[XeTeX] Font calls in XeteX (2008 distribution)
Jonathan Kew
jfkthame at googlemail.com
Tue Apr 14 23:00:28 CEST 2009
On 14 Apr 2009, at 21:48, John Was wrote:
> Hello
>
> Having installed the 2008 distribution of XeTeX on a spare computer
> some time ago, I decided to go live with it this evening, and find
> that my font calls are not picking up instructions such as tex-text
> mapping. Has the syntax changed? Or, more easily perhaps, what is
> wrong with the following?
>
> \font \umirninepointfive = MinionPro-Regular:+onum:mapping=tex-
> text:letterspace=1.5 at 9.5pt
Use quotes:
\font \umirninepointfive = "MinionPro-Regular:+onum:mapping=tex-
text:letterspace=1.5" at 9.5pt
Though is "MinionPro-Regular" the actual font name (not filename)? I
would have expected something more like "Minion Pro". So probably:
\font \umirninepointfive = "Minion Pro:+onum:mapping=tex-
text:letterspace=1.5" at 9.5pt
Could be that either will work, though; fonts often have multiple names.
>
> I get error messages at the console, saying that : is not valid in a
> font name.
>
> When using the 2007 distribution I used to specify the precise
> location of the font on my computer, thus:
>
> \font \umirninepointfive = [d:/texfiles/outlfont/MinionPro-Regular]:
> +onum:mapping=tex-text:letterspace=1.5 at 9.5pt
Likewise:
\font \umirninepointfive = "[d:/texfiles/outlfont/MinionPro-
Regular]:+onum:mapping=tex-text:letterspace=1.5" at 9.5pt
>
> This was discouraged, I think, by some users (and I was told that it
> might be part of the problem with calling PSTricks). It likewise
> generated error messages at the console (this time complaining that
> [ is not allowed in a font). But nevertheless I got valid output so
> I didn't treat the messagese as anything serious. But now the
> output is incorrect: I get ` and ' instead of true quotation marks,
> double hyphens instead of enrules, and the letterspacing isn't
> invoked (the font looks too cramped without some spacing). So it
> appears that all the features I'm trying to invoke are being ignored.
>
> I'm sure it's something simple but I haven't yet discovered what it
> is! Help much appreciated.
Not sure if there will be other issues, but using quotes should
improve your odds of success. Without them, xetex first tries for
a .tfm with the name you've given, and if you have TeX configured to
auto-generate tfms, it's passing that name on to mktextfm, which then
complains. If you use quotes, it will try for an installed font first
rather than a tfm file.
JK
More information about the XeTeX
mailing list