LaTeX Font

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LaTeX Font

Does anyone know which font is close to that produced by LaTeX.
I'd like to type simple expression like 2n and I'd like it to look like
LaTeX formatted.
Thanks,
Bernard

Posted on Sep 19, 2005 2:04 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 19, 2005 4:02 PM in response to Kyn Drake

actually, I'm using both. My powerbook is still with 10.3.9 while I use G5 under 10.4.
But I'm not looking for something like LaTex Equation Editor, LaTeXit, ...
What I'd like to have is expressions embeded in the text, so that when I modifiy the text, the expression is following the changes.

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Answer 2

Sep 19, 2005 4:31 PM in response to Bernard Bernu

You can browse your fonts using Font Book. There is not Computer Modern, but you might find Century Schoolbook. Palatino might be another suitable choice, as that is one of LaTeXs fonts.

You can also view symbols etc. using the character viewer. In your International preferences (in System Preferences) enable Character Palette (Keyboard Viewer is also useful).

Now you can click on the flag in your menu bar and select Show Character Palette. If you change the view to All Characters and the category to Mathematical Symbols, you will find a range of symbols that meets or exceeds what LaTeX provides. If you disclose the font variation section, you will see the different renderings of the character in various fonts that support it.

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Answer 3

Sep 20, 2005 2:01 AM in response to Cameron Kerr

Thanks for this useful informations.
I already use a lot character viewer, but I was unable to decide which font is the closest to LateXs fonts. I used Didot, so I now switch to Century Schoolbook.

Thanks
Bernard

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Answer 4

Nov 10, 2005 9:25 PM in response to Bernard Bernu

I seem to recall that there was a way to make Computer Modern useable by the rest of the OS. You should check the LaTeX for Mac homepage as well the the work done by Gerben Wierda on his i-installer.

http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/

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Answer 5

Kyn Drake

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Sep 19, 2005 2:59 PM in response to Bernard Bernu

Are you still using 10.3 or do you have 10.4? There's a neat app in 10.4 called grapher that you can use to create expressions then copy and paste into Keynote.

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