LyXAdding fonts to Lyx

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jamierc
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Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:30 pm

Adding fonts to Lyx

Post by jamierc »

Hi all,

I've googled for a while, and can't find how to add fonts to Lyx.

I have some lovely ttf (and otf) fonts, that I would love to be able to use in Lyx. It finds them to use as on-screen fonts, but I dont know how I can get it to use them when it exports.

In the 'document' > 'fonts' settings, there are only a few fonts - not the others I have installed.

I'm running Lyx 1.6.3 on Arch Linux.

Many thanks

Jamie

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meho_r
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Adding fonts to Lyx

Post by meho_r »

There are generally two options:

1. Convert .ttf and .otf fonts to type1 and install them so LaTeX can recognize them. This can be a tedious process. You may have a look here.

2. Use XeLaTeX instead of LaTeX. XeLaTeX can use all fonts installed on your system, .ttf and .otf without a need to install them in any LaTeX-specific manner or place. If you're interested in using XeTeX/XeLaTeX with LyX, you may take a look at a quick guide I wrote some times ago (note that it's for Linux; in case you're using Windows, you may check and use appropriate paths).
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