Re: fontspec package on Fedora (using TrueType/OpenType fonts)
On 2012-01-06, Richard Heck wrote: On 01/06/2012 09:11 AM, Marcus Ilgner wrote: now that I have successfully written a document in LyX, I wanted to export it and found that it uses bitmap fonts by default which are very ugly. The PostScript fonts are not bitmap, though the default Computer Modern is. The default Computer Modern is bitmap too, but unfortunately it exists only in the obsolete OT1 font encoding. LyX sets the font encoding to T1 by default, with the side effect that the EM fonts are used as a substitute -- but these fonts only exist in Bitmap format. You should be able to choose e.g. Palatino from the font selector under DocumentSettings. It's also possible to use outline versions of Computer Modern, though I can't remember what package you need for that. There are several outline versions. Most texperts recommend Latin Modern, which you can select via the LyX font selection GUI (hint: do this and save the document as default default). If you install the CM-Super fonts (there should exist a package for this for your distribution), they are used by default instead of the bitmap EM fonts. To produce good-looking PDF files, I'd like to use OpenType or TrueType fonts. It looks like this is supported in LyX (via XeTeX/LuaTeX) No need for XeTeX/LuaTeX just for outline fonts. If you want to go this way, you probably need to install the TeXLive 2011 packages, for which see here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TeXLive#TeX_Live_2011_2 I had a lot of trouble with XeTeX in the official repos. Günter
Re: fontspec package on Fedora (using TrueType/OpenType fonts)
On 2012-01-06, Richard Heck wrote: On 01/06/2012 09:11 AM, Marcus Ilgner wrote: now that I have successfully written a document in LyX, I wanted to export it and found that it uses bitmap fonts by default which are very ugly. The PostScript fonts are not bitmap, though the default Computer Modern is. The default Computer Modern is bitmap too, but unfortunately it exists only in the obsolete OT1 font encoding. LyX sets the font encoding to T1 by default, with the side effect that the EM fonts are used as a substitute -- but these fonts only exist in Bitmap format. You should be able to choose e.g. Palatino from the font selector under DocumentSettings. It's also possible to use outline versions of Computer Modern, though I can't remember what package you need for that. There are several outline versions. Most texperts recommend Latin Modern, which you can select via the LyX font selection GUI (hint: do this and save the document as default default). If you install the CM-Super fonts (there should exist a package for this for your distribution), they are used by default instead of the bitmap EM fonts. To produce good-looking PDF files, I'd like to use OpenType or TrueType fonts. It looks like this is supported in LyX (via XeTeX/LuaTeX) No need for XeTeX/LuaTeX just for outline fonts. If you want to go this way, you probably need to install the TeXLive 2011 packages, for which see here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TeXLive#TeX_Live_2011_2 I had a lot of trouble with XeTeX in the official repos. Günter
Re: fontspec package on Fedora (using TrueType/OpenType fonts)
On 2012-01-06, Richard Heck wrote: > On 01/06/2012 09:11 AM, Marcus Ilgner wrote: >> now that I have successfully written a document in LyX, I wanted to >> export it and found that it uses bitmap fonts by default which are >> very ugly. > The PostScript fonts are not bitmap, though the default Computer Modern > is. The default Computer Modern is bitmap too, but unfortunately it exists only in the obsolete OT1 font encoding. LyX sets the font encoding to T1 by default, with the side effect that the EM fonts are used as a substitute -- but these fonts only exist in Bitmap format. > You should be able to choose e.g. Palatino from the font selector > under Document>Settings. It's also possible to use outline versions of > Computer Modern, though I can't remember what package you need for that. There are several outline versions. Most texperts recommend Latin Modern, which you can select via the LyX font selection GUI (hint: do this and save the document as default default). If you install the CM-Super fonts (there should exist a package for this for your distribution), they are used by default instead of the bitmap EM fonts. >> To produce good-looking PDF files, I'd like to use OpenType >> or TrueType fonts. It looks like this is supported in LyX (via >> XeTeX/LuaTeX) No need for XeTeX/LuaTeX just for outline fonts. > If you want to go this way, you probably need to install the TeXLive > 2011 packages, for which see here: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TeXLive#TeX_Live_2011_2 > I had a lot of trouble with XeTeX in the official repos. Günter
fontspec package on Fedora (using TrueType/OpenType fonts)
Hello all, now that I have successfully written a document in LyX, I wanted to export it and found that it uses bitmap fonts by default which are very ugly. To produce good-looking PDF files, I'd like to use OpenType or TrueType fonts. It looks like this is supported in LyX (via XeTeX/LuaTeX) but I can't get it to enable the checkbox. I'm on Fedora 16 and I have installed TeTeX packages but I cannot find any fontspec package as referred to by the hint on the greyed-out checkbox. As there are probably many more Fedora users out there I was hoping that someone may give me a hint on which package to install or which third-party package sources to use. All the best Marcus
