I am using PDFLaTeX, not XeLaTeX. How can I find the short name of a specific font? For example, I know that \fontfamily{phv}\selectfont
is URW Nimbus Sans (a Helvetica clone).
[Tex/LaTex] How to find the name of a font
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I am using PDFLaTeX, not XeLaTeX. How can I find the short name of a specific font? For example, I know that \fontfamily{phv}\selectfont
is URW Nimbus Sans (a Helvetica clone).
Best Answer
It depends of course on your level of understanding of your TeX system. So, if you do not know the details of the ways TeX deals with fonts (for example if you don't know what a
.fd
file or a.map
file is) then the simplest, I guess, is:LaTeX your document and the result should show up.
Now for the more complete answer if
wxyz
was the printed result, you need to find on your systemot1wxyz.fd
ort1wxyz.fd
which will give you all the gory details about how the files are truly named on your system (the tfm files).