[XeTeX] Fwd: Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX fonts

[Adam Lindsay]

Hi Jonathan, all.

A request from Hans that came from the fallout of someone trying to use
MetaPost with XeConTeXt. Alternatively, if anyone working on the XeLaTeX
graphics drivers has any insights on keeping the font quotes intact but
out of the way, we'd love to hear of your approaches!

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From: Hans Hagen <pragma at wxs.nl>
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Adam Lindsay wrote:

>>^^@:35: Extra tokens will be flushed.
>><to be read again>
>>                   Hoefler
>>l.35 defaultfont:=""Hoefler
>>                            Text: Ligatures=Diphthongs"";

hm, the "'s interfere here

[snip --atl]

How about introducing something

\xfn{Hoefler Text: Ligatures=Diphthongs}

instead of " ; I can even imagine that xetex supports { } as alternative 
for " because:

- it's not sensitive for " being active and such
- it nicely moves through the tex machinery since tex knows how to deal 
with {}'s

on the other hand, such {} can get lost when passing arguments, so maybe

() is a better alternative since it also fits in the ps/pdf way of 
handling args -)


   (Hoefler Text: Ligatures=Diphthongs) at 10pt

that we then can redefine at will. This will move through most tex 
macros without problems and adaptions.

So, can you ask Jonathan if he is willing to accept () as an alternative 
alongside "" ?

Hans


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