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1. Computer modern roman vs latin modern roman latex how to#
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There is also a “math” font to use with the unicode-math package (again, check my book 😉 ) as you can see in this rather arbitrary “math-like” example Also, this font does not provide real sub or superscripts, but this is not a problem: when using “simulated” sub and superscripts, X ƎT EX will pick the right font shapes for the size, so the effect is as if you where using real scripts.

Computer modern roman vs latin modern roman latex how to#

It’s important to note that the small caps are in separated fonts, so you need to define a style to properly use them (check my book for more information on how to do that on L YX). Notice that the smaller point sizes gives less detailed and wider characters.

The grey text was typeset at 10 pts and zoomed at 400% while the second line was typeset at 5 pts and zoomed at 800%.

Computer modern roman vs latin modern roman latex full#

NOTE 2: for taking full advantage of its features, this font needs to be used with X ƎT EX ( may I suggest you to use L YX?) or Scribus, because LibO get confused with such a complex font.Įxample of optical sizes with Latin Modern Roman. NOTE: Linux users with T EXLive will have the fonts installed by default in their systems. The people from the GUST group (the Polish users TeX group), solved this problem by “translating” this fonts into Unicode and OpenType, creating a “superfamily” with support for many languages, but without loosing one of its key features: support for optical sizes The Latin Modern (LM) Family of Fonts

The problem with Computer Modern is the same problem with all metafont fonts: they are, well, written in metafont language and use the metafont engine, which means problems for non English languages.

In the volume E of Computers & Typesetting he describes the “Computer Modern” fonts that since then are the default fonts on most L AT EX documentclasses. Donald Knuth is not only a mathematician, or programmer, or the creator or T EX: he is also a type designer.