Re: selecting fonts in xetex
On 2011-05-11, Neal Becker wrote:
> was good. Only missing a \tt font to go with it. I tried Deja Sans
> Mono, but the characters look larger than the roman text, not good.
> Also tried Nimbus mono, but it's too thin.
You can scale the fonts with fontspec, e.g.
\setmonofont[HyphenChar=None,Scale=MatchUppercase]{FreeMono}
Günter
Re: selecting fonts in xetex
Bruce Pourciau wrote: > > On May 11, 2011, at 2:32 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: > >>> How are math fonts selected? >> >> By default, math fonts are not changed and still taken from the 8-bit >> encoded CM fonts. >> >> To configure math fonts, there are two options: > > You could also, within LyX, use the mathpazo package: In Document > Settings > Fonts choose Palatino and check Small Caps and Old Style > figures. This gives you Zapf's lovely Palatino for text and symbols > for mathematics that have been redrawn (Palatino'd) to blend well with > the text. > > Bruce Unfortunately, on my setup (texlive-2010) Palatino seems quite broken. Every character seems to be underined (load of errors in log), and all text chars are blank.
Re: selecting fonts in xetex
On May 11, 2011, at 2:32 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: How are math fonts selected? By default, math fonts are not changed and still taken from the 8-bit encoded CM fonts. To configure math fonts, there are two options: You could also, within LyX, use the mathpazo package: In Document Settings > Fonts choose Palatino and check Small Caps and Old Style figures. This gives you Zapf's lovely Palatino for text and symbols for mathematics that have been redrawn (Palatino'd) to blend well with the text. Bruce
Re: selecting fonts in xetex
>Guenter Milde wrote:
> On 2011-05-10, Neal Becker wrote:
>
>> I'm interested in trying out xetex. Any suggestions for font settings
>> to try (free, widely available)? This is fedora 14, have stix fonts.
>
> This very much depends on what you want to achieve.
> As with XeTeX, you can use system fonts, this leaves the realm of TeX
> and you can follow the advise of the typesetting gurus.
>
> Some links:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typophile_%28Internet_Forum%29
> http://praegnanz.de/essays/freie-schriften-anspruch-und-wirklichkeit
> (German)
> http://www.100besteschriften.de/ (German)
>
> If you want matching math fonts, the selection becomes considerably
> narrower.
>
>> How are math fonts selected?
>
> By default, math fonts are not changed and still taken from the 8-bit
> encoded CM fonts.
>
> To configure math fonts, there are two options:
>
> a) load a traditional math-font package like fourier, txfonts or
>qtxfonts or mathdesign or kpmath or ...
>*before* configuring the text fonts.
>
>In LyX this means to leave the Font GUI at [Default], read the
>fontconfig documentation and configure text fonts in the LaTeX
>preamble, e.g.
>
>% Requirements
>\usepackage{fourier}
>
>% Text font
>\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
>\usepackage{xunicode}
>\setmainfont[BoldFont={XITS Bold},ItalicFont={XITS Italic}]{XITS Math}
>\setsansfont{DejaVu Sans}
>% \setmonofont[HyphenChar=None,Scale=MatchUppercase]{DejaVu Sans Mono}
>\setmonofont[HyphenChar=None,Scale=MatchUppercase]{FreeMono}
>
> b) use the experimental "unicode-math" package
>http://ctan.org/pkg/unicode-math
>with one of the few OpenType Math fonts Asana-Math, XITS, Cambria-Math
>(from MS-Word), NeuEuler or (the soon to be released) LM-Math.
>
>Again, you need to call and configure this in the LaTeX preamble.
>See the comprehensive package documentation
>http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/unicode-math/unicode-math.pdf
>
>As this is hithero not tested with LyX, you might expect some
>incompatibilities and problems.
>
> Günter
Thanks! I found setting
roman -> XITS
+
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\setmathfont{XITS Math}
was good. Only missing a \tt font to go with it. I tried Deja Sans Mono, but
the characters look larger than the roman text, not good. Also tried Nimbus
mono, but it's too thin.
Re: selecting fonts in xetex
On 2011-05-10, Neal Becker wrote:
> I'm interested in trying out xetex. Any suggestions for font settings
> to try (free, widely available)? This is fedora 14, have stix fonts.
This very much depends on what you want to achieve.
