[XeTeX] font expansion in XeTeX?

[Will Robertson]

On 7/23/07, Pablo Rodríguez <oinos at web.de> wrote:
> a month ago I sent a message to the list asking whether XeTeX will
> (ever) implement font expansion as pdftex does.
>
> Since that message had no reply, I wonder whether there is something
> that would prevent font expansion in XeTeX or it hasn't been planned at all.

Sorry, I recall your message but was too busy at the time to reply,
assuming others would. Jonathan talked about this in his TUG2007
presentation. You can see him in the flesh in the recorded webcast:
  <http://www.river-valley.tv/tug2007/>

The short answer: maybe one day, but not soon :)

Will