[XeTeX] slow typesetting with fontspec

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 1, 2006, at 3:23 AM, Florian Grammel wrote:

>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Use {\addfontfeature{LetterSpace=5.0}STUAGNL} which should isolate
>> the LetterSpace change to that group and save you a second
>> \addfontfeature.
>
> That did the trick: I'm nearly back to my initial time. Thanks a lot!
> I had no idea, that it actually made a difference how I would switch
> a feature on and off...

Howdy,

Did you try the second method, using \newfontface? That might work  
even faster since it is a (temporary) font change without having to  
add a feature each time.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)