On Sun, Apr 02, 2023 at 10:37:33AM +0200, Eckhard Höffner wrote:
> Fontforge, in some special cases also inkscape. Inkscape has some
> advantaages. The first curves of the O, D, B, P, d, p or o have all been the
> same, sometimes scaled or flipped. The ampersand (et) uses a flipped 3, the
> ß is
Fontforge, in some special cases also inkscape. Inkscape has some
advantaages. The first curves of the O, D, B, P, d, p or o have all been
the same, sometimes scaled or flipped. The ampersand (et) uses a flipped
3, the ß is based on f+s. The f is close to the old long s (which was
used for
Am 02.04.23 um 01:40 schrieb Steve Litt:
[slitt@mydesk VES]$ ls -l
total 484
-rw-r--r-- 1 slitt slitt 90264 Mar 28 23:17 CMRV11-Italic.otf
-rw-r--r-- 1 slitt slitt 139244 Apr 1 13:36 CMRV11-Regular.otf
-rw-r--r-- 1 slitt slitt 82044 Apr 1 13:35 CMRV11-Semibold-Italic.otf
-rw-r--r-- 1
Eckhard Höffner said on Sat, 1 Apr 2023 15:56:58 +0200
>At the following link you can find the font and a long PDF document
>created with LyX, which practically only uses the package realscripts
>for the preamble.
>
>https://www.fatto.de/wiki/doku.php/playground:font
Thanks Eckhard,
OK, so I
Thanks. The old style numbers appear somewhat strange at first glance,
i agree. I copied them from the original Didot fonts from about 1810. I
also stumbled over the numbers at the beginning, but only at the
beginning. The four is quite big, for example.
There are also parallel (default)
On Sat, Apr 01, 2023 at 03:56:58PM +0200, Eckhard Höffner wrote:
> Hello all,
> this is not really a central Lyx topic, but I hope I'll be forgiven.
>
> I have started designing a font. As I have been working with Lyx for over 20
> years, and the font should primarily work well with LyX (XeTeX),
Hello all,
this is not really a central Lyx topic, but I hope I'll be forgiven.
I have started designing a font. As I have been working with Lyx for
over 20 years, and the font should primarily work well with LyX (XeTeX),
be usable without problems. Other uses don't interest me so much.
At
On 1/16/21 11:57 AM, Néstor wrote:
Hello,
I would like to format a book, I like to use two fonts, one for normal
chapters, another one for some special chapters. The special font
should be looking like handwritten, script.
I have tried to install Kurier font which is the closest choice, but
no
Hello,
I would like to format a book, I like to use two fonts, one for normal
chapters, another one for some special chapters. The special font
should be looking like handwritten, script.
I have tried to install Kurier font which is the closest choice, but
no luck, it says "uninstalled", even if
On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 12:35 PM Ricardo Berlasso
wrote:
> If you are willing to use XeTeX instead of plain LaTeX, setting up a new
> font-family that uses ...
>
Thanks for the pointer - that option finds my Windows fonts, one of which
is Old English Text MT, and it shows nicely in the PDF.
On Sunday, 26 Aug 2018 12:34 PM -0400, Ricardo Berlasso wrote:
> --d9d04105745930f6
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> El dom., 26 ago. 2018 a las 16:58, Cris Fuhrman ()
> escribi=C3=B3:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> For a project, I
El dom., 26 ago. 2018 a las 16:58, Cris Fuhrman ()
escribió:
> Hello,
>
> For a project, I wanted to use an old-English/Germanic style font. I found
> some in yfonts, but it's tricky to install/setup with MikTeX (not
> automatic) because it requires a local tex install. There are instructions
>
Hello,
For a project, I wanted to use an old-English/Germanic style font. I found
some in yfonts, but it's tricky to install/setup with MikTeX (not
automatic) because it requires a local tex install. There are instructions
at https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/InstallType1Fonts and also on StackOverflow
I just installed Lyx on my new machine (Windows 7) and noticed that
compared with Lyx 2.0.0 on my old machine (also Windows 7) the display
fonts don't look as nice. Its hard to describe except to say that they
look somewhat faded or the characters somehow look like they were
printed with a
I just installed Lyx on my new machine (Windows 7) and noticed that
compared with Lyx 2.0.0 on my old machine (also Windows 7) the display
fonts don't look as nice. Its hard to describe except to say that they
look somewhat faded or the characters somehow look like they were
printed with a
I just installed Lyx on my new machine (Windows 7) and noticed that
compared with Lyx 2.0.0 on my old machine (also Windows 7) the display
fonts don't look as nice. Its hard to describe except to say that they
look somewhat "faded" or the characters somehow look like they were
printed with a
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
UDMan Liviu!
