I need to type an greek phrase: Let no one untrained in geometry enter. Jusk like
I hope it looks like the old style as much as possible.
I have tried
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[LGR,T1]{fontenc}
\newcommand{\textgreek}[1]{\begingroup\fontencoding{LGR}\selectfont#1\endgroup}
\begin{document}
\textgreek{'agewm`etrhtos mhde`is e'is'itw}
\end{document}
The result is not satisfying.
The main problems are
- I need
\epsilon
, but get a\varepsilon
- There are symbols with comma above it, how to type that?
- There are differences between the fonts, e.g.
\mu
UPDATE
Thanks to @Sverre, omma problem is solved. Except \epsilon
problem, I still think there are font problems. My latex result is a little slim, and some detail is different, e.g. the tail of the \mu
.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[LGR,T1]{fontenc}
\newcommand{\textgreek}[1]{\begingroup\fontencoding{LGR}\selectfont#1\endgroup}
\begin{document}
\textgreek{>agewm`etrhtos mhde`is e>is'itw}
\end{document}
UPDATE
The first picture missed a letter $\tau$, and the actual sculpture looks like this
with all letters captialized. So I need not bother to persuit any effect. Anyway, this question is fruitful, leading to LGR
and GFS Philostratos
solutions.
Best Answer
This is less an answer than a response to requests in the comments. If the point is to make the Greek appear to be on the old side, there are many possibilities opened up by
lualatex
andxetex
, which can use any unicode-encoded TrueType or OpenType font. Here are four specimens: