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I can compile my LaTeX documents in LuaLaTeX with these lines in my preamble:
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Georgia}
However, PDFLaTeX does not support fontspec, so this will not compile.
Is there any way to use the Georgia font (or a lookalike) that’s compatible with PDFLaTeX?
If you need to support Georgia in math mode, or produce PostScript output (which the TrueType fonts winfonts supports do not have the right type of outlines for), the package you need is mathgifg.
This package very much does not come with batteries included, for legal reasons. You must even convert the TrueType files to Type 1 yourself.
An alternative is to load Georgia as your text font and some concordant math font (you might try newpxmath or stix2), then load mathastext.
Whether you use winfonts or mathgifg, I recommend you \usepackage{microtype} with font expansion on. Some people don’t like it when printed out at high resolution, but it looks great on screen and cuts down on the number of hyphenated lines you need drastically. Add the package option [protrusion=false] if you don’t like the hanging punctuation on the right margin.
This answer has been significantly edited down, following a discussion on the Meta site. I posted my original, much longer answer as a separate question.
mathgifg", would be sufficient to address the OP's question.
The winfonts package has the necessary files to use the fonts which come with Windows XP , but you'll have to install it by yourself in your texmf-local tree. There's no math support, as far as I know.
To use Georgia, use a simple declaration:
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\fontfamily{georgia}\selectfont
winfonts is not part of any distribution (for licensing reasons, I guess), albeit you find it on CTAN. There's a detailed documentation with the package.
tug.dk. The same designer also made Charter (BT or X). Or you could go for another wide serif font like any of the Garamonds listed there, of which I recommendgaramondx(Install that here.) If you need help choosing, will the document be read on a screen or paper?latexexecutable). Unless you’ve been using LaTeX for decades and know exactly how you like things, or unless someone ordered you to use PDFTeX, the modern toolchain is what you want for new documents. Especially with a TrueType font.