As with XeTeX, you can use system fonts, this leaves the realm of TeX
and you can follow the advise of the typesetting gurus.
Some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typophile_%28Internet_Forum%29
http://praegnanz.de/essays/freie-schriften-anspruch-und-wirklichkeit
(German)
http://www.100besteschriften.de/ (German)
If you want matching math fonts, the selection becomes considerably
narrower.
> How are math fonts selected?
By default, math fonts are not changed and still taken from the 8-bit
encoded CM fonts.
To configure math fonts, there are two options:
a) load a traditional math-font package like fourier, txfonts or
qtxfonts or mathdesign or kpmath or ...
*before* configuring the text fonts.
In LyX this means to leave the Font GUI at [Default], read the
fontconfig documentation and configure text fonts in the LaTeX
preamble, e.g.
% Requirements
\usepackage{fourier}
% Text font
\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
\usepackage{xunicode}
\setmainfont[BoldFont={XITS Bold},ItalicFont={XITS Italic}]{XITS Math}
\setsansfont{DejaVu Sans}
% \setmonofont[HyphenChar=None,Scale=MatchUppercase]{DejaVu Sans Mono}
\setmonofont[HyphenChar=None,Scale=MatchUppercase]{FreeMono}
b) use the experimental "unicode-math" package
http://ctan.org/pkg/unicode-math
with one of the few OpenType Math fonts Asana-Math, XITS, Cambria-Math
(from MS-Word), NeuEuler or (the soon to be released) LM-Math.
Again, you need to call and configure this in the LaTeX preamble.
See the comprehensive package documentation
http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/unicode-math/unicode-math.pdf
As this is hithero not tested with LyX, you might expect some
incompatibilities and problems.
Günter
Re: selecting fonts in xetex
2011/5/10 Richard Heck : > I tried several for my forthcoming book, though I eventually settled on > New Century Schoolbook, mostly because switching to XeTeX threatened to > change too much else. But I liked the Liberation and Linux Libertine > fonts a lot, and also the Stix ones. > I also like Libertine & Biolinum. Other fonts that were suggested elsewhere on this list are Fontin & Fontin Sans, and Minion Pro (the latter not freely available, but please correct me). Otherwise, you can stick with good old Palatino & Optima (available as URW Classico) even when compiling with XeTeX. Regards Liviu
Re: selecting fonts in xetex
On 05/10/2011 02:51 PM, Neal Becker wrote: > On Tuesday 10 May 2011, Richard Heck wrote: >> On 05/10/2011 02:22 PM, Neal Becker wrote: >>> I'm interested in trying out xetex. Any suggestions for font settings to >>> try (free, widely available)? This is fedora 14, have stix fonts. >> You can use almost any font you have installed. The Liberation fonts >> seem quite good. You can use Deja Vu fonts, whatever. >> > I'm wondering if there any 'good' suggestions. Perhaps from someone more > knowlegable in the subject than I am (that'd be just about anyone). > I tried several for my forthcoming book, though I eventually settled on New Century Schoolbook, mostly because switching to XeTeX threatened to change too much else. But I liked the Liberation and Linux Libertine fonts a lot, and also the Stix ones. Richard
Re: selecting fonts in xetex
On Tuesday 10 May 2011, Richard Heck wrote: > On 05/10/2011 02:22 PM, Neal Becker wrote: > > I'm interested in trying out xetex. Any suggestions for font settings to > > try (free, widely available)? This is fedora 14, have stix fonts. > > You can use almost any font you have installed. The Liberation fonts > seem quite good. You can use Deja Vu fonts, whatever. > I'm wondering if there any 'good' suggestions. Perhaps from someone more knowlegable in the subject than I am (that'd be just about anyone). > > How are math fonts selected? > > This is one I do not know > > Richard
Re: selecting fonts in xetex
On 05/10/2011 02:22 PM, Neal Becker wrote: > I'm interested in trying out xetex. Any suggestions for font settings to try > (free, widely available)? This is fedora 14, have stix fonts. > You can use almost any font you have installed. The Liberation fonts seem quite good. You can use Deja Vu fonts, whatever. > How are math fonts selected? > This is one I do not know Richard
selecting fonts in xetex
I'm interested in trying out xetex. Any suggestions for font settings to try (free, widely available)? This is fedora 14, have stix fonts. How are math fonts selected?
