Questions tagged [installing-fonts]
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MikTex gothic letters using yfonts/ygoth [on hold]
I'm using MiKTeX 2.9.6500 64-bit and trying to install the old germanic fonts from CTAN. They contain three different types of old germanic fonts called Fraktur (in package as yfrak), Schwabacher (...
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TinyTeX: Font TS1/ntxtlf/m/n/12=ts1-qtmr at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found
I'm trying to get a minimal LaTeX working inside a Docker container to support some documentation generation. Currently this is what I have going:
RUN wget -qO- "https://github.com/yihui/tinytex/raw/...
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Install cryst font on macOS 10.14 for pdflatex and lualatex
I want to use following font in my current document with pdflatex and lualatex
https://ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cryst
Following MWE compiles successfully
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
...
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Babylonian numerals with Texlive
I successfully used babylonian numerals with xelatex in Windows with Miktex, but I would like to do this now in Linux with Texlive.
I installed texlive2018 portable full (but without docs and some ...
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How to install Bickham font or similar font
I want to write something like Bickham script for "V". So I have tried to install it but after following steps of this post and compiling the following code:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[...
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How to install the millennial package in miktex (Windows)
Well, there are some questions about how to install packages that are not in the package repository. The most famous probably is this.
I'm traying to install the package millennial (you can see this ...
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Xelatex: Font shape `T3/lmr/m/n' undefined(Font) using `T3/cmr/m/n' instead(Font) for symbol `textsecstress'
When I use xelatex compile the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tipa}
\begin{document}
[\textsecstress h\textopeno m\textschwa\textprimstress\textdyoghlig in\i\textschwa s]
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Font became rasterized after reinstall
The following code produces a rasterized font:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc}
\newcommand{\cyr}{%
\renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2}%
\normalfont\selectfont}
\newcommand{\lat}{...
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Marvosym and no output PDF file produced [closed]
I'm learning Latex and i'm struggling to solve my problem.
Here's my code :
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[UTF8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage{pifont} %...
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How to transition best from fontawesome (4) to fontawesome5 in an article
I have an old article in which I use fontawesome icons from version 4.7.
In Ubuntu 16.04, I had installed font-awesome (v4.5) and texlive-fonts-extra from the repositories. Then I downloaded the ...
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Use Custom Made Font [closed]
I created my own font but I am having trouble to use it in latex. I am using luatex, fontspec and book class. This is my test file:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[Path=C:/...
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setmainfont fails on not available font despite font being available
I've the following IBM Plex font available in my font user directory, which is correctly identified when using fc-list:
fc-list | grep -i IBMPlexSans
produces:
/myPath/myPath/myUsername/.fonts/...
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ConTeXt and type 1 fonts
I want to use the KP fonts for the maths in my document. ConTeXt recognises the files:
mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=kp
identifier familyname ...
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Context: Font database won't update after reloading fonts
I recently installed context on my laptop running Debian unstable. The version of context is 2017.05.015 and I installed it using apt.
My intention is to use system fonts in my generated documents, ...
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yfrak fonts are rasterized in the newest MikTeX-portable
I tried the following code with pdflatex:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\fontfamily{yfrak}\selectfont A
\end{document}
If I use the newest MikTeX-portable, then ...
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Help with Benguiat fonts
I have been looking for a Benguiat font for use with latex. I found one source that requires xelatex and seems to be only in one size. (Alas, I can't remember where I found it.) I also found fonts/...
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updating the file list database after installing new font
I'm using the TeX Live environement on Mac.
I've installed a new font; I've exported the downloaded ebgaramond.zip file to the local texlive tree:
/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
To use the package, ...
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Changing Font Family as in LaTeX wikibook example
I want to vary the font family in my document, as demonstrated in this example from the LaTeX wikibook. I built and compiled an mwe using that same code, but in the document I generated, the font does ...
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installing getnonfreefonts in VirtualBox - Unknown option error
I am have trouble installing the nonfreefonts. When I execute getnonfreefonts -sys -a I get Unknown option: y. If I run for example getnonfreefonts -user --version I get Unknown option: e.
I am ...
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How to force install packages on the fly re-try a install?
I was trying to compile a TeX file for the very first time. In turns out, fonts I use are not included in the vanilla copy of MikTeX 2.9, and trying to compile my TeX file redirected to install the ...
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mktextfm ecss0400 fails
I updated my texlive 2017 installation on my Linux Mint 17.2 machine and since then I can't compile this minimal (not) working example. A complete reinstall (complete version) of texlive didn't change ...
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How to install a font in texlive 2017 (mac)? [duplicate]
I'm running texlive 2017 on Mac OSX Sierra.
