[XeTeX] "Hoefler Text" XeLaTeX interface

Will Robertson will at guerilla.net.au
Mon Oct 4 11:00:40 CEST 2004


Hi all

I have put together the first version of an XeLaTeX package which 
provides an easy interface to the rich Mac OS X font Hoefler Text. No 
more messing with \DeclareFontShape madness!

It can't access everything Hoefler Text provides because I can't think 
of an easy way to get LaTeX to flexibly accept so many options. Anyway, 
better that you just look at the example file rather than listen to me 
rabbit on. I hope that something like this will become standard for 
many or all of the default Mac OS X fonts in the XeTeX distribution.

(And for now it should eliminate the horrible difficulties people have 
trying to work out Apple's unfortunate naming schemes.)

You can get instructions and download the whole thing from here:
<http://www.mecheng.adelaide.edu.au/~will/tex/>

(Unfortunately, there's no ins/dtx bundle. Once I learn how to write 
them, I might create a proper installer.)

Please offer suggestions - I'm all ears!

Will Robertson



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