[PDF] fontspec example.tex

What is the fontspec package?

The fontspec package allows users of either X ETEX or LuaTEX to load OpenType fonts in a LATEX document. No font installation is necessary, and font features can be selected and used as desired throughout the document.

Does fontspec change the font for maths?

The fontspec package must also be loaded after any maths font packages (e.g., euler) to be successful. (Actually, it is only euler that is the problem.4) Note that fontspec will not change the font for general mathematics; only the upright and bold shapes will be afected.

What is fontspec X El ATEX?

The fontspec package Font selection for X EL ATEX and LuaL ATEX With contributions by Khaled Hosny, Philipp Gesang, Joseph Wright, and others. This package began life as a LATEX interface to select system-installed macOS fonts in Jonathan Kew’s X ETEX, the first widely-used Unicode extension to TEX.

What if I don't have a fontspec file?

Without fontspec, it is necessary to write cumbersome font definition files for LATEX, since LATEX’s font selection scheme (known as the ‘NFSS’) has a lot going on behind the scenes to allow easy commands like emph or bfseries.