Hi,
I like the TeXGyre fronts, and use them as screen fronts through the
preferences. As they work with LaTeX I would second the notion of being
able to have thenm in the dropdown :-)-O
Though, of course, putting them into the Preamble works also.
el
on 2011-08-24 22:12 Guenter Milde said the following:
> On 2011-08-24, Liviu Andronic wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>
>>> I’ve been using Latex and LyX for about a year now. I like LyX’s GUI which
>>> insulates me from having to type in all the commands. But, I have a
>>> question.
>
>>> My Latex distribution has many fonts installed on it. My favorite is Linux
>>> Libertine, which is complete with OSF and true small caps, etc.
>
>> This is a system font, not a LaTeX one.
>
> Actually, there is also a version of Libertine for use with traditional
> LaTeX (via the "libertine" package).
>
>>> But, Libertine is not listed in LyX’s drop down list of fonts even though it
>>> is part of my latex distribution. The drop down list only seems to list the
>>> “standard” Latex fonts.
>
> Even not all fonts of the LaTeX core...
>
>>> Is there any way to get LyX to recognize all of the fonts that are
>>> included in my Latex distribution.
>
> No. Better support for more of the font packages is a long standing feature
> request. You might want to vote for the relevant ticket at bugs.lyx.org.
>
> For the time beeing:
>
> * set (or leave) the font(s) as [Default]
>
> * read the font-package's documentation
>
> * insert the command(s) and options recommended there in the "LaTeX preamble".
>
> As screen-font and print-font are "de-coupled" anyway, there is no
> disadvantage of this approach once the correct command (usually a
> \usepackage{the-font-package}) is in place.
>
> Alternatively,
>
>> In LyX 2.0, you can use 'non-TeX fonts' and choose Linux Libertine &
>> Biolinum if these are installed on your system. Then you will compile
>> your documents with XeTeX.
>
> Günter
>
>
