[Tex/LaTex] Times New Roman on Linux

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I need your helps, I have written my thesis on Linux and I have used Texmaker, but i have a problem, I can not change font to Times New Roman

I have searched on Google, people usually said that uses following code blog. But it does not solve my problem

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Times Roman}

Please help me.

Best Answer

There are a lot of fonts based on the original Times Roman. On Linux run

fc-list | grep Times | grep ".otf"

or

fc-list | grep Times | grep ".ttf"

for a TrueType version. If you do not get any output then you do not have a ttf or otf variant of Times installed. If you get an output then it will list the symbolic name of the font. On my system:

voss@shania:~> fc-list | grep Times | grep ".otf"
/home/voss/.fonts/Times/TimesNewRomanPSStd-Bold.otf: Times New Roman PS Std:style=Bold
/home/voss/.fonts/Times/TimesNewRomanPSStd-BoldIt.otf: Times New Roman PS Std:style=Bold Italic
/home/voss/.fonts/Times/TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT.otf: Times New Roman PS MT:style=Bold Italic
/home/voss/.fonts/Times/TimesNewRomanMTStd.otf: Times New Roman MT Std:style=Regular
...

To get more information about a specific font run for example:

voss@shania:~> otfinfo -i /home/voss/.fonts/Times/TimesNewRomanPSMT.otf
Family:              Times New Roman PS MT
Subfamily:           Regular
Full name:           TimesNewRomanPSMT
PostScript name:     TimesNewRomanPSMT
Preferred subfamily: Roman
Mac font menu name:  Times New Roman PS MT
Version:             OTF 1.0;PS 001.003;Core 1.0.22
Unique ID:           1.0;ADBE;TimesNewRomanPSMT
Trademark:           Please refer to the Copyright section for the font trademark attribution notices.
Copyright:           Copyright (c) 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Adobe Systems Incorporated.  All Rights Reserved.Times New Roman is a trademark of the Monotype Corporation, registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.
Vendor ID:           ADBE

This version of Times I'll set with \setmainfont{Times New Roman PS MT} or using the PostScript name with \setmainfont{TimesNewRomanPSMT}

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