I'd already installed xetex, but hadn't thought to reconfigure LyX.
After reconfiguring LyX, it worked. I saw all the liberation fonts.
Thank you!
Now when everyone says you must use XeTeX, does that
On 2011-08-30, Steve Litt wrote:
Now when everyone says you must use XeTeX, does that mean that in my
scripts that make books, I substitute the xetex command for the latex
command?
For non-TeX fonts (i.e. Unicode-encoded system fonts) you must use either
the XeTeX or LuaTeX engine instead
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
UDMan Liviu!
I'd already installed xetex, but hadn't thought to reconfigure LyX.
After reconfiguring LyX, it worked. I saw all the liberation fonts.
Thank you!
Now when everyone says you must use XeTeX, does that
On 2011-08-30, Steve Litt wrote:
Now when everyone says you must use XeTeX, does that mean that in my
scripts that make books, I substitute the xetex command for the latex
command?
For non-TeX fonts (i.e. Unicode-encoded system fonts) you must use either
the XeTeX or LuaTeX engine instead
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> UDMan Liviu!
>
> I'd already installed xetex, but hadn't thought to reconfigure LyX.
> After reconfiguring LyX, it worked. I saw all the liberation fonts.
> Thank you!
>
> Now when everyone says "you must use XeTeX",
On 2011-08-30, Steve Litt wrote:
> Now when everyone says "you must use XeTeX", does that mean that in my
> scripts that make books, I substitute the xetex command for the latex
> command?
For "non-TeX fonts" (i.e. Unicode-encoded system fonts) you must use either
the XeTeX or LuaTeX "engine"
Hi Rob (or anyone else who knows the answer),
Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question
how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??
Thanks
SteveT
On Monday, December 14, 2009 10:11:33 AM Rob Oakes wrote:
Hi Steve,
I think that you have one of two options. The first
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question
how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??
Should be. Select Fonts Use non-TeX fonts, then (assuming that the
fonts are registered with the system
On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:02:38 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the
question how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??
Should be. Select Fonts Use non-TeX
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
For some reason, the Use Non Tex Fonts checkbox on my Document
Settings-fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.
Then I guess you don't have XeTeX installed. Install it, reconfigure
LyX, and after LyX restart
On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:31:54 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
For some reason, the Use Non Tex Fonts checkbox on my Document
Settings-fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.
Then I guess you don't have
Hi Rob (or anyone else who knows the answer),
Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question
how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??
Thanks
SteveT
On Monday, December 14, 2009 10:11:33 AM Rob Oakes wrote:
Hi Steve,
I think that you have one of two options. The first
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question
how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??
Should be. Select Fonts Use non-TeX fonts, then (assuming that the
fonts are registered with the system
On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:02:38 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the
question how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX??
Should be. Select Fonts Use non-TeX
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
For some reason, the Use Non Tex Fonts checkbox on my Document
Settings-fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.
Then I guess you don't have XeTeX installed. Install it, reconfigure
LyX, and after LyX restart
On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:31:54 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
For some reason, the Use Non Tex Fonts checkbox on my Document
Settings-fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.
Then I guess you don't have
Hi Rob (or anyone else who knows the answer),
Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question
"how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX?"?
