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How do I pick a custom font using Lyx? All I see are options to pick Roman/Serif/Typewriter and then a few preset faces, but I have hundreds of fonts on my system and want to be able to use them! Don't make me resort to Microsoft Word!

Thanks!

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Are you on Windows? – Mark Turner Nov 20 at 4:40
Yes, Windows Vista. – Eisaj Nov 20 at 4:51

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The fonts on your system are separate from LaTex, which Lyx is just a front end for. Lyx can only help you select the LaTex fonts that are installed. Odds are you had Lyx install MiKTex for you when you installed Lyx, so checkout the MiKTex font install guide

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Can't LyX work with XeLaTeX? – Johannes Rössel Nov 20 at 8:29
Yes, you can use just about anything, as long as LyX can invoke latex or latex2e, but if you don't already have it installed, LyX will reach out and install MiKTeX for you. See troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/lyx_latex_tex.htm – DaveParillo Nov 20 at 14:54
P.S. XeTeX is shipped with MiKTeX since version 2.7 – DaveParillo Nov 20 at 21:49

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