[Tikzdevice-bugs] Arial and Other Things

[Cameron Bracken]

> Again I am not really reporting a bug but rather asking a question about
> tikzDevice,

The name is a bit misleading but this is certainly the best place to
reach both us as you have found. :)

>namely how can I select arial as the font in a standalone
> figure generated via tikzDevice?

wrap the tikzpicture in:

{\fontfamily{phv}\selectfont
....
}

This actually selects helvetica but who can tell the difference anyway? ;)



>
> And finally, (sorry for being annoying) is tikzDevice 0.5 going to be
> release before September?

Highly likely.

-Cameron