How to use other fonts in plain tex using MikTeX?
I've been reading Donald Knuth's Computers & Typesetting and in chapter 4
the author says that one can specify a font using
fontcs=<external font name>.
What I would like to know is how to load other fonts not defined in plain TeX, and, since I'm using MiKTeX on Windows, how to find which other fonts are currently installed (and while we're at it, how to install new ones).
Is it just needed to write the font name in the command? And if so,
how do I find these names?
I've been searching for this information on the internet, but have only found LaTeX related stuff.
Thanks for reading my question.
fonts miktex plain-tex
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I've been reading Donald Knuth's Computers & Typesetting and in chapter 4
the author says that one can specify a font using
fontcs=<external font name>.
What I would like to know is how to load other fonts not defined in plain TeX, and, since I'm using MiKTeX on Windows, how to find which other fonts are currently installed (and while we're at it, how to install new ones).
Is it just needed to write the font name in the command? And if so,
how do I find these names?
I've been searching for this information on the internet, but have only found LaTeX related stuff.
Thanks for reading my question.
fonts miktex plain-tex
asked 52 mins ago
tigre200tigre200
64
see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…
– David Carlisle
46 mins ago
I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.
– tigre200
42 mins ago
those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable withfontthere will be several thousand names
– David Carlisle
39 mins ago
Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?
– tigre200
34 mins ago
it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files
– David Carlisle
30 mins ago
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I've been reading Donald Knuth's Computers & Typesetting and in chapter 4
the author says that one can specify a font using
fontcs=<external font name>.
What I would like to know is how to load other fonts not defined in plain TeX, and, since I'm using MiKTeX on Windows, how to find which other fonts are currently installed (and while we're at it, how to install new ones).
Is it just needed to write the font name in the command? And if so,
how do I find these names?
I've been searching for this information on the internet, but have only found LaTeX related stuff.
Thanks for reading my question.
fonts miktex plain-tex
asked 52 mins ago
tigre200tigre200
64
I've been reading Donald Knuth's Computers & Typesetting and in chapter 4
the author says that one can specify a font using
fontcs=<external font name>.
What I would like to know is how to load other fonts not defined in plain TeX, and, since I'm using MiKTeX on Windows, how to find which other fonts are currently installed (and while we're at it, how to install new ones).
Is it just needed to write the font name in the command? And if so,
how do I find these names?
I've been searching for this information on the internet, but have only found LaTeX related stuff.
Thanks for reading my question.
fonts miktex plain-tex
fonts miktex plain-tex
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see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…
– David Carlisle
46 mins ago
I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.
– tigre200
42 mins ago
those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable withfontthere will be several thousand names
– David Carlisle
39 mins ago
Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?
– tigre200
34 mins ago
it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files
– David Carlisle
30 mins ago
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see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…
– David Carlisle
46 mins ago
I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.
– tigre200
42 mins ago
those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable withfontthere will be several thousand names
– David Carlisle
39 mins ago
Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?
– tigre200
34 mins ago
it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files
– David Carlisle
30 mins ago
see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…
– David Carlisle
46 mins ago
see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…
– David Carlisle
46 mins ago
I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.
– tigre200
42 mins ago
I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.
– tigre200
42 mins ago
those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable with
font there will be several thousand names– David Carlisle
39 mins ago
those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable with
font there will be several thousand names– David Carlisle
39 mins ago
Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?
– tigre200
34 mins ago
Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?
– tigre200
34 mins ago
it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files
– David Carlisle
30 mins ago
it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files
– David Carlisle
30 mins ago
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see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…
– David Carlisle
46 mins ago
I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.
– tigre200
42 mins ago
those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable with
fontthere will be several thousand names– David Carlisle
39 mins ago
Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?
– tigre200
34 mins ago
it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files
– David Carlisle
30 mins ago