[OS X TeX] New Fonts and all that [WAS: New Macros, ...}

[Luci Ellis]

Dear Richard,


On 22/02/2010, at 7:26 AM, Richard J Benish wrote:

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> I would guess that many naive users are destined to stay naive because it takes way too much time to get savvy. That is certainly true for me. (For example, I love different typefaces. I have a background in graphic arts. But the prospect of trying to simply install a new font in TexShop scares the hell out of me. I resign myself to just stick to the default.)
> 


Actually, the fonts are installed into TeX, not TeXShop.

If it's any help at all, see my support files for various fonts including maths: http://www.verbeia.com/tex/ 

Let me know how it goes. I would be glad to hear how easy the documentation is for a "naive user".

There is also support for many Adobe fonts here: http://www.tug.org/yandy/usely1.htm

And there is much that can be done without doing any special wizardry other than loading a package. All of these are built into standard TeX installations including MacTeX.
For example:
\usepackage{txfonts} gives you Times
\usepackage{mathpazo} gives you Palatino
\usepackage{fourier} gives you Utopia
\usepackage{kpfonts} gives you a font that is similar to Palatino, but not quite the same.

You might not have these ones installed (it depends what installation you have and when you installed it)
\usepackage{gtamachoefler} gives you Hoefler
There are many others in the gtamac... group.

Best regards,
Luci