[XeTeX] XeTeX+Tiger+OpenType bug

Will Robertson will at guerilla.net.au
Fri Aug 12 06:42:45 CEST 2005


11 Aug 2005, 8:06 PM - Bruno Voisin wrote:


> Attempting to use \fontspec or \newfontinstance with the Apple  
> Symbols font, I'm getting:
>
>
>
>> ! Font \zf at fonttwo=Apple Symbols/I at 10.0pt not loadable: ATSUI  
>> font not found
>> .
>> \ifEqFonts ...fi \font \zf at fonttwo = "#2" at 10pt
>>                                                   \edef \@tempb  
>> {\fontname \...
>>
>>
>
> whereas I wasn't requesting Apple Symbols in italic or bold shape  
> at all. It seems \fontspec and \newfontinstance supppose any font  
> to have bold, italic and bold italic versions, and that XeTeX  
> doesn't fail gracefully to load them.
>

I can confirm that this is a XeTeX issue, not fontspec. (E.g.,

   \def\testfont{Apple Symbols}
   \font\1="\testfont"\1 Regular
   \font\1="\testfont/I"\1 Italic?
   \bye

in Plain XeTeX).
You'll notice that for a font like Skia, which doesn't have bold or  
italic, \fontspec still works fine... :)

Regarding the OpenType business, though, I'm still a bit confused.
Actually, the font that doesn't work for me is Warnock Pro, and I've  
had reports that "Minion Pro" also fails -- but (more up-to-date,  
maybe?) versions of fonts such as "Adobe Caslon Pro" work fine.

Cheers,
Will



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