On Sunday, 26 Aug 2018 12:34 PM -0400, Ricardo Berlasso wrote: > --000000000000d9d04105745930f6 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > El dom., 26 ago. 2018 a las 16:58, Cris Fuhrman (<fuhrmana...@gmail.com>) > escribi=C3=B3: > >> Hello, >> >> For a project, I wanted to use an old-English/Germanic style font. I foun= > d >> some in yfonts, but it's tricky to install/setup with MikTeX (not >> automatic) because it requires a local tex install. There are instruction= > s >> at https://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/InstallType1Fonts and also on StackOverflow >> for Type1 installs. Not impossible, but less easy to reproduce between my >> PC at home and work. >> >> Is there a gothic-like font that will work well with LyX/MikTeX >> automagically? >> > > Will that font be used for the whole document or just for particular > paragraphs? If you are willing to use XeTeX instead of plain LaTeX, setting > up a new font-family that uses an Unicode Blackletter typeface such as > UniFraktur(1) is really easy. > > (1) http://unifraktur.sourceforge.net/
I have nothing to address the original question, but I will point out that a Fraktur typeface is *not* a suitable substitute for an "Old English" typeface (e.g., the kind you see in old English Bibles). -- Will
