[XeTeX] XeTeX, fontspec, OTF, and fontdimens

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 19.02.2011 um 05:11 schrieb mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca:

> If I load a monospace OTF
> font with fontspec, it works fine at the default size, but when I  
> change
> the size with LaTeX class-provided commands such as \Large, the spaces
> between words end up the wrong size.


Matthew,

XeTeX (and original TeX) do not put SPACE characters into the output,  
i.e., if a SPACE glyph would exist in a font it is not used to  
separate words or such. Presumingly the space between two words is  
comprised of the right bearing of the right-most character of the left  
word + some inter-word space from TeX + the left bearing of the left- 
most character of the right word. Only this inter-word space is  
effected.

Instead of exotic fonts you can use from TeX Live 2010 the GNU  
Freefonts in:

/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/gnu-freefont
/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/public/gnu-freefont

For me OTF or TTF make no noticeable difference (pdffonts approved).

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