[XeTeX] epsdice package.
Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)
P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Mon Jul 18 13:57:47 CEST 2011
Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
>
>
> Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
>> Right! Make character \n active and \define it as character \n from
>> font \Cher.
>
> Yes, that is the right approach, but implementing it successfully
> requires use of \uccode & \uppercase, or \lccode and \lowercase,
> and the \uppercase/lowercase primitives are, in general, very
> poorly understood.
But just in case Michael is not deterred by that fact, here is the
same thing implemented using \uccode, \uppercase and active characters :
\documentclass {minimal}
\usepackage {fontspec}
\setmainfont {Comic Sans MS}
\newfontfamily \Cherokeefont {Code2000}
\newcount \n
\def \loopbody {}
\def \TreatCherokeeCharactersSpecially
{\n = "13A0
\loop
\uccode `\~ = \n \relax
\catcode \n = \active
\uppercase {\edef ~{{\noexpand \Cherokeefont \char \number \n \relax}}}
\ifnum \n < "13FF
\advance \n by 1 \relax
\repeat
}
\begin {document}
The Cherokee alphabet is a Syllabary.
ᏌᏊ: Sah-Gwoo (the "g" here is a bit hard, more like a "k", but not that hard)
ᏍᎪᎯ: Skoh-Hee (the "k" here is a bit soft, more like a "g", but not that soft)
\TreatCherokeeCharactersSpecially
The Cherokee alphabet is a Syllabary.
ᏌᏊ: Sah-Gwoo (the "g" here is a bit hard, more like a "k", but not that hard)
ᏍᎪᎯ: Skoh-Hee (the "k" here is a bit soft, more like a "g", but not that soft)
\end {document}
** Phil.
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