[XeTeX] Upper Case numbers in Hoefler Text??

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 4 oct. 04, à 01:54, christopher ciotti a écrit :

> I'm new to XeTeX  (just a few hours) and I'm having some trouble 
> putting together font def files.  I wanted to make a few to represent 
> the different flavors of Hoefler Text (they are based on an email from 
> Bruno Voisin to the TeX on OSX mailing list).  When I make a def for 
> italic, proportional (or tabular) upper case numbers, I get the 
> default old-style figures in everything but regular text (which works 
> as expected).  Can someone check this out for errors?  Thanks in 
> advance.

The problem is not with your declarations, but with Apple's shipping of 
Hoefler Text: your names for the "Number Case" AAT feature are 
consistent, but the ones Apple uses are completely irrational and 
inconsistent. It's a bug which I think Jonathan Kew has reported to 
Apple.

To get uppercase numbers, and other features, right, I had to open all 
four Hoefler Text fonts (regular, black, italic and black italic) in 
TextEdit, acces the Typography panel (Cmd-T then click on the scroll 
wheel icon at the bottom left of the panel then Typography…), then 
tediously find the names for each feature.

> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \DeclareFontFamily{U}{hoeftxt}{}
> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{m}{n} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text:
>   Ligatures=Common\space Ligatures;
>   Number\space Spacing=Proportional\space Numbers;
>   Number\space Case=Upper\space Case\space Numbers;
>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
>
> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{m}{it} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text\space 
> Italic:
>   Ligatures=Common\space Ligatures;
>   Number\space Spacing=Proportional\space Number;
Missing "s" at "Number".
>   Numbers\space Case=Upper\space Case\space Numbers;
Should be: "Number\space Case=Uppercase\space Numbers".
>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
Should be: "Character\space Alternatives=Normal\space Vertical\space 
Position" (sic!).
                                     ~~

> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{b}{n} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text\space 
> Black:
>   Number\space Spacing=Proportional\space Numbers;
>   Number\space Case=Upper\space Case\space Numbers;
Should be: "Number\space Case=Diphthong\space Ligatures" (sic!).
>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
Should be: "Character\space Alternatives=Alternates".
                                     ~~
>
> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{b}{it} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text\space 
> Black\space Italic:
>   Number\space Spacing=Proportional\space Numbers;
>   Number\space Case=Upper\space Case\space Numbers;
Should be: "Number\space Case=Normal\space Vertical\space Position" 
(sic!).
>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
Should be: "Character\space Alternatives=Lower\space Case\space 
Numbers" (sic!).
                                     ~~
>
> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{m}{sc} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text:
>   Letter\space Case=Small\space Caps;
>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
>
> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{b}{sc} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text\space 
> Black:
>   Letter\space Case=Small\space Caps;
>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
Should be: "Character\space Alternatives=Alternates".
                                     ~~

Sorry, my original post included (I think) the correct declarations, 
but I didn't stress enough Apple's bugs and their fixes.

Bruno Voisin