Could anyone tell me how to install a font? It was bought commercially some time ago, and is not available on the CTAN server so can't be installed using ...
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How to install the simpsons package on MacOSX?
I am trying to use the simpsons package. The texeditor I use is TeXShop. I am not sure which TeXLive version I am using. When I go to /usr/local/, I find three different versions; 2013, 2014 and texmf-...
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'Unknown archive file size' when installing garamondx
I am trying to install garamondx in MiKTeX, Windows 10 x64. I have ran the MiKTeX updater and synchronized the package database too. The error I get is
Unknown archive file size.
I know I can ...
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installing fonts on windows texlive 2016 oxsz5.tfm
I'm trying to install a set of fonts but unsuccessful. (oxford uni but poor documentation)
http://spivey.oriel.ox.ac.uk/mike/fuzz/
https://iainhouston.com/blog/z_on_osx.html
I have bunch of tfm ...
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Problem installing MinionPro GNU/Linux [Solved] [closed]
I have Chakra Linux in the laptop and I'm trying to install MinionPro package in TeX Live 2016 (installed from https://www.tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html) following the steps in https://www.ctan....
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How to install hieroglyph
I must work (under Windows 10, MikTeX and TeXMaker) with Egyptian hieroglyphs that are not managed by the package hieroglf. hieroglyph is able to do so, but it must be installed manually and the ...
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MacTex 2016 issue with emerald font installation
Using MacTex 2016 under OS X El Capitan (all package updated)
I was following rules https://www.tug.org/fonts/fontinstall.html.
1/ Download emerald.zip from CTAN.
2/ unzip files in /opt/share/texmf-...
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Bickham font installation
I'm having some issues regarding the installation of the package Bickham (https://www.ctan.org/pkg/bickham). I'm using the MacTeX-2016 distribution.
First of all, the installation of this font ...
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Cannot find main repository, you have to tag one as main!
On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I tried to install Minon Prop Latex package, which is a font, (for texlive) using this command: tlmgr install minionpro
But I got this error message:
(running on Debian, ...
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How do I install the Malvern font in Tex Live 2015?
I am attempting to install the Malvern font from Tug, and am running on Ubuntu 16.04.
First off, if there is an automatic way to do this, please let me know what that might be.
Second, I have ...
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TeXLive getnonfreefonts-sys error: untrusted certificate from tug.org
I recently installed TeXLive 2016 on a partition where I run Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 OS (Italy-localized). I am experiencing some problems with the installation of the additional fonts. Following the ...
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how to Install new font (erewhon), Ubuntu, Texmaker
! LaTeX Error: File `erewhon.sty' not
found.
From http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/erewhon/ a have file erewhon.tds.zip. There is also readme descriptions to install font, but for Linux ...
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Mathdesign font installation
I want to use the free Garamond for LaTeX and found the mathdesign-Package.
Now I have to install the nessecary font-files like it is described in the readme-document:
You can find these free text ...
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MinionPro vs. FontPro
In the past I've used the MinionPro scripts/packages, by Achim Blumensath, Andreas Bühmann and Michael Pedler, to install the Minion Pro font set. I have to do this once more on a new computer —a Mac ...
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need .sty for all attempts to use Goudy Old Style
I have tried the suggestions for using Goudy Old Style on this page:
Goudy Old Style for LaTeX?
but in all cases I get the log error: "*.sty not found". Can anyone advise how to generate the .sty file?...
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Making TTF font LaTeX-ready
A while ago I found Type-1 font and wanted to use it in LaTeX. I posted the problem and community helped me to solve it - please take a look
here.
So now I found a TTF font and my question is: "What ...
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pdfLaTeX Font shape undefined using DejaVuSans
For about a week I am unable to include the "DejaVu Sans" font into my pdflatex in order to use it. My document:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\fontfamily{DejaVuSans}
\selectfont
\...
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Why doesn't updmap-sys see the TEXMFLOCAL config?
I tried installing emerald fonts and followed the advice in this great answer. However, running updmap-sys would not update with the new fonts because it doesn't look into the file at TEXMFLOCAL/web2c/...
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MikTeX: Package installation repair
I was compiling a TeX file with marvosym package - which was not installed in my computer. When it was automatically attempting to install the marvosym package, I force closed the program thinking ...
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Installing Arial Font [duplicate]
I need to write my document in Arial font, and I have no idea how to install the font. Would anyone be able to give a step by step guide? I have tried to use other guides, but they get rather ...
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How can I install newly created fonts?
I am using texlive2015 on Ubuntu 14.04. The distro is owned by root and I have to use sudo for such things as updmap. [I have another computer where I changed ownership to me, but the following ...
