Re: Missing greeks characters in texgyreheros

["Wolfgang Schuster" <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:06 PM, luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz
> <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> >
> >  On Apr 30, 2008, at 11:37 AM, luigi scarso wrote:
> >
> >  > I'm not searching for the perfect way, just a way to print a greek pdf
> >  > Suggestions welcome.
> >
> >  Well, the easiest solution is: use a font that does have a full set of
> >  Greek characters. The TeXGyre fonts have some Greek characters, but
> >  they are not really finished and are not usable right now.
> I need
> an opentype like helvetica , plus some times and courier;
> ie
> \usetypescript[postscript]
> is  ok.

You could use Microsofts new Vista fonts (Cambria, Corbel, Consolas ...)

> >You're
> >  trying to fake characters which are not in the font; this is
> >  unsatisfying from an esthetical point of view and hackish as for the
> >  produced pdf (not cut-and-paste, no search etc.).
> yes I know, but actually  i need only  print, and it's  low/mid quality.
> Very raw, I agree.
>
> >If it's
> >  important for you: for several months now, I have been using a version
> >  of my Greek module which works perfectly with mkiv; so far, I haven't
> >  seen the necesity to upload it, but I could do it any time (after some
> >  clean-up).
> yes, of course.

Wolfgang
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