[XeTeX] XeTeX Digest, Vol 48, Issue 26

[David Rangel]

Hello,
Is there a simple example of how to use everyshi or atbegshi
to typeset vertical right to left Chinese text (the thread:
http://tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2008-January/008341.html
does not provide an example, and the package at
ctug did not have an example that would serve as a guide
for this issue).
On a separate, but related note, the packages gezhu and zhspacing
give the following error when run on a simple document:

....
(/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/xelatex/fontspec/ 
fontspec.cfg))kpathsea: Running mktextfm SimHei/ICU
/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source  
abbreviation I for ICU.
/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/ 
local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/fontname/special.map?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1;  
nonstopmode; input ICU
This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)

kpathsea: Running mktexmf ICU
! I can't find file `ICU'.
<*> \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ICU

Please type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
<*> \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ICU

Transcript written on mfput.log.
grep: ICU.log: No such file or directory
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode;  
input ICU' failed to make ICU.tfm.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.

! Font \@tempfontb=SimHei/ICU at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM)  
file or inst
alled font not found.
\\zf at make@font at shapes ...f at suffix " at \f at size pt
                                                  \edef \@tempb  
{\fontname \...
l.568 ...family\zhfont[BoldFont=SimHei]{SimSun}}{}

.....

and here is the TeX source:

....
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{zhspacing}
\zhspacing
\usepackage{zhulem}
\usepackage{gezhu}

\begin{document}

\begin{withgezhu}

世祖光武皇帝讳秀，字文叔，|{礼“{祖有功而宗有 
德}”，光武中兴，故庙称世祖。

\end{withgezhu}

\end{document}


Now, I was able to get the package to work on the example: testgezhu- 
xelatex.tex,
but only by replacing SimSun by BauiKai in the \zhfont selection. Then  
I was able
to typeset the document, but only with characters that were NOT  
vertically rotated

Is there not a simpler way to typeset Chinese text vertically using  
the basic XeLaTeX
compilation without having to use these additional packages and using  
the
\setromanfont[Scale=2.5,Vertical=RotatedGlyphs]{LiSong Pro}
option?
Thank you for any input,
David

PS if these questions are too basic for this forum, could you suggest  
where I should
turn for more remedial help on typesetting Chinese text with complex  
layout?

On Mar 14, 2008, at 4:00 AM, xetex-request at tug.org wrote:

> everyshi or atbegshi

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