Fonts

How to use one of the provided fonts: 3 steps, 10 sec.

#1. First, be aware of the 21 fonts provided.

• If required, you can regenerate the font database mtxrun --script font --reload --force

#2. Give a name to the set of fonts you want to use and select a first font

• Use the command \definefontfamily. Sometimes, the name of the set of font is called the "typescript identifier"
• Let's take an example, for a Serif font, for which TeX practice is to refer to them as roman (=rm)

• \definefontfamily[MyFontIdentifier][rm][refcode to the serif font]

#3. Declare it as your default font family for your document

• Use the command with \setupbodyfont

• \setupbodyfont[MyFontIdentifier]

#4. Specify the font size

• \setupbodyfont[xxpt]

Example

• This basic input is typeset with the default font, Latin Modern:

  \setupbodyfont[12pt]
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  

  
• And by adding the two lines discussed above, and using the reference to Tex Gyre Pagella Serif font (texgyrepagella) we obtain:

  \definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier] [rm] [texgyrepagella]
  \setupbodyfont[MyFontIdentifier]
  \setupbodyfont[12pt]
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  

  

How to use more than one of the provided fonts: 1 step, 5 sec.

#1. Very similarly to above, just select a second font

• for a Sans Serif font, for which TeX practice is to refer to them as Sans Serif (=ss)

• \definefontfamily[MyFontIdentifier][ss][refcode to the sans serif font]

• for a monospaced font, for which TeX practice is to refer to them as TypewriTer (=tt)

• \definefontfamily[MyFontIdentifier][tt][refcode to the monospaced font]

Example

• This basic input is typeset with the default font, Latin Modern:

  \setupbodyfont[12pt]
  \rm The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\\
  \ss The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\\
  \tt The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\\
  

  
• And by adding the two lines discussed above, and using the reference to Tex Gyre Pagella Serif font (texgyrepagella) we obtain:

  \definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier] [rm] [texgyrepagella]
  \definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier] [ss] [texgyreadventor]
  \definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier] [tt] [texgyrecursor]
  \setupbodyfont[MyFontIdentifier]
  \setupbodyfont[12pt]
  \rm The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\\
  \ss The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\\
  \tt The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\\