[Tex/LaTex] First steps with LuaLaTeX and ttf fonts

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I am just starting to use LuaLaTeX. Mainly because I want to use a ttf font for a presentation. My MWE looks like

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec}

\setmainfont[]{HelveticaNeue/HelveticaNeueLTCom-Th.ttf}

\begin{document}
Test
\end{document}

I have a folder called HelveticaNeue in the same folder as the MWE file. The folder consists of many versions of the famous font Helvetica Neue. The content looks like

HelveticaNeueLTCom-Bd.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdCn.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdCnO.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdEx.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdExO.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdIt.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BdOu.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-Blk.ttf  
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BlkCn.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BlkCnO.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BlkEx.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BlkExO.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-BlkIt.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-Cn.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-CnO.ttf  
HelveticaNeueLTCom-Ex.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-ExO.ttf  
HelveticaNeueLTCom-Hv.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-HvCn.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-HvCnO.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-HvEx.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-HvExO.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-HvIt.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-It.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-Lt.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-LtCn.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-LtCnO.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-LtEx.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-LtExO.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-LtIt.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-Md.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-MdCn.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-MdCnO.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-MdEx.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-MdExO.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-MdIt.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-Roman.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-Th.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-ThCn.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-ThCnO.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-ThEx.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-ThExO.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-ThIt.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-UltLt.ttf    
HelveticaNeueLTCom-UltLtCn.ttf  
HelveticaNeueLTCom-UltLtCnO.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-UltLtEx.ttf  
HelveticaNeueLTCom-UltLtExO.ttf 
HelveticaNeueLTCom-UltLtIt.ttf  
HelveticaNeueLTCom-XBlkCn.ttf   
HelveticaNeueLTCom-XBlkCnO.ttf

I compile the file using (Windows 7, LuaTeX version 0.76.0-2013062820, rev 4627) lualatex filename. I receive an error;

error

I added a screenshot because the error does not exist in the log file.

An additional question would be how to use the different font features like small caps, italic, bold and so on. I have seen that you can define it like here:

\setmainfont[
    BoldFont       = Fontname-Bold,
    ItalicFont     = Fontname-Italic,
    BoldItalicFont = Fontname-BoldItalic
]{Fontname}

but I did not find small caps in the ttf font files.

Update

Following Herbert's advice, I added all the ttf font files into my Windows font folder (now I can use them in Word and so on). This look like

font-placement

Then I changed the MWE accordingly:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{fontspec}

%\setmainfont[]{HelveticaNeue/HelveticaNeueLTCom-Th.ttf}
\setmainfont[]{Helvetica Neue LT Com 23}

\begin{document}
Test
\end{document}

and receive this error message:

new-error

Following Mico's advice (placing the ttf file in the same folder as the MWE file) works. I do not understand why and I wonder how to use bold, small caps and so on. Do I have to define all manually?

test

2nd Update

After double clicking on a font file I saw the "real" name. Using this name works with system fonts;

\setmainfont[]{HelveticaNeueLT Com 35 Th}

system-fonts

Best Answer

put the font files into your system font directory and then use

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Helvetica Neue}
\begin{document}
Test \textbf{Test} \textit{Test}
\end{document}

The document has the fonts included:

voss@shania:~> pdffonts Test/test7.pdf
name                        type          encoding     emb sub uni object ID
--------------------------- ------------- ------------ --- --- --- ---------
NZAOYG+HelveticaNeue        CID Type 0C   Identity-H   yes yes yes      4  0
WLHJWU+HelveticaNeue-Bold   CID Type 0C   Identity-H   yes yes yes      5  0
PRPRRI+HelveticaNeue-Italic CID Type 0C   Identity-H   yes yes yes      6  0

Maybe that your version of Helvetica has another name, then change it in the example.

Here is the info from your HelveticaNeueLTCom-Lt.ttf:

voss@shania:~/Fonts/Helvetica/ttf> otfinfo -i HelveticaNeueLTCom-Lt.ttf 
Family:              HelveticaNeueLT Com 45 Lt
Subfamily:           Regular
Full name:           Helvetica Neue LT Com 45 Light
PostScript name:     HelveticaNeueLTCom-Lt
Preferred family:    Helvetica Neue LT Com
Preferred subfamily: 45 Light
Mac font menu name:  HelveticaNeueLT Com 45 Lt
Version:             Version 2.01;2006
Unique ID:           Linotype GmbH:Helvetica Neue LT Com 45 Light:2006
Description:         Helvetica is one of the most famous and popular typefaces in the world. It lends an air of lucid efficiency to any typog

Here is a setting for your fonts:

\setmainfont[
  BoldFont=HelveticaNeueLTCom-Md,
  ItalicFont=HelveticaNeueLTCom-LtIt,
]{HelveticaNeueLTCom-Lt}

with the output:

enter image description here

for a small caps font use:

  SmallCapsFont=TeXGyre Heros,
  SmallCapsFeatures={Letters=SmallCaps},
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