[XeTeX] latex and superiors

[Jonathan Kew]

On 27 May 2004, at 6:53 pm, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

> How would I define a special footnote font to access Hoefler Text 
> superior figures?
>
> Normally this it'd be something like this following, but am not sure 
> how to define the "fn" font with xetex:
>
> \makeatletter
> \def\@makefnmark{\hbox{\fontshape{fn}\selectfont\@thefnmark}}
> \makeatother
>

In terms of the basic XeTeX \font command, something like this works 
fine:

	\font\txt="Hoefler Text" at 12pt
	\font\fn="Hoefler Text:Vertical Position=Superiors" at 12pt

	\txt
	This is a test{\fn a} for the footnote{\fn b} markers.

	\bye

However, I don't know anything about the whole LaTeX font selection 
scheme, so I'm not the person to determine how to tie AAT features in 
with all that.

JK