You need to install the TrueType font you're trying to use into LaTeX before you can use it. There are several guides for doing so on the web, e.g.: http://www.radamir.com/tex/ttf-tex.htm. Try a google search for more.
Are you sure the glyph you want to use isn't available already? Richard Pekka Rantanen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to use LyX to write a monography of my own on Hebrew grammar. >> My question is how to insert a certain >> symbol from a certain font? I've found that I need to use LaTeX code >> like \font\cs=<fontname> at 10pt e. g. >> but it doesn't work for some reason. For example, I have a font in a >> file tiberi.ttf, its name is SPTiberian. >> But putting \font\cs=SPTiberian at xxpt or \font\cs=tiberi.ttf at >> xxpt gives out an error, something like >> 'the font is not found'. The font is properly installed on my Linux >> machine, is seen by all other >> applications. What should I do? >> >> I'm using LyX version 1.3.4, SuSe Linux 9.2. >> > > As soon as I can gather, in order to use a specific font I must > generate font metrics with the utility ttf2tfm or something like that > (actually, I found ttf2afm and afm2tfm - don't know if this can make > up for ttf2tfm).Is it really that necessary or is there any other way? > The worst is that I hardly have a clue as to what to do, how to > properly generate a tfm-file and where to put it. I don't even know if > I'm astray or not. Where can I find more information? > > --Pekka
