[XeTeX] The XeTeX reference guide (v0.2)

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jul 3, 2006, at 7:19 AM, Will Robertson wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Jonathan Kew wrote:
>> One thing to consider might be a summary of the extended \font
>> command -- didn't notice anything on that, at first glance.
>
> I've slowly being making changes along these lines. Since I won't  
> be able to work on this document for a while, I guess we can  
> consider what I've got at the moment to be a new release. I've also  
> added examples to the text. I'm quite happy how it's all progressing.
>
> There's a section missing describing how XeTeX's \special's work.  
> I've no real desire to fill out this section :) Any volunteers? I'm  
> also not sure if I've covered everything, so now's your time to  
> point out my omissions.
>
> Just a caveat: The formatting is fairly ad-hoc, since I've just  
> been messing around a bit, and is in no way final.
>
> Will
>

Howdy,

Just ran this through xelatex (in TeXShop) and it compiles fine, sort  
of...

I downloaded the Charis SIL font (as well as Gentium --- both very  
nice) but dont' have Warnock Pro; is that abnormal? Also got the FPL  
Neu and like it too!

In the example using Charis SIL and the yen I get:

  
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so the two glyphs aren't the same.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)