General ⇒ Font families

[Winter Light]

I'm working with Andrew McNabb's resume template that I found here: http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/linux/lat ... bb-res.tex

In the template McNabb specifies the font thusly:

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\fontfamily{ppl} \selectfont

From Googling I think "ppl = Palentino" font. How do I find a list of fonts and their acronyms? I'd rather specify my fonts like this:

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\usepackage{fontspec,xunicode,xltxtra}
\setmainfont{random_font}

but don't want to alter anything in the template that I don't have to.

Any suggestions on where to find a list of font acronyms? I looked in the Tex Live docs and didn't see anything.

Thanks.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

I don't have such a list, I would look into the fonts directory of my local TeX installation or into the corresponding stylefile.
A good start for searching fonts could be the LaTeX Font Catalogue.

Stefan