[Tex/LaTex] Font Choice and Classic Thesis

classicthesisfontstypography

I don't own the Minion Pro font, so that's not an option for me. But I do have Adobe Caslon Pro, which is a serif font I'm fond of.

Is it possible to use the classicthesis.sty and use Caslon Pro instead? I can't see a way currently to do this.

As a second option, I like how Palatino looks from the mathpazo package, but I prefer the Computer Modern Serif maths typesetting. Is it possible to have the body text in Palatino while having the maths written in Computer Modern Serif?

Best Answer

There is no real problem in using different fonts with classicthesis. Just load the related font package and you're done.

Compile with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{classicthesis}
\usepackage{fontspec}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\setmainfont{BaskervilleF}

\renewcommand{\chapterNumber}{\fontsize{70}{0}\addfontfeatures{Numbers=OldStyle}}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter

\tableofcontents

\mainmatter

\chapter{Introduction}

\lipsum

\end{document}

I don't own Adobe Caslon Pro, so I used a different font. The only adjustment is to make \chapterNumber aware of the text font, otherwise it would use Palatino.

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