Using Custom TeX Fonts (Lucida and Minion Pro) in Quarto

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Motivation

I found a copy of Lucida and Minion Pro that I bought back in 2013 and that I had on my Google Drive. I really like these s but the setup is a bit challenging. Here I will show how to use them in a Quarto document in 2023.

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About the s

See varsityblues for a set of complete LaTeX templates to be used with R Markdown or Quarto.

You can compare the differences here:

• Computer Modern (TeX default): pdf and tex
• Lucida: pdf and tex
• Lucida and Minion Pro: pdf and tex

Lucida is a commercial that can be purchased from TUG. After purchasing the , you will receive zip files with the s and the macros (lucida-type1.zip and lucimacros.zip).

Minion Pro comes with Adobe Illustrator or can be purchased by separate from Adobe.

If you email me, I can send you the PFB files for Minion Pro if you can prove that you have legally obtained the . I believe in Open Source, but I also believe in respecting the rights of the creators of the s.

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Instructions

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Clone the repository

I made a repository with a 1-line script to get the setup done.

Either

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pachadotdev/lucida-minion-tex.git

or

git clone --depth 1 git@github.com:pachadotdev/lucida-minion-tex.git

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Copy Lucida files

Put the corresponding zip files for Lucida in the root folder of this repository. These files are lucida-type1.zip and lucimacros.zip.

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Copy Minion Pro files

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If you only have the in OTF format

Create the minion folder in the root of this repository and put the Minion Pro s in OTF format into it. This corresponds to the next files:

MinionPro-BoldCnIt.otf
MinionPro-BoldCn.otf
MinionPro-BoldIt.otf
MinionPro-Bold.otf
MinionPro-It.otf
MinionPro-MediumIt.otf
MinionPro-Medium.otf
MinionPro-Regular.otf
MinionPro-SemiboldIt.otf
MinionPro-Semibold.otf

If you are on Ubuntu/Debian, the script from the next section will install lcdf-typetools, which provides cfftot1 and t1dotlessj and allow to convert the s to the required format for TeX.

For other Linux and Unix systems (i.e., Mac), you’ll need to install lcdf-typetools.

# Fedora/RedHat
sudo dnf install lcdf-typetools

# Mac
brew install lcdf-typetools

# I don't know about other Linux/Unix systems

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If you have the in PFB format

Copy the PFB files to the minion-nos/type1/adobe/MinionPro/.

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Run the script for Linux (and also Mac or Unix)

Run the script install.sh and select the available options:

1. Install Lucida
2. Install Minion Pro
3. Install Both

cd lucida-minion-tex
bash install.sh

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Steps for Windows

1. Create the C:\texs folder.
2. Unzip the lucida-type1.zip and lucimacros.zip files into C:\texs.
3. Copy minion-no contents to folder to C:\texs, unzip all the zip files and then delete the zip files.
4. Go to the Miktex configuration (Start > Programs > MiKTeX > Maintenance).
5. Add the folder created in the first step (see image 1).
6. Update the FNDB and formats (see image 2) don’t forget to click “apply” and then “ok”.
7. Restart the computer.

To convert the from OTF to TeX format you need to run something of the form:

@echo off

echo "Creating PostScript s ..."

for %%i in (minion/*.otf) do cfftot1    minion/otf/%%i minion-no/pfb/%%~ni.pfb
for %%i in (minion/*.otf) do t1dotlessj minion/pfb/%%~ni.pfb minion-no/pfb/%%~niLCDFJ.pfb

I don’t use Windows, so this is what my imagination says is the adaption from the Linux script.