[OS X TeX] General Font Question

[Richard J Benish]

>Le 13 mars 10 à 09:11, Richard J Benish a écrit :
>
>>So why can't LaTex work with the same ease? Why 
>>can't fonts that are readily available for 
>>graphics applications (and even word 
>>processors, etc.) be made readily available in 
>>LaTex?
>
>They are if you use XeLaTeX and its fontspec package.
>
>Try this, for example:
>
>% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
>% !TEX TS-program = xelatex
>\documentclass{article}
>\usepackage{xltxtra}% loads also fontspec
>\setmainfont{Zapfino}
>\begin{document}
>Zapfino is wonderful!
>\end{document}
>
>In argument of fontspec's \setmainfont command, 
>you only have to put the name of the font 
>available in your Mac OS system.
>
>>I'd guess LaTex would have many more users if 
>>font loading were not so daunting. I've never 
>>even tried loading a new font for LaTex because 
>>I don't understand how, and the many 
>>challenging experiences communicated on this 
>>list are a big disincentive to bother.
>
>
>Even with pdfLaTeX, a \usepackage{} is often sufficient. For example,
>
>\usepackage{fourier}
>
>loads the beautiful Utopia-Fourier text/math fonts.
>
>See the LaTeX font catalogue for a comprehensive 
>list of the fonts available with LaTeX and how 
>to use them:
>
>http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>Franck Pastor
>

Thank you very much.

I am presently studying for 3 final exams. During 
Spring Break, I think I'll try your advice. 
Perhaps my fear has only been borne of ignorance 
(as it so often is).

Richard Benish