[OS X TeX] using garamond?

[Adrian Heathcote]

While we are on the subject of installing Garamond, someone once asked 
what is a good sans serif face to accompany it. I've done a little bit 
of experimenting and can say that the computer modern sans serif is one 
of the best matches---and it works straight out of the box, since it's 
the default. But my own preference is for Syntax---scaled 95%. It is a 
great match!

FWIW

Adrian Heathcote


On Thursday, July 4, 2002, at 02:54 PM, Adrian Heathcote wrote:

> Hi
>
> It is comparatively easy to use garamond, in fact. And you do not need 
> fontinstall to do it.
>
> Simply dowload from CTAN the folder containing the metric files. These 
> are the tfm, the vf and the fd and sty files plus the pad.map file. You 
> will find the folder under psfonts.
>
> In your texmf tree you create folders inside fonts/tfm/adobe
> fonts/vf/adobe and fonts/type1/adobe, all called agaramon. You put the 
> obvious files into the first two of these folders.
>
> In your texmf tree under fonts you create another agaramon folder and 
> put the fd and sty files.
>
> You then rename the type 1 outline fonts (which I assume you have 
> already purchased from Eyewire or adobe (in days of old)) by the name 
> that you will read in the pad.map file---ie. padr8a.pfb. If you do not 
> have them in pfb form you can either edit the pad.map file to match the 
> name and format that you have them in, or you can convert them with 
> type1 utilities. When you have done this throughout you put these files 
> into the third folder:fonts/type1/adobe/agaramon.
>
> You now update the configuration file for pdftex by adding the line: 
> map +pad.map.
>
> You only need fontinstall if you can't find the metric files on CTAN or 
> if you want to customise your installation.
>
> I've assumed above that you have already bought the outline fonts. If 
> you haven't then you need to. But anyone would be well advised not to 
> hesitate in doing this: Adobe are converting their entire type library 
> to Open Type and no one (!!) knows how to use Open Type with LateX---no 
> one even knows what kind of reencoding will be required. So get the 
> fonts before it becomes impossible to get them.
>
> If in doubt about any of the steps in this process you should buy and 
> absorb Alan Hoenig's book TeX Unbound: It is indispensible. (A book 
> written by someone who really knows fonts and is expert in LateX!! Just 
> the first of these is rare enough!)
>
> HTH
>
> Adrian Heathcote
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at 06:39 PM, mahakk wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> sorry to bother y'all again...
>>
>> i'd like to use the report class with helvetica as headlinefont and 
>> garamond
>> for the copy. i may even go for garamond-only, dunno yet.
>>
>> problem is: how do i use garamond? :)
>>
>> i got a "garamond" folder in my texmf-tree. it obviously was placed 
>> there by
>> the tex-installer. but when using
>>
>>     \usepackage{garamond}
>>
>> i get a
>>
>>     garamond.sty not found
>>
>> in the console and am asked to enter a different filename or such.
>>
>> is garamond not a part of the standard-install? and if so:  what's the
>> garamond-folder for, and how can i use one of my postscript-versions of
>> garamond (i got itc, adobe, berthold and apple's own versions) as the
>> copy-font in tex?
>>
>> apologies if this has been covered a 100 times before...
>>
>> thanx
>> mahakk
>>
>>
>>
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