[Tex/LaTex] How to include “Bookman Old Style” font as a main font in the Ph.D thesis

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I am unable to figure out simple solution to add "Bookman Old Style" as a main font in my latex document. I have used below line but does not give me required font.

\usepackage{bookman}

Could not find any Simple correct answer for this. Pl. suggest how to do it.

I am using windows, pdflatex.

thank you

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The Bookman font does not need XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX at all, it can be used with LaTeX/PdfLaTeX of course.

\documentclass[10pt]{book}

\usepackage{bookman}
\usepackage{blindtext}



\begin{document}
\Large
\chapter{Bookman font test}

\blindtext[10]

\end{document}

A look into the log or on the output screen during a compilation run shows whether the fonts are included:

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When this works make a list of all symbols, their positions, the command names you would want to use, the name of the tfm and the pfb, so that someone can make a you a small sty and a map-file.

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Then test again. At first with pdflatex. When it works try with dvips. If it works with pdflatex but not with dvips then the "font name" (the middle entry) in the map line is wrong (dvips is more picky). Check the correct name in the afm, correct in the map and regenerate the maps with udpmap(-sys)

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Well you either can define a mathcommand that switches to the standard font:

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\usepackage{sfmath}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\DeclareSymbolFontAlphabet{\mathori}    {letters}
\begin{document}

\begin{equation}
 a = \mathori{a}
\end{equation}

\end{document}

You can also reset the font for the "a" back to "normal" (this doesn't work "locally"):

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\usepackage{sfmath}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\DeclareMathSymbol{a}{\mathalpha}{letters}{`a}
\begin{document}

\begin{equation}
 a = a
\end{equation}

\end{document}

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