On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Csikos Bela <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello:
>
> According to my knowledge if I want to use other fonts than the few in lyx 
> GUI selection window, I have to load them manually.
> For this I can use a command, eg.  \renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm}.
> ptm here specifies (Adobe?) times font family.
> My question is where can I find the font family name I have to specify in 
> this command. I read fntguide and a few other docs but I could not find how 
> to determine the font family name.
> For example I have installed tex-gyre-pagella fonts but I don't know what is
> the font family name for it. Where can I find it (not only for this font but 
> for other fonts as well)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> bcsikos
>

Finding standard Latex font names may be less than trivial at times.
See here for basic information:
http://tug.org/pracjourn/2006-1/schmidt/schmidt.pdf

For the family names of the standard postscript fonts, look at table 3
in the following doc:

ftp://www.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/macros/latex/required/psnfss/psnfss2e.pdf

For the TeX Gyre fonts, you should use their own docs. For instance,
Pagella's name should be qpl (not tested). In general, TeX Gyre fonts
come with their own latex packages that simplify their use. For
instance, pagella can be used by loading the tgpagella package in your
preamble (instead of using the \rmdefault command) :

\usepackage{tgpagella}

Hope it helps,

Stefano



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