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bgm [How to Add Fonts for Use with LuaLaTex (Windows)]
+++ working_with_fonts [2015/03/14 03:38] (current)
bgm [Updating an Existing Font]
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+===== How to Know Where to Put Your Font File (Windows) =====
+At the commandline, run this:
+<code>kpsewhich --var=TEXMFLOCAL</code>
+It will give you a directory, such as <html>C:\texlive\texmf-local</html>.
+On that path you will find <html>\fonts\truetype\public</html>
+This is where you put your fonts (you can use subfolders if you want to).
+===== How to Add Fonts for Use with LuaLaTex (Windows) =====
+  - Locate your lualatex fonts folder (for example, <html>C:\texlive\texmf-local\fonts\truetype\public</html>
+  - Place your font there (you can use a subfolder if you like)
+  - Now you have to tell lualatex that they are available. Open your commandline and run this command: <code=lua>
+  texhash</code>
+  - Don't forget that in your <html>tex</html> file, you have to use <html>\usepackage{fontspec}</html>
+  - And, to actually call the font, do this within the <html>\begin{document}</html> section: <code=lua>\newfontface\MyFont{MyFont}
+%or, to use it in just one place
+\begin{center}\MyFont\huge{The Score Title}\end{center}
+</code>
+===== Updating an Existing Font =====
+To update a font, you do the same thing you would if you want to add a font, except that you *first* have to erase lulatex's font cache, so you would do this:
+<code=lua>luaotfload-tool --cache=erase
+texhash
+</code>
+Running the <html>luaotfload-tool --cache=erase</html> command will erase the cache located at <html>C:\texlive\2013\texmf-var\luatex-cache\</html>.  But don't worry, the next time you compile a tex file, lualatex will rebuid the cache automatically.
+===== Links ======
+  * [[http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/232921/updating-your-own-font/232931#232931|Updating Your Own Font]]
+  * [[http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/25249/how-do-i-use-a-particular-font-for-a-small-section-of-text-in-my-document|How to use a particular font in a particular place]]
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