Mathematical Fonts
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Chapter 6. Mathematical Fonts

It is highly recommended to use the bakoma Tex fonts found here:

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/ttf/

You need these fonts in particular: cmbx10, cmex10, cmmi10, cmr10, cmsy10, msam10 and msbm10. Install them into your system and make sure you have the install path set as a FontPath in your X11 configuration, then completely restart your X Server, if you use a display manager like kdm, you should also restart kdm. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace at the login should do the trick. If unsure, do a complete reboot.

You can also use the Esstix fonts. Only try the Esstix fonts if the above don't work. These fonts can be obtained from http://www.w3.org/Amaya/Distribution/esstix.tar.gz

Installing the fonts with KDE Control Center

After downloading the fonts, install them into a folder called esstix. You can unpack them with the KDE application Ark. Right click on esstix.tar.gz and select Extract here.... Then start the KDE font installer by going to the K menu and selecting the command Control Center->System-> Font Installer You should get the following screen:


Picture of the KDE font installer

You will need to run the font installer with root privileges. Click on the button Administrator Mode and enter your root password. Click on the button Change Folder. This should bring up a pane from where you can select the folder your fonts are stored in. In this example they are stored in /home/poincare/esstix.


Picture of the KDE font installer

Click on the the folder esstix and then click on the OK button. You should obtain the following result.


Picture of font installer ready to 
install

Click on the top font entry. Holding down the Shift key, click on the last esstix font, at the bottom. Your selection should look like this.


Picture of the font installer 
installing

You should use the native AFM files. Set up your Settings->System as shown below. The Generate AFM's, with box should be unchecked:


Picture of settings tab

Return to the Fonts tab. Click on the Install button. The fonts will install. After this you must click on the Apply button. The following dialog will appear:


Picture of KDE Control Center applying the 
fonts

Answer Yes to the Apply system changes now dialog. Installation of the Esstix fonts is complete.

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