[XeTeX] access to composite characters

[Will Robertson]

On 03/11/2005, at 7pm, Jonathan Kew wrote:

> On 3 Nov 2005, at 1:16 am, Will Robertson wrote:
>>
>> Remember, XeTeX is just TeX with some extra stuff,
>
> Yes.....
>
>> so the ways of doing things in LaTeX are still valid. If you are  
>> using legacy fonts to typeset what should be present in unicode,  
>> then the only way to do it is via these old techniques.
>
> .....but if (like Malte) you're using OpenType fonts (not legacy  
> TeX fonts with TFMs) that lack some of the Unicode characters you  
> want, the old LaTeX techniques will not work as well because of the  
> (oft-lamented) lack of true character height/depth metrics. This  
> means that the "old techniques" will need additional hand-tuning.

Hah, oops!
Serves me right for writing without thinking.
Yet again...

Will