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Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook

Started byJohann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com>
First post2018-07-17 12:00 +0200
Last post2018-07-18 09:20 +0200
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  Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2018-07-17 12:00 +0200
    Re: Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook Jerome BENOIT <calculus@rezozer.net> - 2018-07-17 12:50 +0200
    Re: Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-07-17 14:10 +0200
      Re: Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2018-07-17 14:30 +0200
        Re: Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-07-17 14:40 +0200
    Re: Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2018-07-17 15:00 +0200
    Re: Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-17 18:50 +0200
    Re: Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-07-17 19:40 +0200
      Re: Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-17 20:00 +0200
        Re: Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2018-07-18 09:20 +0200

#197722 — Linux equivalent of Apple's fontbook

FromJohann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com>
Date2018-07-17 12:00 +0200
SubjectLinux equivalent of Apple's fontbook
Message-ID<wcuVX-75T-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
On Debian, how do I see what all the characters in a LateX font like
Linux Libertine O look like?

Fontbook on OS X is a very good program to exactly see what a font looks like.

Regards
Johann

-- 
Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself,
my lips will praise you.  (Psalm 63:3)

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#197724

FromJerome BENOIT <calculus@rezozer.net>
Date2018-07-17 12:50 +0200
Message-ID<wcvIl-7Ao-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
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Hello Johann,

On 17/07/18 13:49, Johann Spies wrote:
> On Debian, how do I see what all the characters in a LateX font like
> Linux Libertine O look like?

This looks as a LaTeX question rather then a Linux one.


> 
> Fontbook on OS X is a very good program to exactly see what a font looks like.
> 

Jerome


> Regards
> Johann
> 

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#197728

From<tomas@tuxteam.de>
Date2018-07-17 14:10 +0200
Message-ID<wcwXL-8tx-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:49:45AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> On Debian, how do I see what all the characters in a LateX font like
> Linux Libertine O look like?
> 
> Fontbook on OS X is a very good program to exactly see what a font looks like.

There's a TeX file whithin your texlive distribution (Debian's TeX comes as
texlive these days) called fontsmpl.tex:

  /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/fontsmpl.tex

Its documentation is in

  /usr/share/doc/texlive-doc/latex/tools/fontsmpl.pdf

provided you've installed the texlive-latex-base-doc package. Otherwise
you can access that online e.g. here:

  http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/tools/fontsmpl.pdf

Perhaps this is what you're looking for?

Cheers
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#197730

FromJohann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com>
Date2018-07-17 14:30 +0200
Message-ID<wcxh7-7X-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#197728
On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 at 14:08, <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> There's a TeX file whithin your texlive distribution (Debian's TeX comes as
> texlive these days) called fontsmpl.tex:
>
>   /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/fontsmpl.tex
>
> Its documentation is in
>
>   /usr/share/doc/texlive-doc/latex/tools/fontsmpl.pdf
>

Thanks!  I did not know about it.

> Perhaps this is what you're looking for?

Not exactly, but it helps a lot.  Maybe it can be adapted to include
all the utf-8 characters.  I will probably try such a thing.

Regards
Johann
-- 
Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself,
my lips will praise you.  (Psalm 63:3)

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#197731

From<tomas@tuxteam.de>
Date2018-07-17 14:40 +0200
Message-ID<wcxqO-be-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 02:26:14PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 at 14:08, <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:

> > [fontsmpl]
> 
> Thanks!  I did not know about it.

Glad to help :)

> > Perhaps this is what you're looking for?
> 
> Not exactly, but it helps a lot.  Maybe it can be adapted to include
> all the utf-8 characters.  I will probably try such a thing.

That might become a thick book, then :-)

Cheers
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#197733

FromKent West <westk@acu.edu>
Date2018-07-17 15:00 +0200
Message-ID<wcxK9-hJ-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#197722

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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 4:49 AM, Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Debian, how do I see what all the characters in a LateX font like
> Linux Libertine O look like?
>
> Fontbook on OS X is a very good program to exactly see what a font looks
> like.
>


westk@westkent:~/TOBY/MAC-to-NAME$ aptitude search font | grep manage
p  font-manager - font management application for the GNOME desktop
p  fontmanager.app - Font manager for GNUstep
p  fontypython - Find, view and manage font files of all kinds


I just installed font-manager and gave it a whirl; it looks like it might
do what you want.


-- 
Kent West                    <")))><
Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com

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#197737

FromDavid Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Date2018-07-17 18:50 +0200
Message-ID<wcBkJ-2pL-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#197722
On Tue 17 Jul 2018 at 11:49:45 (+0200), Johann Spies wrote:
> On Debian, how do I see what all the characters in a LateX font like
> Linux Libertine O look like?
> 
> Fontbook on OS X is a very good program to exactly see what a font looks like.

gwaterfall was mentioned here only a week ago.
AFAICT you get the lot, not just LaTeX fonts.

Cheers,
David.

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#197739

Fromdeloptes <deloptes@gmail.com>
Date2018-07-17 19:40 +0200
Message-ID<wcC77-2U1-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#197722
Johann Spies wrote:

> On Debian, how do I see what all the characters in a LateX font like
> Linux Libertine O look like?

I was using LyX and it shows the fonts and shapes (how chars would look
like) AFAIR.
Otherwise you may look for a good command to print the font (in a
ghostscript or pdf file), but I don't have such command at hand.

you can also check:
https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/using-the-free-linux-libertine-fonts-in-latex/rhcnysrwsjmn#.W04oGJ19hhE

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#197740

FromCurt <curty@free.fr>
Date2018-07-17 20:00 +0200
Message-ID<wcCqt-30f-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#197739
On 2018-07-17, deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> wrote:
> Johann Spies wrote:
>
>> On Debian, how do I see what all the characters in a LateX font like
>> Linux Libertine O look like?
>
> I was using LyX and it shows the fonts and shapes (how chars would look
> like) AFAIR.
> Otherwise you may look for a good command to print the font (in a
> ghostscript or pdf file), but I don't have such command at hand.
>
> you can also check:
> https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/using-the-free-linux-libertine-fonts-in-latex/rhcnysrwsjmn#.W04oGJ19hhE
>
>
>

There is the 'fonttable' package. 

 The package provides commands to typeset a table of all the glyphs in a given
 font  and  to  typeset  an  example  of  regular  text.   For  font  designers
 it  provides commands to typeset a ‘test’ glyph among sets of glyphs from the
 font.

https://ctan.math.illinois.edu/macros/latex/contrib/fonttable/fonttable.pdf

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holsters strapped around their waists and one of them made a speech in English
and another one Sicilian saying that this was a squareshooting concern that had
always treated laborers square and if they didn’t like it they could get the hell out. 
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#197758

FromJohann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com>
Date2018-07-18 09:20 +0200
Message-ID<wcOUG-2v6-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#197740
Thanks for all the suggestions.

I have looked at them all.  At this stage it seems that gwaterfall and
fonttable (which I discovered after my initial question) are more
useful for me.
Regards
Johann
-- 
Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself,
my lips will praise you.  (Psalm 63:3)

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