[XeTeX] math fonts matching Minion / Myriad Pro

Mohamed Bana m.bana.lists at gmail.com
Fri Oct 24 16:34:46 CEST 2008


I'm personally waiting for the Minion Math font.

Have you tried Palatino?

baptiste auguie wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> 
> I'd like some advice on the use of math fonts with XeLaTeX. I wish to  
> use either of the two following configurations for the main text, and  
> the default Computer Modern font in the equations seems too light in  
> comparison,
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> 
> \usepackage{fontspec,xltxtra,xunicode}
> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
> 
> 	\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{Minion Pro}
> 	\setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Minion Pro}
> 	\setsansfont[Scale=MatchLowercase]{Myriad Pro}
> 	\setmonofont[Scale=MatchLowercase]{Andale Mono}
> 
> \begin{document}
> some text $some maths$. Latin: $abcd$. Greek: $\alpha\beta\Gamma\Delta 
> $. Operators: $2\times3\circ5$.
> \end{document}
> 
> or
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> 
> \usepackage{fontspec,xltxtra,xunicode}
> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
> 
> \setromanfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Hoefler Text}
> 	\setsansfont[Scale=MatchLowercase]{Helvetica}
> 	\setmonofont[Scale=MatchLowercase]{Andale Mono}
> \begin{document}
> some text $some maths$. Latin: $abcd$. Greek: $\alpha\beta\Gamma\Delta 
> $. Operators: $2\times3\circ5$.
> \end{document}
> 
> 
> Could someone help me choose a font that would be a good match with  
> these for the mathematics? I'm not quite sure what are the free  
> options, and what commands to use.
> I've seen mention of the MnSymbol package, or the Asana-math fonts,  
> but I couldn't understand how to use them with XeLaTeX.
> 
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Baptiste



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