HOWTO: Install TTF fonts

a) Run autoinst on all TTF files:

autoinst *.ttf

b) Copy generated files into local LaTeX distribution:

cp -frv fonts/ tex/ /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/

c) Refresh LaTeX package tree:

sudo mktexlsr
sudo texhash

d) Configure font maps

sudo updmap -sys --enable Map *.map
sudo updmap-sys  --enable Map Cambria*.map
updmap-user      --force --enable Map=Arial.map

e) In LaTeX use font name from TFM file generated under /opt/local/share/texmf-local/fonts/tfm/lcdftools/Cambria/

\usepackage[scaled=0.95]{Cambria}
\fontfamily{Cambria-LF}\selectfont

https://www.tug.org/mactex/fonts/fonttutorial-current.html https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/226/installing-ttf-fonts-in-latex#1478

HOWTO: Install Fourier-GUT font package

a) Install Adobe Utopia fonts // only on Mac OS X

sudo port install font-adobe-utopia-type1 OR

sudo cp -frv ~/install/latex/utopia/ /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/fonts/type1/adobe/
sudo mktexlsr

b) Set environment variable pointing to main TeX MF directory

export TEXMFMAIN=/usr/share/texmf-dist OR
export TEXMFMAIN=/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/ // on Mac OS X

c) Use Makefile to perform installation

sudo make TGM=TEXMFMAIN install-all

d) Refresh LaTeX package tree

sudo texhash

e) Configure font map

updmap --enable Map fourier.map

HOWTO: Install new LaTeX packages

1) Login as root

su

2) Extract files

latex *.ins

3) Create documentation

(pdf)latex *.dtx

4) Create a new directory for a new package

mkdir -p /usr/share/texmf/doc/latex/<package>
mkdir -p /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/<package>

5) Move all new package files into directories

mv -v <package>/*.pdf /usr/share/texmf/doc/<package>
mv -v <package>/* /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/<package>

6) Refresh LaTeX package tree

texhash

HOWTO: Count words in LaTeX document

1) detex -ln article.tex

wc -w

HOWTO: Enable Latvian language support

1) Install files latv_base.tar.bz2 and latv_fonts.tar.bz2:

sudo tar -xjvf latv_base.tar.bz2  -C /usr/share/texmf
sudo tar -xjvf latv_fonts.tar.bz2 -C /usr/share/texmf

2) Refresh LaTeX package tree

sudo texhash

3) Complement file /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty with the folowing line

\DeclareOption{latvian}{\input{latvian.ldf}}

4) Complement file /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg (/etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg) with the following lines at the end

# TTF fonts for LV by Arnis Voitkans, [email protected]
Map timesnew.map
Map arial.map
Map cournew.map
Map georgia.map
Map verdana.map
Map bookmanold.map
Map comic.map
Map gothic.map
Map cumberland.map
Map palatino.map

5) Renew LaTeX font files (*.map)

updmap

6) Activate word hyphenation

a)  Use TeTeX setup utility program 'texconfig'
b)  Select 'HYPHENATION'
c)  Select 'latex'
d)  Add line 'latvian lvhyphen.tex' to the file
    '/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.def'
e)  Configuration will take place after the text editor closes
f)  Finish configuration by selecting 'EXIT' in 'texconfig' menu

7) Correct Unicode definition of letter ‘ģ’ in package ‘inputenc’

a)  In file '/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/unicode/data/uni-1.def' OR
    '/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/ucs/data/uni-1.def' find line

    \uc@dclc{291}{dirty}{\leavevmode\vbox{\baselineskip ...

b)  Replace it with

    \uc@dclc{291}{default}{\v g}%

8) Add to preamble of Latvian documents

% enable font encodings \usepackage[LV,T1,T2A]{fontenc}

% enable unicode support \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

% enable support for Latvian, Russian
\usepackage[latvian,russian]{babel}

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