[XeTeX] [OT] [ANN] FPL Neu OpenType

[Jonathan Kew]

On 3 Jul 2006, at 5:46 pm, Ralf Stubner wrote:

> Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew at sil.org> writes:
>
>> On 3 Jul 2006, at 1:36 pm, Will Robertson wrote:
>>
>>> Can't claim to have looked into the specifics here:
>>> I expected
>>>    \font\1="FPL Neu" at 36pt\1 test
>>> to work but I was only successful with
>>>    \font\1="FPL Neu Roman" at 36pt\1 test
>>>
>>> XeTeX *should* be able to select the font based on its family name,
>>> but here it fails...
>>
>> It works for me (on Mac OS X) using the current xetex code; but there
>> have been significant changes in this area since the 0.994 release,
>> so that's probably why.
>
> I works here, too. But I am typically 'bleeding etch' whne it comes to
> xetex. Is there anything I could change in the fonts so that older
> versions work, too?

Setting the Full Name of the Regular face to simply "FPL Neu" rather  
than "FPL Neu Roman" would probably do it (untested for this specific  
case, though)....

> Or should I ignore this for problem, since it will
> be solved by the next xetex version?

.....however, I'd be quite happy with this approach!

JK