[OS X TeX] Alternate characters in CM or LM?

[Axel E. Retif]

On Mar 19, 2008, at 09:04, Nathan Paxton wrote:


> Since the PS 35 aren't working so well with 10.5.2 (at least,  
> that's how I understand it)

I'm not sure it's only the ``35 PS fonts'', but as I'm not using  
Leopard, I really don't know.

> I need to use something besides the mathpazo package. I can live  
> with CM or LM, but I'd like to know how to access some of the  
> alternative characters in those. Specifically, I like the look of  
> small caps and old-style figures, as in mathpazo.

I don't think mathpazo uses true small caps; CM and LM do, as pxfonts  
(Palatino-based as mathpazo).

> How do I get those in (I assume) LM?

Just as with mathpazo: \textsc{...} or {\scshape ...} for small  
capitals, and \oldstylenums{...} for old style figures.


> How do I find out how to access those for the whole document in  
> other character sets, like URW garamond?

Commands and declarations for small caps and old style figures are  
the same. Also, have a look at the TeX-Gyre project:

/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/tex-gyre/

Best,

Axel