Thanks
SteveT
On Monday, December 14, 2009 10:11:33 AM Rob Oakes wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I think that you have
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the question
> "how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX?"?
>
Should be. Select Fonts > Use non-TeX fonts, then (assuming t
On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:02:38 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Steve Litt
<sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> > Now that LyX 2.0 is out, is the answer any simpler to the
> > question "how do you use Liberation fonts in LyX?"?
>
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> For some reason, the "Use Non Tex Fonts" checkbox on my Document
> Settings->fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.
>
Then I guess you don't have XeTeX installed. Install it, reconfigure
LyX, and after LyX
On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 05:31:54 PM Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Steve Litt
wrote:
> > For some reason, the "Use Non Tex Fonts" checkbox on my Document
> > Settings->fonts screen is grayed out and can't be checked.
>
> Then I guess you
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:24 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com
wrote:
I added a very basic page and tweaked the xetex.lyx and xetex.pdf files to
show luatex in use. But I cannot find out how yo upload the files.
Advice appreciated
Ok. Done
S.
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:24 PM, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com
wrote:
I added a very basic page and tweaked the xetex.lyx and xetex.pdf files to
show luatex in use. But I cannot find out how yo upload the files.
Advice appreciated
Ok. Done
S.
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:24 PM, stefano franchi wrote:
> I added a very basic page and tweaked the xetex.lyx and xetex.pdf files to
> show luatex in use. But I cannot find out how yo upload the files.
> Advice appreciated
>
>
Ok. Done
S.
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Gour g...@atmarama.net wrote:
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:52:59 -0600
stefano == stefano franchi wrote:
Hiya Stefano,
Would you mind to add/document your 'method' to the wiki in order not to
get
lost in the mailing list?
So I tried to add a page to the LyX
stefano franchi wrote:
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Gour g...@atmarama.net wrote:
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:52:59 -0600
stefano == stefano franchi wrote:
Hiya Stefano,
Would you mind to add/document your 'method' to the wiki in order not to
get
lost in the mailing list?
I added a very basic page and tweaked the xetex.lyx and xetex.pdf files to
show luatex in use. But I cannot find out how yo upload the files.
Advice appreciated
Cheers,
Stefano
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Pavel Sanda sa...@lyx.org wrote:
stefano franchi wrote:
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at
stefano franchi wrote:
I added a very basic page and tweaked the xetex.lyx and xetex.pdf files to
show luatex in use. But I cannot find out how yo upload the files.
Advice appreciated
right top corner, Upload link.
pavel
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Gour g...@atmarama.net wrote:
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:52:59 -0600
stefano == stefano franchi wrote:
Hiya Stefano,
Would you mind to add/document your 'method' to the wiki in order not to
get
lost in the mailing list?
So I tried to add a page to the LyX
stefano franchi wrote:
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Gour g...@atmarama.net wrote:
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:52:59 -0600
stefano == stefano franchi wrote:
Hiya Stefano,
Would you mind to add/document your 'method' to the wiki in order not to
get
lost in the mailing list?
I added a very basic page and tweaked the xetex.lyx and xetex.pdf files to
show luatex in use. But I cannot find out how yo upload the files.
Advice appreciated
Cheers,
Stefano
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Pavel Sanda sa...@lyx.org wrote:
stefano franchi wrote:
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at
stefano franchi wrote:
I added a very basic page and tweaked the xetex.lyx and xetex.pdf files to
show luatex in use. But I cannot find out how yo upload the files.
Advice appreciated
right top corner, Upload link.
pavel
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Gour wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:52:59 -0600
> >> "stefano" == stefano franchi wrote:
>
> Hiya Stefano,
>
> Would you mind to add/document your 'method' to the wiki in order not to
> get
> lost in the mailing list?
