[XeTeX] XeTeX and diacritics

[Jonathan Kew]

On 24 Mar 2008, at 7:38 pm, Daniel Stender wrote:

>>> \newcommand{\z}[1]{\textit{({\footnotesize #1})}}
>>> \newcommand{\ue}[1]{{\footnotesize #1}}
>>>
>>> \newcommand{\z}[1]{\textit{({\tiny #1})}}
>>> \newcommand{\ue}[1]{{\footnotesize #1}}
>>>
>>> and now it works.
>>
>> It is very strange that this change makes the difference.
>> There must be more going on --- such as, one of your packages
>> making a change to how \footnotesize works.
>>
>> Would you post a complete example which includes the full
>> LaTeX preamble that you are using, and any non-standard class
>> or package files.
>
> It's a funny phenomenon, isn't it? I've attached a demo file
> and the resulting pdf.

Very odd!

I tried running your example with my current development code, and  
the problem does not occur here.

What version number does your XeTeX report (e.g, in the introductory  
This is XeTeX, version.... line)? If it is 0.996 (the version that  
shipped with TeX Live 2007), there was a bug that might be related to  
this. If you have 0.996-patch1, an update that some packages have  
incorporated, or any pre-release of 0.997, then I thought that issue  
was fixed (and if it's not, then I should try to investigate it  
further).

JK