Fonts & Character Sets ⇒ Several Fonts in one Document

[Cham]

I'm trying to use the Vicentino font, using a command like the one below, but it doesn't work.

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\newcommand*{\poemstyle}{\usefont{OT1}{??}{m}{n}\selectfont}

How can I use the \modernscriptshape version?

I'm a total newbie with fonts in LaTeX.

[localghost]

The mentioned page of the font catalogue shows you exactly what to do.

• Load the corresponding package.
• Use the \modernscriptshape command at the concerned places.

You will probably need the necessary files.


Thorsten

[Cham]

Sorry, but it's really cryptic to me. This is so complicated, I don't understand anything at all here!

EDIT: The problem is as soon as I add

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\usepackage{vicent}
\usepackage[OT1]{fontenc}

I'm getting an error message (can't compile). If I remove the second line, then all the document is messed up.

[Cham]

I'm about to throw the computer through the window! I'm unable to make this font to work (or any other one)!

Please, what should be the right command to use a new font in a document?

I need some specific examples of the uses of the following command :

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\newcommand*{\poemstyle}{\usefont{??}{??}{??}{??}\selectfont}

What should be the four entries, for the Vicentino \modernscriptshape?

[Cham]

Here's a working code to play with:

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\documentclass[12pt,twoside]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[total={6in,10in},left=1.5in,top=0.5in,includehead,includefoot]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{epigraph}
\setlength{\epigraphrule}{0pt}
\newcommand*{\chapterpoem}{\usefont{T1}{qzc}{m}{n}\selectfont}
\newcommand{\epig}[2]{\epigraphhead[70]{\epigraph{\chapterpoem{#1}}{\chapterpoem\textit{#2}}}}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Test chapter one}
\epig{This is just a simple test sample.}{A pigeon}

\lipsum[1-4]
\end{document}

For "Zapf Chancery", it's working. But how should we change that font to use the Vicentino family (\modernscriptshape), if we suppose it's already installed in the LaTeX system ?

Or what "standard" (preinstalled with the TeX distribution) stylized font would you suggest instead of Chancery/Vicentino, for small poems in a math book ?

[Cham]

Nobody has a suggestion on my last query ?

[ralfinho]

Hey Cham,

I have checked my MikTeX 2.9. There is no Vincentino installed. You have to install it yourself, like Lokalghost advised you. Go on his link necessary files. There you are advised what to do and you find the name of the fontfamily: vc, the command is: \usefont{OT1}{vc}{m}{n} . No \selectfont after \usefont command. But you must first install the font.

[Cham]

What cursive fonts are installed by default, in pdfLaTeX, apart of Zapf Chancery and the math scripts ?

[Cham]

I just found the cursive package, which gives the ability to write text in a "cursive-like" manner.

Are there any other packages like this one ?

[ralfinho]

1. {\fontfamily{qzc} \selectfont This is TeX Gyre Chorus}
   TeX Gyre Chorus is an enhanced Zapf Chancery
2. in the preamble: \usepackage{calligra}
   in the document: {\calligra This is Calligra}

In the TeX Font Catalogue you'll find more fonts.