From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 26 09:58:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D374106566B for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:58:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.grunewald@laposte.net) Received: from amazone2.ujf-grenoble.fr (amazone2.ujf-grenoble.fr [152.77.2.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3F7D8FC08 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:58:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.grunewald@laposte.net) Received: from tana2.ujf-grenoble.fr (tana2.ujf-grenoble.fr [152.77.24.22]) by amazone2.ujf-grenoble.fr (8.13.7/8.13.7/Configured by JE 21 07 2006) with ESMTP id n1Q8a4Y9047492; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:36:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by tana2.ujf-grenoble.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 748D85646B; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:36:04 +0100 (CET) X-UJF-AV: Scanned on tana2.ujf-grenoble.fr Received: from tibre1.ujf-grenoble.fr (tibre1.ujf-grenoble.fr [152.77.18.86]) by tana2.ujf-grenoble.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 388D15646D; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:36:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr (fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr [152.77.212.18]) by tibre1.ujf-grenoble.fr (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n1Q8a1r4095228; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:36:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from michael.grunewald@laposte.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22A83D02DE; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:36:06 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr Received: from fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 384-8gSBFBT5; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:36:06 +0100 (CET) Received: from [193.48.255.208] (vanparys.ujf-grenoble.fr [193.48.255.208]) by fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1AFAD01D6; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:36:05 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <49A654B6.10106@laposte.net> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:37:10 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Micha=EBl_Gr=FCnewald?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: prad References: <20090213130700.71e140a9@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <20090213130700.71e140a9@gom.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: confontation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:58:04 -0000 prad a écrit : > i need greek letters for math work. > > latex has the fonts of course, but i don't have the \mu \ro etc on > regular programs such as inkscape. > i've installed texcm-ttf, but only go a couple of greek letters. > Most commonly, Type1 (read ``PostScript vector'') TeX fonts are present on the disk as PFA or PFB files (PostScript font ascii, binary). They are usually stored under $PREFIX/share/$TEXMF/fonts/type1/$VENDOR/$FONT The TrueType fonts available to TeX are present on the disk under $PREFIX/share/$TEXMF/fonts/truetype/$VENDOR/$FONT (I use the $ to prefix generic names. $TEXMF is usually texmf, ot texmf-local or texmf-texlive and $PREFIX /usr/local.) On the KUbuntu system I have at work, > ls /usr/share/texmf-texlive/fonts/truetype/public/belleek/ blex.ttf blsy.ttf rblmi.ttf These fonts are true type versions of TeX fonts, EX (extended, containing extra large braces, radicals, triple integrals etc.) SY (symbol) and MI (math italics, containing all the greek). If you did not find a suitable TrueType font on your installation, try to search the CTAN (ctan.org), it mimics the file hierarchy common to most TeX installation, so you will easily find TrueType fonts available there. If all of this fails, you can go with type 1 fonts, most TeX symbols fonts are also available as Type1 fonts. If your software cannot use these fonts, you may try to convert them to TrueType format, with appropriate software. Fontforge (in the ports) is capable to do this. Note that fonts resulting form a conversion may not be suitable for all use, many years ago I wanted to have TeX fonts in X11, and got nice glyphs with funny spacing. I did not investigate the resaons of this failure, nor the contemporary behaviour, though. Last I did not mention which font to look for. A complete collection of type 1 fonts reproducing the look of the venrable Computer Modern is the Latin Modern font (VENDOR=public, FONT=lm). -- I hope this helps, Michaël