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text as if you used a typewriter.
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-\begin_layout Subsubsection
-Comment
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-The comment paragraph environment can be used to write comments about your
- document that will not appear in the final output.
- In order to make this clear, LyX will present the comment environment in
- a different color than the rest of the text.
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\begin_layout Section
Nesting Environments
\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{sec:nest}
ettings
\family default
dialog.
- There are two options of interest here,
+ The
\family sans
-\bar under
-F
-\bar default
-onts
+Fonts
+\family default
+ tabfolder/pane offers you a variety of possibilities to set up and adjust
+ your document fonts.
+ The most important ones are those in the
+\family sans
+Font Families
\family default
and
\family sans
-Font\InsetSpace ~
-
-\bar under
-S
-\bar default
-ize
+Font Sizes
\family default
-.
+ group.
The possible options under
\family sans
-\bar under
-F
-\bar default
-onts
+Font Families
\family default
include
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\family sans
-default
+Default
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- and a list of fonts available on your system.
+ and a list of fonts available on your system, each for the
+\family sans
+\bar under
+R
+\bar default
+oman
+\family default
+,
+\family sans
+\bar under
+S
+\bar default
+ans Serif
+\family default
+ and
+\family sans
+T
+\bar under
+y
+\bar default
+pewriter
+\family default
+ (a.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+k.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+a.
+ Monospaced) family of fonts.
The option
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\family sans
-default
+Default
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- uses the standard TeX fonts, known as
+ uses the fonts that are specified by the document class you are using.
+ Often, these are the standard TeX fonts, known as
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\end_inset
(ec).
- Most systems will typically have some version of a Times and Helvetica
- font, with other variants.
- You'll have to examine this for yourself.
+ Depending on the document class, however, it might as well be another font.
+ Most fonts in the list should be installed on your system.
+ For others, you might have to get and install the fonts first (LyX indicates
+ if a font is not installed).
+ Please have a look at
+\family sans
+\bar under
+H
+\bar default
+elp\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+
+\bar under
+L
+\bar default
+aTeX Configuration
+\family default
+about where to get the fonts.
+ Installing a new font for LaTeX is, unfortunately, not as easy as installing
+ a new font to common operation systems.
+ However, most font packages include a step-by-step instruction.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+In most cases, the default family of a document class is roman (a.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+k.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+a.
+ serif), so the roman font (e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+g.
+ Times) will be used all over, unless you select
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+Sans Serif
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ od
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+Typewriter
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ from
+\family sans
+\bar under
+E
+\bar default
+dit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Text St
+\bar under
+y
+\bar default
+le
+\family default
+for specific selections of the text (see below section
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{sub:Text-Style-Dialog}
+
+\end_inset
+
+).
+
+\family sans
+
+\family default
+The
+\family sans
+Default\InsetSpace ~
+Family
+\family default
+ option lets you change this.
+ So if you want your document (including footnotes etc.), say, all over in
+ Helvetica, chose
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+Helvetica
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ as
+\family sans
+Sans Serif
+\family default
+ Font and
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+Sans Serif
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ as
+\family sans
+Default\InsetSpace ~
+Family
+\family default
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-As for the
+In the
\family sans
Font\InsetSpace ~
\bar under
S
\bar default
-ize
+izes
\family default
- option, there are three possible values:
+ group, you can usually select from four possible
\family sans
-10
+Base\InsetSpace ~
+Size
+\family default
+ values:
+\family sans
+default, 10
\family default
,
\family sans
\family sans
12
\family default
-.
+ (some document classes provide more, some less choices).
Remember, this is the
\emph on
base
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Note that once you choose a new value for
+Some Sans Serif and Typewriter Fonts provide the possibility to be scaled.
+ This might be useful, if a Sans Serif or Typewriter Font has a different
+ height than the Roman Font.
+ Please be careful with this option, it can be easily misused.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+In the
+\family sans
+Advanced Options
+\family default
+ group box, you'll finally find possibilities for using so-called
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+expert settings
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+, given that they are provided by a certain font.
+
+\family sans
+Use true S
+\bar under
+m
+\bar default
+all Caps
+\family default
+ indicates that lots of fonts do not use real, but
+\emph on
+faked
+\emph default
+ Small Caps.
+ True Small Caps are specifically designed characters, whereas faked Small
+ Caps are just scaled Capital letters.
+ The former looks way better, so if a font offers you the choice, you should
+ check this option.
+
+\family sans
+Use
+\bar under
+O
+\bar default
+ld Style Figures
+\family default
+ finally lets you select so called Old Style Figures (a.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+k.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+a.
+ Medieval Figures, i.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+e.
+ figures with ascending or descending form) instead of the standard Lining
+ Figures.
+ Old Style Figures are often preferred due to better legibility in the text,
+ but it's certainly also a matter of taste.
+ Just try it out, if it is provided for your font of choice.
+ Note that math figures are
+\emph on
+not
+\emph default
+ affected by this choice.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Please note that even if LyX tries its best in guessing what fonts are installed
+ and which options are provided by a given font, it might fail if the fonts
+ are not set up correctly.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Note further that once you choose a new value for
\family sans
\bar under
F
change the screen.
You'll only see a difference once you generate the final output.
This is part of the WYSIWYM concept.
- Besides, you have certainly noticed that "Roman" text on the LyX screen
- corresponds to the default font.
+ The only visible change is caused by a change of the default font family.
+ However, you certainly noticed that, for instance, the roman font on screen
+ is just a representation of
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+Roman
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ (as set up in the
+\family sans
+\bar under
+T
+\bar default
+ools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+
+\bar under
+P
+\bar default
+references
+\family default
+ dialog), not of the actual roman document font.
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\begin_layout Subsection
Character Layout
\family default
dialog
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{sub:Text-Style-Dialog}
+
+\end_inset
+
+
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and commutative diagrams.
Not all of these are supported in LyX but some are, see
\family sans
-Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Math
+\bar under
+I
+\bar default
+nsert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Mat
+\bar under
+h
\family default
+\bar default
.
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