<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span"><DIV>On Oct 21, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Salvatore Enrico Indiogine wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Alex:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2008/10/21 Alex Hamann <<A href="mailto:mailinglist@alex-hamann.de">mailinglist@alex-hamann.de</A>>:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For Greek:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">use XeLaTeX for processing</DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I installed MacTeX Live 2008.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Will that do?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Do I need anything in my preamble?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Enrico</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>In fact you don't have to use XeLaTeX. You can use the <B>babel</B> package. Here's a snippet:</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>\documentclass[10 pt]{letter} </DIV><DIV>\usepackage[english,greek]{babel}</DIV><DIV>\languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko} %this allows accents</DIV><DIV>\usepackage{gfsporson}</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>\begin{document} </DIV><DIV>\selectlanguage{english}</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> The root of the word ``physics" is the Greek word </DIV><DIV>\selectlanguage{greek}\textporson{f'usis}\selectlanguage{english} (\emph{physis}), meaning ``nature''.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>\end{document}</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I am using the GFS Porson Greek font which I hope can be found at CTAN. Some years ago it was available at the Greek Font Society; a Greek mathematician very kindly provided versions that could be used with LaTeX. You don't need this; it will work fine like this:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>\documentclass[10 pt]{letter} </DIV><DIV>\usepackage[english,greek]{babel}</DIV><DIV>\languageattribute{greek}{polutoniko}</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>\begin{document} </DIV><DIV>\selectlanguage{english}</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> The root of the word ``physics" is the Greek word </DIV><DIV>\selectlanguage{greek}f'usis\selectlanguage{english} (\emph{physis}), meaning ``nature''.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>\end{document}</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>but the Greek characters are, in my opinion, not nearly so beautiful as the GFS Porson. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>On the other hand, it may be that for Arabic you will need XeLaTeX, which is included with the standard MacTeX installation. I don't know anything about Arabic.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>David Derbes</DIV><DIV>U of Chicago Lab Schools</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Enrico Indiogine</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mathematics Education</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Texas A&M University</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Email: <A href="mailto:hindiogine@gmail.com">hindiogine@gmail.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Skype: hindiogine</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">TeX FAQ: <A href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq">http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">List Reminders and Etiquette: <A href="http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/">http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/list/</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">List Archive: <A href="http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/">http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">TeX on Mac OS X Website: <A href="http://mactex-wiki.tug.org">http://mactex-wiki.tug.org</A>/</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">List Info: <A href="http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex">http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>