[OS X TeX] Computer Modern Font Catalog Installation

[Arcadio Rubio García]

>
> Le 10-juin-08 à 17:45, Arcadio Rubio García a écrit :
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm trying to find a LaTeX font that provides good math support and  
>> install it as native in OS X. The reason is that I'd like to use it  
>> in native programs such as OmniGraffle to produce figures for my  
>> LaTeX documents.
>>
>> So far, Computer Modern seems to be the best choice provided that I  
>> don't purchase any commercial fonts. Isn't it?
>>
>> CTAN has Computer Modern in TTF format, recognized by the Font  
>> Catalog of OS X. However, when I install them, they aren't grouped  
>> under the Computer Modern item. Instead, each of them appears as a  
>> separate typeface. Does anyone know how to fix this?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> - Arcadio
>>
>
> I think it would be better to use the Latin Modern fonts, that exist  
> in OpenType format. They have exactly the same shapes as the  
> Computer Modern fonts, but have also much more glyphs, in particular  
> almost all the accented and diacritical characters used by any Latin- 
> alphabet-based European language.
>
> If you have MacTeX installed on your computer, you can retrieve the  
> Latin Modern Opentype fonts at /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf- 
> distfonts/opentype/public/lm and install then in your local Library/ 
> fonts directory (for example).
>
> HTH,
>
> Franck Pastor
>
>
>
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Thanks. Your reply and the previous one from Herbert Schulz have been  
very helpful.


- Arcadio