I'd like to try some different fonts with LyX, but if I add them to the fonts directory (from my other Windows fonts directory), LyX doesn't know they are there. The reason is that the output from LyX looks bad. I mean there is something wrong with the way the font looks in the DVI or ps file. No one concerned about typesetting a document would bother to use LyX if this problem could not be solved. Doing a search online brings-up some obscure means of converting single font files and adding something to the Latex preamble, but there has to be an easier way.
Shawn,
If you must have an easier way you'll have to wait for newer versions of LyX. In the mean time, Mikex offers a good variety of fonts. Google the Latex Font Sampler. If you need to convert your own fonts, you have to do some work. For example, CTAN has a package for converting MinionPro. Walter Schmidt published foolproof packages for using commercial fonts. There are very good online guides to teach you how to convert type1 or opentype fonts. In short, us "concerned about typesetting a document" are doing very well, thank you. Perhaps the problem is not one of software, but of attitude.
