[XeTeX] Re: [MacTeX] so, what to do about fonts? (was XeTeX)

[Bruce D'Arcus]

Joonathan asked:

>> What's the best way to have Mac fonts like Hoefler Text, Gill Sans, 
>> etc. work "out of the box" for Mac OS X TeX users?
>
> The answer may depend partly on what you mean by "work"; the basic 
> ability to access one default glyph for each supported character, or 
> the ability to make use of the potentially complex AAT behavior in 
> some of the fonts? "Work" like they work in Word, or "work" like they 
> work in TextEdit?

"Work" like they do in TextEdit, with the additional power of TeX 
macros.  So, per previous post, I want a macro that automatically gets 
me:

	-	different variants of Skia for headings and captions, using the 
lining numerals for the former
	-	Hoefler Text, 10pt, with OsF for text.
	-	Skia OsF with monospacing for tables

On Apr 15, 2004, at 9:05 AM, William F. Adams wrote:

> All we have to do is wait or Jonathan to nail down some minor niggling 
> issues, bundle the source, work up a script to build a LaTeX format 
> and provide LaTeX (and other) packages/macros for using the fonts all 
> in an iInstaller package.
>
> I'll do that right after I finish the TUG2003 proceedings if no one 
> beats me to it. No one commented on my \typespecification idea --- is 
> there no room for improvement? Or did it seem not workable?
>
> An interesting idea would be to try to have a unified or parallel 
> system for making them work in LaTeX and Context, so one could extend 
> things to have:
>
> \typespecification[latex, text, 11pt, old-style figures]{HoeflerText}
>
> or
>
> \typespecification[context, verse, 12pt, rebusligatures]{Zapfino}

Ah ... now we're talking.  Adam (who's done a lot with opentype fonts 
on ConTeXt) is now on the list.  Adam and Hans?

Bruce

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