Re: fontspec package on Fedora (using TrueType/OpenType fonts)
On 01/06/2012 09:11 AM, Marcus Ilgner wrote: Hello all, now that I have successfully written a document in LyX, I wanted to export it and found that it uses bitmap fonts by default which are very ugly. The PostScript fonts are not bitmap, though the default Computer Modern is. You should be able to choose e.g. Palatino from the font selector under DocumentSettings. It's also possible to use outline versions of Computer Modern, though I can't remember what package you need for that. To produce good-looking PDF files, I'd like to use OpenType or TrueType fonts. It looks like this is supported in LyX (via XeTeX/LuaTeX) but I can't get it to enable the checkbox. I'm on Fedora 16 and I have installed TeTeX packages but I cannot find any fontspec package as referred to by the hint on the greyed-out checkbox. You probably don't have XeTeX or luatex installed. If you think you do, then you need to reconfigure LyX. You also need to do that after you install them. If you want to go this way, you probably need to install the TeXLive 2001 packages, for which see here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TeXLive#TeX_Live_2011_2 I had a lot of trouble with XeTeX in the official repos. Richard
fontspec package on Fedora (using TrueType/OpenType fonts)
Hello all, now that I have successfully written a document in LyX, I wanted to export it and found that it uses bitmap fonts by default which are very ugly. To produce good-looking PDF files, I'd like to use OpenType or TrueType fonts. It looks like this is supported in LyX (via XeTeX/LuaTeX) but I can't get it to enable the checkbox. I'm on Fedora 16 and I have installed TeTeX packages but I cannot find any fontspec package as referred to by the hint on the greyed-out checkbox. As there are probably many more Fedora users out there I was hoping that someone may give me a hint on which package to install or which third-party package sources to use. All the best Marcus
Re: fontspec package on Fedora (using TrueType/OpenType fonts)
On 01/06/2012 09:11 AM, Marcus Ilgner wrote: Hello all, now that I have successfully written a document in LyX, I wanted to export it and found that it uses bitmap fonts by default which are very ugly. The PostScript fonts are not bitmap, though the default Computer Modern is. You should be able to choose e.g. Palatino from the font selector under DocumentSettings. It's also possible to use outline versions of Computer Modern, though I can't remember what package you need for that. To produce good-looking PDF files, I'd like to use OpenType or TrueType fonts. It looks like this is supported in LyX (via XeTeX/LuaTeX) but I can't get it to enable the checkbox. I'm on Fedora 16 and I have installed TeTeX packages but I cannot find any fontspec package as referred to by the hint on the greyed-out checkbox. You probably don't have XeTeX or luatex installed. If you think you do, then you need to reconfigure LyX. You also need to do that after you install them. If you want to go this way, you probably need to install the TeXLive 2001 packages, for which see here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TeXLive#TeX_Live_2011_2 I had a lot of trouble with XeTeX in the official repos. Richard
fontspec package on Fedora (using TrueType/OpenType fonts)
Hello all, now that I have successfully written a document in LyX, I wanted to export it and found that it uses bitmap fonts by default which are very ugly. To produce good-looking PDF files, I'd like to use OpenType or TrueType fonts. It looks like this is supported in LyX (via XeTeX/LuaTeX) but I can't get it to enable the checkbox. I'm on Fedora 16 and I have installed TeTeX packages but I cannot find any fontspec package as referred to by the hint on the greyed-out checkbox. As there are probably many more Fedora users out there I was hoping that someone may give me a hint on which package to install or which third-party package sources to use. All the best Marcus
Re: fontspec package on Fedora (using TrueType/OpenType fonts)
On 01/06/2012 09:11 AM, Marcus Ilgner wrote: Hello all, now that I have successfully written a document in LyX, I wanted to export it and found that it uses bitmap fonts by default which are very ugly. The PostScript fonts are not bitmap, though the default Computer Modern is. You should be able to choose e.g. Palatino from the font selector under Document>Settings. It's also possible to use outline versions of Computer Modern, though I can't remember what package you need for that. To produce good-looking PDF files, I'd like to use OpenType or TrueType fonts. It looks like this is supported in LyX (via XeTeX/LuaTeX) but I can't get it to enable the checkbox. I'm on Fedora 16 and I have installed TeTeX packages but I cannot find any fontspec package as referred to by the hint on the greyed-out checkbox. You probably don't have XeTeX or luatex installed. If you think you do, then you need to reconfigure LyX. You also need to do that after you install them. If you want to go this way, you probably need to install the TeXLive 2001 packages, for which see here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TeXLive#TeX_Live_2011_2 I had a lot of trouble with XeTeX in the official repos. Richard
