On 2010-11-09, Rob Oakes wrote: >> gonna thrash me is fonts. Unless I'm mistaken, fonts other than the = > ones=20 >> packaged with your LaTeX are incredibly difficult to do in = > LyX/LaTeX/TeX.
Well, there are some more TeX-ready fonts then the ones that come packed with TeXLive or MikeTeX (also commercial ones). But for the "arbitrary system font", the better option is LuaTeX or XeTeX. > I would specifically focus on XeTeX. XeTeX in particular, as it uses = > system fonts, supports OpenType, and is generally awesome. The newest = > version (released in TeX Live 2010) even has support for microtypography = > and margin kerning. TeXLive 10 now also has a workable version of LuaTeX with even better microtypography support. But in both cases this is still beta code. Especially, mikrotype does not work (yet) out-of-the-box with "arbitrary" fonts. > Moreover, it's supported by LyX, which means advanced typography > = for the masses. There is preliminary XeTeX support in the development version. Not ready for the masses. ... > For long texts, with footnotes, numbered figures, tables, and other = > miscellanea, the production tool to use is LaTeX. Agreed. Also, for most of these texts, there are more than enough quality free fonts available also for "pure" LaTeX. Günter
