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Can you use non tex fonts in LuaTeX?
LuaTeX can use fonts in non-TeX format (e.g. OpenType, TrueType or Type1 format) directly. When ConTeXt processes a file that uses such non-traditional fonts, the actual fonts themselves are loaded in LuaTeX’s embedded section of fontforge to extract their metric information.
What are font packages are installed in TeX Live?
A 1 page (double-sided) font sampler. Most fonts are supported by packages in TeX Live, but some require the use of the getnonfreefonts script. The sample Tengwar font at the very end is the only example not installed by default or easily installed using the script.
How many fonts are there in mtxrun?
MTXrun | fontnames: 94 system files identified, 94 hash entries added, runtime 0.554 seconds MTXrun | fontnames: 3837 files read, 3342 normal and 49 extra entries added, 5 rejected, 3386 valid If mtxrun has problem finding the mtx-fonts.lua file, it may be necessary to regenerate ConTeXt’s file database:
Which is the only font not installed by default?
The sample Tengwar font at the very end is the only example not installed by default or easily installed using the script. Note that no attempt is made to show the possibilities offered by all packages or all fonts. Instead, certain fonts and packages are used to illustrate what is possible.
How do I use an OpenType font with my latex?
If you don’t want to install the font as a system font, you can drop the font into the same folder as your tex document and xelatex should be able to find it. To use OpenType and TrueType fonts with tex, latex (for dvi, dvi-ps, dvi-ps-pdf workflow) special font metrics will need to be generated and font map installed.
Where do I find the font in Tex?
After that you can use fontspec & Xe (La)TeX to select that font by name (note that font name can be different from the file name). If you don’t want to install the font as a system font, you can drop the font into the same folder as your tex document and xelatex should be able to find it.
How to select font by name in XeTeX?
On Mac OS X and Linux (Gnome at least) it is simple as double clicking the downloaded font. After that you can use fontspec & Xe (La)TeX to select that font by name (note that font name can be different from the file name).