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--- fichiers:fontes:utiliser_des_fontes_non_standard_en_plain_tex [2018/06/03 13:32] – samcarter
+++ fichiers:fontes:utiliser_des_fontes_non_standard_en_plain_tex [2018/12/04 00:19] (Version actuelle) – jejust
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----
+====== Using non-standard fonts in Plain TeX ======
-title: Using non-standard fonts in Plain TeX
-category: fonts
-permalink: /FAQ-fonts-pln
-date: 2014-06-10
----
 Plain TeX (in accordance with its description) doesn't do anything
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 To use something other than Knuth's default, you can use Knuth's
-mechanism, the `\font` primitive:
+mechanism, the ''\font'' primitive:
-```latex
+<code latex>
 \font\foo=nonstdfont
 ...
 \foo
 Text set using nonstdfont ...
-```
+</code>
-The name you use (`nonstdfont`, above) is the name of the
+The name you use (''nonstdfont'', above) is the name of the
-`tfm` file for the font you want.
+''tfm'' file for the font you want.
-If you want to use an italic version of `\foo`, you need to use
+If you want to use an italic version of ''\foo'', you need to use
-`\font` again:
+''\font'' again:
-```latex
+<code latex>
 \font\fooi=nonstdfont-italic
 ...
 \fooi
 Text set using nonstdfont italic...
-```
+</code>
 This is all very elementary stuff, and serves for simple use of fonts.
 However, there are wrinkles, the most important of which is the matter
-of [font encodings](FAQ-whatenc).  One almost never sees new fonts
+of [[FAQ-whatenc|font encodings]].  One almost never sees new fonts
-that use Knuth's eccentric font encodings&nbsp;&mdash; but those encodings are
+that use Knuth's eccentric font encodings --- but those encodings are
 built into Plain TeX, so that some macros of Plain TeX need to be
 changed to use the fonts.  LaTeX gets around all these problems by
-using a "font selection scheme"&nbsp;&mdash; this 'NFSS' ('N'
+using a "font selection scheme" --- this 'NFSS' ('N'
 for 'new', as opposed to what LaTeX 2.09 had) carries around with it
 separate information about the fonts you use, so the changes to
 encoding-specific commands happen automagically.
-If you only want to use the [EC fonts](FAQ-ECfonts), you
+If you only want to use the [[FAQ-ECfonts|EC fonts]], you
-can in principle use the [`ec-plain`](https://ctan.org/pkg/ec-plain) bundle, which gives you a version
+can in principle use the [[ctanpkg>ec-plain|ec-plain]] bundle, which gives you a version
 of Plain TeX which you can run in the same way that you run
 Plain TeX using the original CM fonts, by invoking
-`tex`.  ([`Ec-plain`](https://ctan.org/pkg/Ec-plain) also extends the EC fonts,
+''tex''.  ([[ctanpkg>Ec-plain|Ec-plain]] also extends the EC fonts,
 for reasons which aren't immediately clear, but which might cause
 problems if you're hoping to use Type 1 versions of the fonts.)
-The [`font_selection`](https://ctan.org/pkg/font_selection) package provides a sort of halfway house:
+The [[ctanpkg>font//selection|font//selection]] package provides a sort of halfway house:
 it provides font face and size, but not family selection.  This gives
 you considerable freedom, but leaves you stuck with the original
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 Other Plain TeX approaches to the problem (packages
-[`plnfss`](https://ctan.org/pkg/plnfss), [`fontch`](https://ctan.org/pkg/fontch) and [`ofs`](https://ctan.org/pkg/ofs)) break out of the
+[[ctanpkg>plnfss|plnfss]], [[ctanpkg>fontch|fontch]] and [[ctanpkg>ofs|ofs]]) break out of the
 Plain TeX model, towards the sort of font selection provided by
-ConTeXt and LaTeX&nbsp;&mdash; font selection that allows you to change
+ConTeXt and LaTeX --- font selection that allows you to change
 family, as well as size and face.  The remaining packages all make
 provision for using encodings other than Knuth's OT1.
