Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-04-02 Thread Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus
Hello: Sorry because the dalay of this answer but I need to ask also. You can look at the LaTeX Font Catalogue . If you look under the serifed fonts section, you can tell at a glance which fonts are 'tighter' than EB Garamond; not many, but what about Venturis ADF

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-03-31 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:18:52 -0600 Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus wrote: > Well when I work with typography I preffer to use xelatex for compile > instead of latex or pdflatex. I don't use lualatex yet because in Spanish > we have yet some issues with the correct hyphenation. > > Whe need to m

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-03-31 Thread Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus
Well when I work with typography I preffer to use xelatex for compile instead of latex or pdflatex. I don't use lualatex yet because in Spanish we have yet some issues with the correct hyphenation. Whe need to measure and make proofs with fonts. If you need to use mathematical symbols then we need

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-03-31 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:56:30 -0600 Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus wrote: > Well, actually ebgaramond is one of many options available for print and > save money and paper. You need to learn a little bit of typometry. One of > the best books for learn about all this is The Elements of Typographic

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-03-31 Thread Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus
Well, actually ebgaramond is one of many options available for print and save money and paper. You need to learn a little bit of typometry. One of the best books for learn about all this is The Elements of Typographic Style I hope you can check it and learn more, learn about more families and can t

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-03-31 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi Aradenatorix! On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:14:05 -0600 Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus wrote: > Well, perhaps the problem is not with the Garamond font in fact. > > You should take care about few typographical details, one of those is about > the boldface. As you should know, the boldface is an in

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-03-31 Thread Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus
Well, perhaps the problem is not with the Garamond font in fact. You should take care about few typographical details, one of those is about the boldface. As you should know, the boldface is an invention from the 19th century, and the fashion of the boldfaces still goes on. But Garamond, or the

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-03-31 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:02 +0200 Andras Simon wrote: > 2014-03-31 6:50 GMT+02:00, Ranjan Maitra : > > Hi, > > > > I have been trying my luck at using Garamond fonts in LaTeX with > > Fedora. From the repo, I found > > > > texlive-ebgaramond-svn30741.0.15__2013_05_22_-4.fc20.noarch > > > > and i

Re: Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-03-31 Thread Andras Simon
2014-03-31 6:50 GMT+02:00, Ranjan Maitra : > Hi, > > I have been trying my luck at using Garamond fonts in LaTeX with > Fedora. From the repo, I found > > texlive-ebgaramond-svn30741.0.15__2013_05_22_-4.fc20.noarch > > and installed it. I got LaTeX to compile my document, however, I am > unable to

Fedora and Garamond (LaTeX) fonts

2014-03-30 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, I have been trying my luck at using Garamond fonts in LaTeX with Fedora. From the repo, I found texlive-ebgaramond-svn30741.0.15__2013_05_22_-4.fc20.noarch and installed it. I got LaTeX to compile my document, however, I am unable to get the boldface fonts. Not sure why this is, so can someo