[XeTeX] Problem with XeTeX letterspacing

[Jonathan Kew]

On 7 Jun 2006, at 12:33 pm, Stephen Moye wrote:

> I am having a problem with the neat letterspacing function of XeTeX.
> If I indicate that I want letterspacing using a given font, then the
> next font is reduced in size:
>
> \font\rm="Doves-roman" at 22pt \rm
> %% Here is the problem: use the letterspaced  caps font and the title
> %% font text is tiny; use the caps font without the letterspacing, and
> %% text using the \title font appears at the correct size.
> \font\caps="Doves-roman:letterspace=5.0" at 22pt
> %\font\caps="Doves-roman" at 22pt\rm
> \font\title="DovesTitle" at 63pt
>
> I have placed sample files in an archive for downloading:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/stephenmoye/FileSharing7.html
>
> A puzzle.
>
> Thanks for any help.

OK, I have a workaround for you, though this is obviously a bug (and  
has just been fixed in my code here). Just add an explicit  
"letterspace=0" to the next font declaration.

JK