How To Install texlive-missaali on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-missaali in Fedora 36. texlive-missaali is A late medieval OpenType textura font

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-missaali on Fedora 36.

What is texlive-missaali

This package contains the free OpenType Textura font Missaali and a style file for using it with XeLaTeX. Textura is a typeface based on the textus quadratus form of the textualis formata that late medieval scribes used for the most valuable manuscripts. The font Missaali is based on Textura that German printer Bartholomew Ghotan used for printing missals and psalters in the 1480s. This font has two intended use cases a Gothic display font; and for emulating late-medieval manuscripts. In addition to the basic textura letters, the font contains a large number of abbreviation sigla as well as a set of Lombardic initials. As modern typesetting algorithms are not intended for creating 15th century style layout, the package contains a XeLaTeX style file that makes it easier to achieve the classic incunabula look.

We can use yum or dnf to install texlive-missaali on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install texlive-missaali.

Install texlive-missaali on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-missaali using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install texlive-missaali

Install texlive-missaali on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install texlive-missaali using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install texlive-missaali

How To Uninstall texlive-missaali on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the texlive-missaali package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove texlive-missaali

texlive-missaali Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/appdata/missaali.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fonts/missaali
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-missaali
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-missaali/lppl1.3.txt
/usr/share/licenses/texlive-missaali/ofl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/MANIFEST-Missaali.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/Missaali.glyphs
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/OFL.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/README
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/lppl.txt
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/missaali.bib
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/missaali.pdf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/missaali.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/missale-largefont.png
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/missale-normal.png
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/missale-preface.png
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/missale-tinyfont.png
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/pic-1.png
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/pic-2.png
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/symbols.tex
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/missaali/word_features.png
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/missaali
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/missaali/Missaali-Regular.otf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/missaali
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/missaali/missaali.sty

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-missaali on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).