[XeTeX] MM fonts

[Jonathan Kew]

On 17 Mar 2008, at 12:50 pm, Will Robertson wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Support for MM fonts seem to be broken in the SVN version of XeTeX:
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
> \font\x="Minion MM Roman" at 12pt\x Hello
> \end{document}
>
> LOG:
> [snip]
> (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size12.clo)) (./ 
> small.aux)Mon Mar 17 23:16:21 Thneed.local xelatex[20107] <Error>:  
> GCGetStrikeMetrics failed: error 4.
> Mon Mar 17 23:16:21 Thneed.local xelatex[20107] <Error>:  
> GCGetStrikeMetrics failed: error 4.
> /Users/will/Library/TeXShop/Engines/XeLaTeX+xdv2pdf.engine: line 2:  
> 20107 Bus error               /usr/texbin/xelatex -output- 
> driver=xdv2pdf -shell-escape "$1"
>
>
> I'm not arguing that MM fonts should necessarily continue to be  
> supported...if they are going to officially be phased out then I'll  
> remove all reference to them in fontspec.

Hmmm.... it works for me, with the latest xetex + xdv2pdf, but I'm  
still on Tiger; are you running Leopard? I'm guessing this is a 10.5  
issue; it seems as if a lot of font stuff has changed there (not all  
for the better), judging by the frequency of font-related issues I've  
seen on the OS X TeX list since people started upgrading.

I'll see if I can try this on a Leopard machine sometime soon, but I  
have a feeling that maybe these old fonts are simply going to fade  
away.....

JK