{lstlisting}
  Some = code + bera mono;
\end{lstlisting}

\end{document}

A similar approach can be used with xelatex (or lualatex) combined with fontspec, but you would need an open type bera font, and I am not sure that exists. Here is the relevant code with another fixed width font.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{listings}

\newfontfamily\lstfont{almfixed.otf}
\lstset{basicstyle=\small\lstfont}

\begin{document}

Demonstrating ordinary typerwriter font \texttt{ordinary typewriter
font}.

\begin{lstlisting}
  Some = code;
\end{lstlisting}

\end{document}