How to use other fonts in plain tex using MikTeX?












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I've been reading Donald Knuth's Computers & Typesetting and in chapter 4
the author says that one can specify a font using



fontcs=<external font name>.


What I would like to know is how to load other fonts not defined in plain TeX, and, since I'm using MiKTeX on Windows, how to find which other fonts are currently installed (and while we're at it, how to install new ones).



Is it just needed to write the font name in the command? And if so,
how do I find these names?



I've been searching for this information on the internet, but have only found LaTeX related stuff.



Thanks for reading my question.






fonts miktex plain-tex







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  • see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago











  • I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.

    – tigre200
    2 hours ago













  • those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable with font there will be several thousand names

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago













  • Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?

    – tigre200
    2 hours ago











  • it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago
















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I've been reading Donald Knuth's Computers & Typesetting and in chapter 4
the author says that one can specify a font using



fontcs=<external font name>.


What I would like to know is how to load other fonts not defined in plain TeX, and, since I'm using MiKTeX on Windows, how to find which other fonts are currently installed (and while we're at it, how to install new ones).



Is it just needed to write the font name in the command? And if so,
how do I find these names?



I've been searching for this information on the internet, but have only found LaTeX related stuff.



Thanks for reading my question.






fonts miktex plain-tex







share|improve this question

























  • see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago











  • I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.

    – tigre200
    2 hours ago













  • those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable with font there will be several thousand names

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago













  • Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?

    – tigre200
    2 hours ago











  • it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago














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I've been reading Donald Knuth's Computers & Typesetting and in chapter 4
the author says that one can specify a font using



fontcs=<external font name>.


What I would like to know is how to load other fonts not defined in plain TeX, and, since I'm using MiKTeX on Windows, how to find which other fonts are currently installed (and while we're at it, how to install new ones).



Is it just needed to write the font name in the command? And if so,
how do I find these names?



I've been searching for this information on the internet, but have only found LaTeX related stuff.



Thanks for reading my question.






fonts miktex plain-tex







share|improve this question
















I've been reading Donald Knuth's Computers & Typesetting and in chapter 4
the author says that one can specify a font using



fontcs=<external font name>.


What I would like to know is how to load other fonts not defined in plain TeX, and, since I'm using MiKTeX on Windows, how to find which other fonts are currently installed (and while we're at it, how to install new ones).



Is it just needed to write the font name in the command? And if so,
how do I find these names?



I've been searching for this information on the internet, but have only found LaTeX related stuff.



Thanks for reading my question.






fonts miktex plain-tex




fonts miktex plain-tex






share|improve this question















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  • see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago











  • I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.

    – tigre200
    2 hours ago













  • those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable with font there will be several thousand names

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago













  • Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?

    – tigre200
    2 hours ago











  • it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago



















  • see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago











  • I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.

    – tigre200
    2 hours ago













  • those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable with font there will be several thousand names

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago













  • Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?

    – tigre200
    2 hours ago











  • it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files

    – David Carlisle
    2 hours ago

















see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…

– David Carlisle
2 hours ago





see for example tex.stackexchange.com/questions/368044/…

– David Carlisle
2 hours ago













I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.

– tigre200
2 hours ago







I typed it in and it doesn't work. But thanks anyway.

– tigre200
2 hours ago















those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable with font there will be several thousand names

– David Carlisle
2 hours ago







those commands using grep are for a shell such as bash, not the windows commandlines but the basic proceure is the same, find miktex's ls-R files for its texmf trees and any tfm file there is basically usable with font there will be several thousand names

– David Carlisle
2 hours ago















Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?

– tigre200
2 hours ago





Sorry, but I'm kind of a newbie and don't understand what are ls-R files, texmf trees nor what are tfm files, and how they fit together. Could you please explain it in more detail?

– tigre200
2 hours ago













it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files

– David Carlisle
2 hours ago





it's late here and I don't use miktex someone will suggest a miktex equivalent I am sure, or just use the standard windows file search and search for *.tfm files

– David Carlisle
2 hours ago










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