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Added a note about Lucida being a commercial (although cheap) font.
< [[Main Page]] | [[Fonts]] >
== Installation of Lucida font provided by TUG ==
NB. The lucidabr and lucida packages on CTAN are free, but the Lucida fonts
are not: you must order them from TUG or another source to actually
typeset anything in Lucida. The TUG Lucida web pages explain the
details -- see [http://tug.org/store/lucida/ TUG's Lucida page].
{{note|On October 12, 2011, Hans mentioned that otf package of these fonts is imminent and thus it is better to wait for that and forget about the type1 versions.}}
=== Installation ===
* extract [http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/install/fonts/psfonts/bh/lucida.zip CTAN/install/fonts/psfonts/bh/lucida.zip] into <code>texmf-fonts</code> (or <code>texmf-local</code>)
* copy all <code>*.pfb</code> files into <code>texmf-fonts/fonts/type1/bh/lucida</code>
* run <code>mktexlsr</code> and <code>mtxrun --generate</code>
=== Usage ===
In MKII:
<texcode>
\usetypescript[lucida][ec]
\setupbodyfont[lucida]
</texcode>
In MKIV:
<texcode>
\setupbodyfont[lucida]
</texcode>
== Old instructions ==
The instructions below might be outdated. If the method above works for you there is no need to follow the instructions below. If the instructions above don't work for you, please report on the mailing list.
Metric files for support for LaTeX can be found on:
* http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/install/fonts/psfonts/bh/
=== Installation of YandY+TUG Lucida Bright fonts ===
''according to Sytse Knypstra''
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=== Installation of B&H-flavoured Lucida Bright fonts ===
''Renaud Aubin''
=== Installing Free Lucida fonts that come with Java JRE ===
If you happen to use Java you might have noticed that it comes with Lucida. Assuming you downloaded the jdk-6u6-linux-x64.bin and extracted it to /opt
