[XeTeX] Question about options of font loading in XeTeX

[Jonathan Kew]

On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Vafa Khalighi <vafa at users.berlios.de> wrote:
> In XeTeX, say if I want to load the bold version of a font I can have
>
> \font\test="<font-name>/B"
>
> I know there are /B, /I, /BI, etc for loading bold, italic, bolditalic
> version of the font. There are some fonts that also have outline shape like
> this one. Is there an option or is it possible to make an option like /B, /I
> that it loads the outline shape of the font automatically.

No. Simply use the full name of the font.

You can always use full font names; the /B, /I, /BI shorthands are
just a convenience, mostly for the use of fontspec or similar
packages, intended to let macros find these common styles without
having to guess how they are named in a particular family. To go
beyond this, for families that have additional styles, you need to
name the faces explicitly, as the potential range of styles and names
is essentially unlimited.

JK