[XeTeX] Version 0.94 available

[Stephen Moye]

On Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at 00:56AM, Will Robertson <will at guerilla.net.au> wrote:

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>On 22 Mar 2005, at 4:49 AM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
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>> I've uploaded release 0.94 to the XeTeX site and i-Directory. This 
>> version includes support for automatic optical sizing with OpenType 
>> fonts. See the documentation (newly updated) for more information.
>
>Great!
>This is wonderful news.
>
>In due course I will update fontspec to explicitly support this new 
>feature; at the moment it is on by default in XeTeX itself so fontspec 
>needs no alteration. Since it is unlikely that anyone will want to turn 
>this off I don't consider it an urgent requirement.
>
>I am amazed that you have managed to create such a feature rich program 
>in such a short amount of time -- I mean really, is there anything 
>comparable to XeTeX?
>
>Thanks as always,
>
>Will

I second Will's praise of XeTeX (and its creator, of course). Will's fontspec package working with XeTeX has given be a new-found feeling of empowerment that has been a little hard to come by, of late. Hearty thanks to you both.

Stephen Moye