[OS X TeX] XeLaTeX from TeXShop
Herbert Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com
Sat Feb 7 14:19:03 CET 2009
On Feb 7, 2009, at 1:25 AM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
> On 7 Feb 2009, at 01:09, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>>
>> And a perfect illustration about what is bad about Xe(La)TeX (and
>> any other application that uses the local fonts); there is no
>> guarantee that the beautiful font you use is available on another
>> system so the source is no longer directly portable.
>
> That is equally true with "classic" TeX as soon as you buy and
> install a font that isn't part of every TeX distribution. (For
> example, the Lucida math fonts.)
>
> The only difference is that you may be less likely to do this
> because it's such a hassle!
>
> JK
Howdy,
All too true; on both points :-). Especially since I tend to use
Lucida a good part of the time. But. if I know I'll be distributing
the source it's back to using Fourier+Bera, Latin Modern or just plain
old Computer Modern.
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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