[XeTeX] Problem with Japanese font

[Jonathan Kew]

On 10 Feb 2008, at 11:47 pm, Cyril Niklaus wrote:

>
> On 11 févr. 08, at 07:14, Jonathan Kew wrote:
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>> So it does. I guess it worked for Cyril because he was using xdv2pdf,
>> probably.
> Yes, I'm using xdv2pdf. That's a bit too much behind the hood for me
> probably, but what are the differences and advantages of that engine
> compared to xdvipdfmx?

Well, as we've just seen, xdv2pdf can cope with some Mac fonts that  
give trouble with xdvipdfmx (but I hope to close that gap). It also  
handles many more graphics formats, and a few graphic effects (such  
as shadows and transparency) that are not currently implemented in  
xdvipdfmx.

On the other hand, xdvipdfmx provides more consistent behavior across  
platforms, and has better support for various graphics packages such  
as PGF and PSTricks. It is also much faster in most cases.

JK