[Tex/LaTex] Installing Minion Pro on Windows

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I have been searching on the Internet but so far there is no guide that works for me.

I tried the one from CTAN,
but there I have to run commands, and install the LCDF Typetools (which aren't available for Windows?).

As far as I know many people use the Minion font. Is there some easy guide out there to help me install them?

Best Answer

I was able to install on windows (with MikTeX 2.8), using the instructions with the CTAN package. I don't remember the details, but it wasn't hard. I have the cygwin unix emulation environment installed, but I don't recall if it was necessary to use it.

More details:

  1. kpsewhich: use the miktex settings tool (probably best to use the (admin) version) to add a local root directory (eg., C:\miktexlocal\), and use this as the local path.

  2. LCDF typetools for windows: as is mentioned on the LCDF website, you can get unofficial win32 binaries from ftp://akagi.ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/TeX/win32/

  3. Making directories, copying files, moving files, etc: you can do all of this through windows explorer.

  4. Adding a line to updmap.cfg: Use the command initexmf --admin --edit-config-file updmap

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