[OS X TeX] Definitive font guide, please?

[Adam M. Goldstein]

On Dec 23, 2008, at 12:22 PM, David B. Thompson, Ph.D., P.E., CFM wrote:

> I spent a few hours last weekend trying to work out how to use fonts  
> other than the Computer Modern family in LaTeX. I found nothing  
> definitive in the archives. Google wasn't much help either. I think  
> it's time I learned something about using some of the other font  
> families available to us.
>
> I tried the usual suspects, such as
>
> \usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
>
> and several variations on that theme. No joy.
>
> So, would someone point me to a definitive resource that a literate  
> LaTeX user can understand? I'm not a complete n00b, but this is an  
> area I haven't explored.


I don't know if you know about

http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/

which shows samples of the fonts and has instructions for their use.

It's not totally clear to me that the instructions match up precisely  
with what's in TeXLive, though.

-Adam
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