RE: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx
Hi Sorry, I have not used Xetex yet, so I do not know. But maybe you can use http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ to fix your attachments in a post process? However, I haven't used that either, so how good a fit it is I do not know. Ingar
Re: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx
Hi Ingar, Guenter, Thanks very much for your inputs. I finally used Xelatex to generate the PDF with Verdana font. It works very well, except that it does not support the `attachfile' package that I use to attach files to the PDF document. Do you know of any other packages that Xelatex supports, that can be used to attach files to the PDF. I first generated a tex file from my Lyx file, and then added the following lines to the tex file before running the Xelatex command to generate the PDF. *\usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont{Verdana}* I got the following warning (however, the PDF got generated without any attachments) - "Package attachfile Warning: attachfile works _only_ with pdfLaTeX and _only_ in (attachfile)PDF-generating mode. For this run, placeholders wil l (attachfile)be substituted for all attachfile commands.." Many thanks in advance, Parul On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Guenter Milde wrote: > If you really need Verdana, you must use XeTeX. This is not officially > supported (yet) but there are workarounds. Search for XeTeX at the wiki > (http://wiki.lyx.org). > > On 2009-06-13, Richard Talley wrote: > > > It can be hard to find typefaces that look excellent on paper and on > > screen (and on both Windows and OS X). Sometimes I'll reset a document > > in a different typeface when I print it out. The technical documents > > I'm producing right now I'm putting in Bera (based on Vera Bitstream, > > realist family) as a reasonable compromise. > > Bitstream Vera (or the extended version DejaVy) is the font used by > OpenOffice: like Verdana it is designed for good appearance in both > on-screen and printed documents. It is supported in LaTeX by the two > packages 'bera' (Vera serif) and 'arev' (sans serif with math support). > > Günter > >
SV: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx
Hi Parul, It would be unfair to say that fonts in latex is easy. And I am afraid that I can not be of much assistance as I donot have a windowscomputer any more. I did how ever get the winfonts package to work with linux. But even that was not as easy as I would have wished for. First I had to put the files in the right places, dowload the webcore fonts and put those into the tex-tree. run update (texhash) and then use a sometime to understand why pdflatex didn't find the font. In the end I had to catenate the pdflatex.map and the winfonts.map. However, then it did work :) I guess that this isn't really useful on a miktex installation. So the only help I can give is that it is doable :), and if you tell us what the (Documents->)tex-log say about the fonts, we might be able to point you in the right direction. Ingar test.pdf Description: test.pdf test.lyx Description: test.lyx
Re: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx
If you really need Verdana, you must use XeTeX. This is not officially supported (yet) but there are workarounds. Search for XeTeX at the wiki (http://wiki.lyx.org). On 2009-06-13, Richard Talley wrote: > It can be hard to find typefaces that look excellent on paper and on > screen (and on both Windows and OS X). Sometimes I'll reset a document > in a different typeface when I print it out. The technical documents > I'm producing right now I'm putting in Bera (based on Vera Bitstream, > realist family) as a reasonable compromise. Bitstream Vera (or the extended version DejaVy) is the font used by OpenOffice: like Verdana it is designed for good appearance in both on-screen and printed documents. It is supported in LaTeX by the two packages 'bera' (Vera serif) and 'arev' (sans serif with math support). Günter
Re: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx
Thanks for all your responses. Ingar, I tried using the Winfonts package and followed the instructions in the README file, but it doesn't seem to work for me. I'm using a Windows Vista system, and updated the updmap.cfg and ttf2pk.cfg files, as instructed. I then refreshed the File name DB for MIKTEK, and ran the udpmap utility. It didn't give any error, but the font in the resulting PDF was not Verdana. Would you be able to help? I came across this FAQ page on Lyx Wiki, where it is described how to make it work for versions earlier than MIKTEK 2.5. http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyXWinTips Does anyone have any pointers as to how to make it work with MIKTEK 2.7? Many thanks, Parul On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Ingar Pareliussen < ingar.parelius...@dmmh.no> wrote: > I guess this package is your best bet. > > http://dante.ctan.org/CTAN/fonts/winfonts/ > > Read the README and the winfonts-doc.pdf for more information. > > Ingar >
Re: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx
Other than being sans serif typefaces, Helvetica (along with Arial) have little in common with Verdana. Consulting both Wikipedia and Bringhurst's 'The Elements of Typographic Style', Helvetica is in the humanist family of typefaces and was designed in the 1950's, before digital typography. Verdana is in the realist family of typefaces and was designed and hinted specifically to be clear at small sizes on a computer screen. I see that Wikipedia and Bringhurst disagree on the classification of Helvetica (Wikipedia putting it among the early sans serif or Grotesque and Bringhurst putting in the humanist family. I think Bringhurst is probably the more reliable source.) It can be hard to find typefaces that look excellent on paper and on screen (and on both Windows and OS X). Sometimes I'll reset a document in a different typeface when I print it out. The technical documents I'm producing right now I'm putting in Bera (based on Vera Bitstream, realist family) as a reasonable compromise. -- Rich On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > John Culleton wrote: >> Verdana is Microsoft's name for Helvetica. > > I doubt that. Verdana is a genuine development by the font designer Matthew > Carter. You probably refer to Arial, which is similar (but not identical) to > Helvetica. > > Jürgen >
Re: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx
John Culleton wrote: > Verdana is Microsoft's name for Helvetica. I doubt that. Verdana is a genuine development by the font designer Matthew Carter. You probably refer to Arial, which is similar (but not identical) to Helvetica. Jürgen
Re: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx
On Friday 12 June 2009 10:31:51 am Parul Bali wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Could you please suggest any good packages that might be > available if I want Verdana font for the PDF that's generated > from Lyx, instead of the standard options available in Lyx. > > Thank you. > > Parul Verdana is Microsoft's name for Helvetica. Try Helvetica instead. -- John Culleton Create Book Covers with Scribus/e-book $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
SV: Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx
I guess this package is your best bet. http://dante.ctan.org/CTAN/fonts/winfonts/ Read the README and the winfonts-doc.pdf for more information. Ingar
Need Verdana font for the PDF generated from Lyx
Hi everyone, Could you please suggest any good packages that might be available if I want Verdana font for the PDF that's generated from Lyx, instead of the standard options available in Lyx. Thank you. Parul