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Was this on Linux? LaTex on Mac and Windows is really easy (MacTex and MikTex, respectively).

Installing fonts through the Tex Live Manager is as easy as installing any other package.

There's also XeLaTex and LuaTex, both of which can use system fonts.



Probably not as it's the equivalent of `$pkg install texlive-full' (or whatever) on basically all distributions you'd use for a workstation.


> Installing fonts through the Tex Live Manager is as easy as installing any other package.

That's only the case if that font is already packaged. I tried to package Hack for installation and ran away shrieking like a banshee. It was a time sink where I probably could have wasted a couple of weeks coming up to speed on something I really didn't need to know.

Anyways, I'm quite happy with OverLeaf and Inconsolata is close enough.




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