>
>
So I tried to
stefano franchi wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Gour wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:52:59 -0600
> > >> "stefano" == stefano franchi wrote:
> >
> > Hiya Stefano,
> >
> > Would you mind to add/document your 'method' to the wiki in order not to
> > get
> >
I added a very basic page and tweaked the xetex.lyx and xetex.pdf files to
show luatex in use. But I cannot find out how yo upload the files.
Advice appreciated
Cheers,
Stefano
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> stefano franchi wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 14,
stefano franchi wrote:
> I added a very basic page and tweaked the xetex.lyx and xetex.pdf files to
> show luatex in use. But I cannot find out how yo upload the files.
> Advice appreciated
right top corner, "Upload" link.
pavel
On 2010-11-13, stefano franchi wrote:
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On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM, stefano franchi
For Lyx, I used the method described in the wiki for XeTeX (define a
new pdf format, etc), and switched the bibtex processor to
On 2010-11-13, stefano franchi wrote:
--90e6ba5bba6103dafb0494f63b0c
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On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM, stefano franchi
For Lyx, I used the method described in the wiki for XeTeX (define a
new pdf format, etc), and switched the bibtex processor to
On 2010-11-13, stefano franchi wrote:
> --90e6ba5bba6103dafb0494f63b0c
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM, stefano franchi
> For Lyx, I used the method described in the wiki for XeTeX (define a
> new pdf format, etc), and switched the bibtex
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM, stefano franchi
stefano.fran...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Rob Oakes lyx-de...@oak-tree.us wrote:
Hi Stefano,
do you have any advice or pointers to sites explaining how to use margin
kerning in XeTeX? The notes posted by J Kew on
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:52:59 -0600
stefano == stefano franchi wrote:
Hiya Stefano,
stefano For Lyx, I used the method described in the wiki for XeTeX
stefano (define a new pdf format, etc), and switched the bibtex
stefano processor to biber in the preferences.
For a long time I was thinking to
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM, stefano franchi
stefano.fran...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Rob Oakes lyx-de...@oak-tree.us wrote:
Hi Stefano,
do you have any advice or pointers to sites explaining how to use margin
kerning in XeTeX? The notes posted by J Kew on
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:52:59 -0600
stefano == stefano franchi wrote:
Hiya Stefano,
stefano For Lyx, I used the method described in the wiki for XeTeX
stefano (define a new pdf format, etc), and switched the bibtex
stefano processor to biber in the preferences.
For a long time I was thinking to
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM, stefano franchi
wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Rob Oakes wrote:
>
>> Hi Stefano,
>>
>> > do you have any advice or pointers to sites explaining how to use margin
>> kerning in XeTeX? The notes
On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:52:59 -0600
>> "stefano" == stefano franchi wrote:
Hiya Stefano,
stefano> For Lyx, I used the method described in the wiki for XeTeX
stefano> (define a new pdf format, etc), and switched the bibtex
stefano> processor to biber in the preferences.
For a long time I was
On 2010-11-09, Rob Oakes wrote:
On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
There is preliminary XeTeX support in the development version. Not
ready for the masses.
On this point, I have to disagree.
Preliminary as it might be, I've found it very stable. I've been using
LyX 2 for
On 2010-11-09, Rob Oakes wrote:
On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
There is preliminary XeTeX support in the development version. Not
ready for the masses.
On this point, I have to disagree.
Preliminary as it might be, I've found it very stable. I've been using
LyX 2 for
On 2010-11-09, Rob Oakes wrote:
> On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
>> There is preliminary XeTeX support in the development version. Not
>> ready for the masses.
> On this point, I have to disagree.
> Preliminary as it might be, I've found it very stable. I've been using
> LyX
Hi all,
I'm involved in an argument on another list with one of these guys who says
TeX is ancient technology not fit for modern books. Obviously he's full of
beans unless he's doing coffee table books, but one place where this guy's
gonna thrash me is fonts. Unless I'm mistaken, fonts other
On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 04:09:50 -0400
Steve == Steve Litt wrote:
Steve Is there documentation on how to take a random font and make it
Steve ready to use in LyX, LaTeX or TeX?
