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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have a problem with using the Adobe Arabic Regular font
with XeTeX or XeLaTeX. I have been able to use fonts such as Arabic Typesetting
and Scheherazade without any difficulty. However, when I try to use Adobe
Arabic I get separate, oversized, and overlapping characters. I have tried
specifying the ligature settings explicitly with the RawFeature setting
provided by the fontspec package but to no avail.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The preamble to my document contains the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>\usepackage{euler}<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>\usepackage{fontspec}<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>\defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase,Mapping=tex-text}<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>\usepackage{xunicode}<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>\usepackage{xltxtra}<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>\TeXXeTstate=1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>\newfontfamily\ara[Script=Arabic,Language=Arabic]{Adobe
Arabic}<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Arabic text itself is set between the e-TeX \beginR and
\endR primitives:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>\beginR{\ara <span style='color:#0070C0'>(some Arabic text)</span>
}\endR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have tried using the font with the above settings, without
the language setting, and without both the script and language settings. Where
am I going wrong here?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you in advance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Lars<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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