On 2010-11-25, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Guenter Milde wrote:

>> Please allow parallel specification of TeXFonts and SystemFonts.

> I think this is plain overkill. The (probably few) people who really need 
> this can easily achieve it by using a portmanteau master file that just 
> includes the actual file and uses other font settings.

Currently (LyX 2.0.0svn (not released yet)
Built on Nov 26 2010, 14:31:19), if I set some fonts and then click the
"Use non-TeX fonts" button, my selection is lost. It is not restored
when I click again.

I can imagine many people want to compare the output of their document
with several different fonts and also with xetex vs. pdftex.

Given that the [Default] EC TeX fonts are not a good choice (bitmap),
the complete font settings should be stored in the document (so that also
after closing and reopening, the setting could be re-activated.

Regarding the naming:  it is IMO best to call the button "use System
fonts". 

* Even if XeTeX/LuaTeX can work with other fonts as well, there is no GUI
  support for them. The drop-down list of "non-TeX fonts" contains the
  systemwide istalled fonts.
  
* The term "system fonts" is widely used in descriptions of XeTeX
  features.
  
Günter    


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