[OS X TeX] Font in TeXShop

[George Gratzer]

May I make a few comments?

As I have expressed this sentiment many times, it is wonderful to  
work with a group of people who are so willing to help and so  
knowledgeable that it is awesome.

On the other hand, would it not be more time efficient for all the  
newbies out there to read -- at least -- the Short Course in my LaTeX  
book?

A friend of mine spent 3 or 4 hours struggling with a sty file in  
MiKTeX, wherever he put it, it would not work. 5 minutes of reading  
the 12 page long introduction to MikTeX, would have set him right.

There is one more point: I wrote some 150 papers and some 15 books in  
TeX. I founded and I am the Editor-in-Chief of a Journal that has  
published some 50 volumes. I have never used any fonts except the  
standard fonts (my LaTeX book is the exception -- I used Times for  
the text, and the LaTeX fonts for LaTeX). I have never used the  
millions of packages discussed here. In fact, most journals would ask  
you to redo your paper if such packages are used.

Leave the formatting to the document class, stick to the standard  
fonts, and spend a few hours learning the basics. The rest, you can  
look up later.

GG



On Feb 21, 2006, at 10:27 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 22.02.2006 um 00:19 schrieb Alain Schremmer:
>>
>>> I hate to say it but I have no idea what font i-installed  
>>> TeXShop  comes with.
>>
>>
>> With no-one. The system has enough.
>
> I am truly sorry but I don't get it. Please have pity on this  
> neophyte.
>
> I i-installed TeXShop a year or so ago. I have now some 300 pages  
> written. But what is the font that they are written with?
>
> As I said, I don't really care other than being able to match it  
> with a Mac font that I could use in the Intaglio-pdf graphics.  
> Times New Roman isn't really a bad match and I was just wondering  
> if there might be a better one.
>
> Regards
> --schremmer
>
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