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Installing Minion/Myriad - HELP

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Dinora

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Jan 24, 2010, 7:46:19 AM1/24/10
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I am trying to install these two fonts according to some instructions
found on the internet, but it's not really working.

Because the first thing I have to do, I can't (I don't know how). I
need to convert the OTF files into Type-1 fonts.

For that I need LCDF Type Tools. However, I can't find the convert.bat
script anywhere in the directory. If I understood correctly, I need to
put that and an .exe file (I'm guessing otftotfm?) in a directory
where the OTF files are. Correct? And then it should create a sub-
directory with the .pfb fonts? Do I need only the PFB files or AFM
files too?

Since I have the MinionPro and MyriadPro from the Font Folio which
exact enc[].zip and metrics[].zip archive from here

http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2184&relea...

should I download?

And do I put the font and these MinionPro package files in C:\Program
Files\MiKTeX 2.8 or both in that and in %APPDATA% MiKTeX directory?

It seems that every once in a while someone asks on how to install
these fonts, I'd really appreciate ANY HELP!

Thank you!!!

Joris

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Jan 24, 2010, 9:15:19 AM1/24/10
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afaik you can use opentype fonts directly using xe(la)tex.

Dinora

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Jan 24, 2010, 9:51:42 AM1/24/10
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On Jan 24, 3:15 pm, Joris <pin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> afaik you can use opentype fonts directly using xe(la)tex.

I don't know how to do that.

Philipp Stephani

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Jan 24, 2010, 9:59:16 AM1/24/10
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Dinora <dino...@gmail.com> writes:

See the documentation of the fontspec package.

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Joris

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Jan 24, 2010, 10:07:13 AM1/24/10
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I don't use xelatex so I don't have a complete answer for you. But
assuming, xetex & xelatex are included in your distribution, you won't
need to do any conversion of the fonts before using them. I don't
know what commands you're supposed to stick in the preamble to make
xelatex load the fonts, but I'm sure many readers of this forum can
help you out there.

To use xelatex rather than pdflatex should be just a matter of
selecting a menu option in your editor.

HTH

J.

Joris

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Jan 24, 2010, 10:08:42 AM1/24/10
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See Philipp's response for what's missing from mine.

Dinora

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Jan 24, 2010, 10:39:50 AM1/24/10
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The problem is... I could do that, but I have no idea whether MiKTeX
includes XeTeX, and if it doesn't, how do I install it?

Also, I don't know if in this way I can do this:


\usepackage[minionint,mathlf]{MinionPro}
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{Myriad-LF}

Meaning: Myriad as sans serif.

Dinora

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Jan 24, 2010, 11:02:47 AM1/24/10
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No, I've tried it now.

XeTeX doesn't work for me.

Ie. the main text is in Minion, but the maths, even when set to me
with the appropriate commands - is not.

And it gives weird glyphs.

That's why MinionPro package is the only solution.

Joris

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Jan 24, 2010, 11:03:19 AM1/24/10
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Yes, version 2.8 of miktex does include xetex. Please read the
miktex and fontspec manuals.

AlistairK

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Jan 24, 2010, 5:52:56 PM1/24/10
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As far as I'm aware, you may not find it easy to get the mathematical
typesetting working in XeLaTeX.

When I used MikTeX, I put all of my font installations into the local
texmf tree. I think that the default location is c:\texmf but my memory
of that is faint.

The mathspec package could solve your problem if you want to use XeLaTeX.

Tom Micevski

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Jan 25, 2010, 7:48:05 AM1/25/10
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there's a simple example using arial with xelatex here:
http://docs.miktex.org/2.7/relnotes/

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