[XeTeX] How could I find advanced features of a ttf/ttc font?

[Mi CHEN]

Hi,Fr. Michael Gilmary

That is exactly what I mean, thx!

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Fr. Michael Gilmary <
FrMichaelGilmary at maronitemonks.org> wrote:

> Mi CHEN wrote:
>
>  Take Times.ttc which comes from Snow Leopard Development Preview for
>> example, using fontspec with default setting, no ligatures appeared, I mean
>> something like "ff" "fi". I wonder whether ligatures are unavailable for
>> this font or I should enables them manually by some commands of fontspec.
>> Thanks!
>>
>
> Hi Mi!
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by ``fontspec with default setting'' --- but
> what seems to be very common is:
>
> \usepackage{fontspec}
> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
>
> and when you specify your main font, you should use the common ligatures
> option:
>
> \setmainfont[Ligatures=Common]{Minion Pro}
>
> Does that work for you?
>
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>
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Regards,
Mi
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