Probably only by using XeTeX and/or LuaTeX.
Otoh, once when you install fonts, that's it, while having bad
typesetting
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Gour g...@atmarama.net wrote:
Steve Is there documentation on how to take a random font and make it
Steve ready to use in LyX, LaTeX or TeX?
Probably only by using XeTeX and/or LuaTeX.
So you either read the wiki regarding XeTeX in 1.6.x, or dive into the
On 09/11/2010 10:30 AM, Rob Oakes wrote:
(Including a chapter that covers this topic in detail, amongst other
things. But it isn't quite finished. And I am not sure that it will be in time
for your debate. Otherwise, i would send that too. It's where the figures came
from.)
I find your book
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
On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
There is preliminary XeTeX support in the development version. Not
ready for the masses.
On this point, I have to disagree.
Preliminary as it might be, I've found it very stable. I've been using LyX 2
for nearly a year, and have transitioned
When is the Lyx 2 release party?
On 11/9/2010 4:49 PM, Rob Oakes wrote:
On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
There is preliminary XeTeX support in the development version. Not
ready for the masses.
On this point, I have to disagree.
Preliminary as it might be, I've found it
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.dewrote:
On 2010-11-09, Rob Oakes wrote:
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)
Hi Stefano,
do you have any advice or pointers to sites explaining how to use margin
kerning in XeTeX? The notes posted by J Kew on the mailing list and on the
XeTeX wiki are way too cryptic for me.
Short answer, yes. As far as I know, it hasn't yet been discussed much in the
Interwebs,
Hi all,
I'm involved in an argument on another list with one of these guys who says
TeX is ancient technology not fit for modern books. Obviously he's full of
beans unless he's doing coffee table books, but one place where this guy's
gonna thrash me is fonts. Unless I'm mistaken, fonts other
On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 04:09:50 -0400
Steve == Steve Litt wrote:
Steve Is there documentation on how to take a random font and make it
Steve ready to use in LyX, LaTeX or TeX?
Probably only by using XeTeX and/or LuaTeX.
Otoh, once when you install fonts, that's it, while having bad
typesetting
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Gour g...@atmarama.net wrote:
Steve Is there documentation on how to take a random font and make it
Steve ready to use in LyX, LaTeX or TeX?
Probably only by using XeTeX and/or LuaTeX.
So you either read the wiki regarding XeTeX in 1.6.x, or dive into the
On 09/11/2010 10:30 AM, Rob Oakes wrote:
(Including a chapter that covers this topic in detail, amongst other
things. But it isn't quite finished. And I am not sure that it will be in time
for your debate. Otherwise, i would send that too. It's where the figures came
from.)
I find your book
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
On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
There is preliminary XeTeX support in the development version. Not
ready for the masses.
On this point, I have to disagree.
Preliminary as it might be, I've found it very stable. I've been using LyX 2
for nearly a year, and have transitioned
When is the Lyx 2 release party?
On 11/9/2010 4:49 PM, Rob Oakes wrote:
On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
There is preliminary XeTeX support in the development version. Not
ready for the masses.
On this point, I have to disagree.
Preliminary as it might be, I've found it
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.dewrote:
On 2010-11-09, Rob Oakes wrote:
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)
Hi Stefano,
do you have any advice or pointers to sites explaining how to use margin
kerning in XeTeX? The notes posted by J Kew on the mailing list and on the
XeTeX wiki are way too cryptic for me.
Short answer, yes. As far as I know, it hasn't yet been discussed much in the
Interwebs,
Hi all,
I'm involved in an argument on another list with one of these guys who says
TeX is ancient technology not fit for modern books. Obviously he's full of
beans unless he's doing coffee table books, but one place where this guy's
gonna thrash me is fonts. Unless I'm mistaken, fonts other
On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 04:09:50 -0400
>> "Steve" == Steve Litt wrote:
Steve> Is there documentation on how to take a random font and make it
Steve> ready to use in LyX, LaTeX or TeX?