-[`Plnfss`](https://ctan.org/pkg/Plnfss) has a rather basic set of font family details;
+[[ctanpkg>Plnfss|Plnfss]] has a rather basic set of font family details;
-however, it is capable of using font description (`fd`) files
+however, it is capable of using font description (''fd'') files
 created for LaTeX.  (This is useful, since most modern mechanisms
-for integrating outline fonts with TeX generate `fd` files
+for integrating outline fonts with TeX generate ''fd'' files
 in their process.)
-[`Fontch`](https://ctan.org/pkg/Fontch) has special provision for T1 and TS1
+[[ctanpkg>Fontch|Fontch]] has special provision for T1 and TS1
 encodings, which you select by arcane commands, such as:
-```latex
+<code latex>
 \let\LMTone\relax
 \input fontch.tex
-```
+</code>
 for T1.
-[`Ofs`](https://ctan.org/pkg/Ofs) seems to be the most thoroughly thought-through of the
+[[ctanpkg>Ofs|Ofs]] seems to be the most thoroughly thought-through of the
 alternatives, and can select more than one encoding: as well as
 T1 it covers the encoding IL2, which is favoured in the
-Czech Republic and Slovakia.  [`Ofs`](https://ctan.org/pkg/Ofs) also covers mathematical fonts,
+Czech Republic and Slovakia.  [[ctanpkg>Ofs|Ofs]] also covers mathematical fonts,
 allowing you the dubious pleasure of using fonts such as the
-[`pxfonts` and `txfonts`](FAQ-psfchoice).
+[[FAQ-psfchoice|''pxfonts'' and ''txfonts'']].
-The [`pdcmac`](https://ctan.org/pkg/pdcmac) Plain TeX macro package aims to be a complete
+The [[ctanpkg>pdcmac|pdcmac]] Plain TeX macro package aims to be a complete
-document preparation environment, like [Eplain](FAQ-eplain).  One
+document preparation environment, like [[FAQ-eplain|Eplain]].  One
-of its components is a font selection scheme, [`pdcfsel`](https://ctan.org/pkg/pdcmac), which
+of its components is a font selection scheme, [[ctanpkg>pdcmac|pdcfsel]], which
 is rather simple but adequately powerful for many uses.  The package
 doesn't preload fonts: the user is required to declare the fonts the
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 seems not to offer a font selection scheme.)
-The [`font-change`](https://ctan.org/pkg/font-change) collection takes a rather different
+The [[ctanpkg>font-change|font-change]] collection takes a rather different
-approach&nbsp;&mdash; it supplies what are (in effect) a series of templates
+approach --- it supplies what are (in effect) a series of templates
 that may be included in a document to change font usage.  The
 package's documentation shows the effect rather well.
-Simply to change font _size_ in a document (i.e., not changing
+Simply to change font //size// in a document (i.e., not changing
 the default font itself), may be done using the rather straightforward
-[`varisize`](https://ctan.org/pkg/varisize), which offers font sizes ranging from 7&nbsp;points to
+[[ctanpkg>varisize|varisize]], which offers font sizes ranging from 7 points to
-&nbsp;points (nominal sizes, all).  Font size commands are generated when
+points (nominal sizes, all).  Font size commands are generated when
-any of the package files is loaded, so the `11pt.tex` defines a
+any of the package files is loaded, so the ''11pt.tex'' defines a
-command `\elevenpoint`; each of the files ensures there's a "way back",
+command ''\elevenpoint''; each of the files ensures there's a "way back",
-by defining a `\tenpoint` command.
+by defining a ''\tenpoint'' command.
+-----
+//Source:// [[faquk>FAQ-fonts-pln|Using non-standard fonts in Plain TeX]]
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+metatag-og:title=(Using non-standard fonts in Plain TeX)
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