Fonts & Character Sets ⇒ Install Minion Open Type font in Latex

[jgaspard]

Hello everyone,

I'm sure this topic has already been dealt with in a way or the other, so sorry if I bother..

Here's my thing: I would like to use the "Minion" open type fonts (MinionPro.otf) with Latex (I have TeXShop Version 2.14).

The problem is I can't manage to understand what I'm supposed to do with all the required steps from the Minion package on CTAN! (What is "otftotfm"? etc.)

Is there anyone who would be so kind as to follow me step by step in the process? It seems like a tricky challenge for a newbie like me. Is it that difficult to install an OTF in Latex?

Regards,

Jeffrey from Belgium

[frabjous]

The easiest way is to use XeLaTeX, and then it's just a matter of having the font installed on your system, and loading the fontspec package.

If you want to use it with regular LaTeX or pdflatex, you'll need to convert the opentype fonts to type 1 fonts. There's some discussion in this old thread:
http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... f=5&t=2915

Perhaps those instructions are not clear enough, but it's hard to give different instructions without knowing your TeX distribution. (TeXshop is an editor, not a distribution. Are you using TeXlive, or OzTeX, or ... ?)

[jgaspard]

Hi Frabjous,

Thanks for the reply!

I have updated my MacTex distribution (up to 2009) and my TeXShop (to 2.33) and it works perfectly well with the "fontspec" package!

It is indeed easier than installing the Minion font manually with otftotfm, etc.

Thanks for the tip!

Regards,

Jeffrey