[XeTeX] From LaTeX to XeLaTeX

[Andrew Cunningham]

Logically I'd say the reverse.

On 31/01/2008, Arthur Reutenauer <arthur.reutenauer at normalesup.org> wrote:

>   What you're saying here is that not every OpenType font is a TrueType
> font, which is of course correct.  But that doesn't contradict
> Apostolos' sentence which states the reciprocal!  I think he's right
> (every TrueType font probably complies with the OpenType specification
> -- apart maybe for small details).  Note, further, that Apostolos being
> right doesn't invalidate Gerrit's statement either, since the latter
> says that he had to transform a TrueType font into an OpenType font to
> add missing ligatures.  This, of course, doesn't necessarily make an
> OpenType font out of a TrueType font, but may also do so, according to
> the way one chooses to add the ligatures, using the TrueType liga table
> or the liga feature of the OpenType GSUB table, or even some different
> option (converting into OpenType/CFF, adding AAT tables, etc.).
>
>         Arthur
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