[OS X TeX] Using Zapfino

[William Adams]

On Apr 12, 2007, at 7:03 AM, Christian Burk wrote:

> I am using TL2007 and TS 2.10 to typeset my stuff and I do not have  
> any clue about fonts... ;)
> Inspired by a post from Herb Schulz, I found on XeTeX website a  
> screenshot with Zapfino and was asking myself if I could use this  
> font within my document for my dedication.
>
> Is there a way to use it? If yes, how could this be done?

Assuming you're using pdftex or tex/dvips and need to continue to do  
so, the most expedient thing is to just use XeLaTeX (there're  
examples and it's specifically shown in the fontspec documentation)  
to make a .pdf and then place that in your document (convert the pdf  
to a .eps using your preferred tool if need be) like any other graphic.

For an extreme view on this sort of thing, some information on  
Zapfino (and a basic xetex example document) you could look at my  
TUG2003 presentation:

http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-2/tb77adams.pdf

William


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William Adams
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Fry Communications



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