Probably only by using XeTeX and/or LuaTeX.
Otoh, once when you install fonts, that's it, while having bad
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Gour wrote:
> Steve> Is there documentation on how to take a random font and make it
> Steve> ready to use in LyX, LaTeX or TeX?
>
> Probably only by using XeTeX and/or LuaTeX.
>
So you either read the wiki regarding XeTeX in 1.6.x, or dive into
On 09/11/2010 10:30 AM, Rob Oakes wrote:
(Including a chapter that covers this topic in detail, amongst other
things. But it isn't quite finished. And I am not sure that it will be in time
for your debate. Otherwise, i would send that too. It's where the figures came
from.)
I find your book
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
On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
> There is preliminary XeTeX support in the development version. Not
> ready for the masses.
On this point, I have to disagree.
Preliminary as it might be, I've found it very stable. I've been using LyX 2
for nearly a year, and have
When is the Lyx 2 release party?
On 11/9/2010 4:49 PM, Rob Oakes wrote:
On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
There is preliminary XeTeX support in the development version. Not
ready for the masses.
On this point, I have to disagree.
Preliminary as it might be, I've found it
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Guenter Milde wrote:
> On 2010-11-09, Rob Oakes wrote:
>
> > 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
Hi Stefano,
> do you have any advice or pointers to sites explaining how to use margin
> kerning in XeTeX? The notes posted by J Kew on the mailing list and on the
> XeTeX wiki are way too cryptic for me.
Short answer, yes. As far as I know, it hasn't yet been discussed much in the
Hi all,
How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX? These are truetype fonts
metrically identical to Microsoft's main fonts:
Liberation Mono - Courier New
Liberation Sans - Arial
Liberation Serif - Times New Roman
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts)
Thanks
SteveT
Steve Litt
Hi Steve,
I think that you have one of two options. The first, of course is to
install the fonts onto your system in the normal way and then use XeTeX
to compile the document. If you choose this route, you can assign the
font through the use of the \setfont macros: \setmainfont{font name},
Hi all,
How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX? These are truetype fonts
metrically identical to Microsoft's main fonts:
Liberation Mono - Courier New
Liberation Sans - Arial
Liberation Serif - Times New Roman
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts)
Thanks
SteveT
Steve Litt
Hi Steve,
I think that you have one of two options. The first, of course is to
install the fonts onto your system in the normal way and then use XeTeX
to compile the document. If you choose this route, you can assign the
font through the use of the \setfont macros: \setmainfont{font name},
Hi all,
How does one use the Liberation fonts in LyX? These are truetype fonts
metrically identical to Microsoft's main fonts:
Liberation Mono -> Courier New
Liberation Sans -> Arial
Liberation Serif -> Times New Roman
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts)
Thanks
SteveT
S
Hi Steve,
I think that you have one of two options. The first, of course is to
install the fonts onto your system in the normal way and then use XeTeX
to compile the document. If you choose this route, you can assign the
font through the use of the \setfont macros: \setmainfont{font name},
On 2009-12-01, Brian Bosse wrote:
Here is one example. When I paste an copy the Greek Unicode text from =
the =E2=80=9CAncient Greek=E2=80=9D entry on Wikipedia, the grave =
accents and the circumflex simply show up as a box in LyX
The accents or characters with accents?
You need a
On 2009-12-01, Brian Bosse wrote:
Here is one example. When I paste an copy the Greek Unicode text from =
the =E2=80=9CAncient Greek=E2=80=9D entry on Wikipedia, the grave =
accents and the circumflex simply show up as a box in LyX
The accents or characters with accents?
You need a
On 2009-12-01, Brian Bosse wrote:
> Here is one example. When I paste an copy the Greek Unicode text from =
> the =E2=80=9CAncient Greek=E2=80=9D entry on Wikipedia, the grave =
> accents and the circumflex simply show up as a box in LyX
The accents or characters with accents?
You need a
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