[XeTeX] XeTeX+Tiger+OpenType bug

[Will Robertson]

12 Aug 2005, 7:37 PM - Stephen Moye wrote:


> I think I need a little help. When Will posted the (presumably  
> plain) TeX sample:
>
> %!TEX TS-program = xetex
> %!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
>
> \font\1="Minion Pro"\1 Regular
> \font\1="Minion Pro/I"\1 Italic?
> \bye
>
> (the %! stuff was not in his original) I tried it, and, I think,  
> found no problem. I'm not sure in the discussion that has followed,  
> therefore, just what the problem is. Could someone please fill in  
> those gaps for me?
>

I'm not entirely sure what the gaps are myself.
It seems to consistently fail for only some OpenType fonts on my  
system. When I say fail, I mean that the italic font is not  
automatically found and the plain regular font is used instead, as / 
I, etc., is supposed to do.

I don't have Minion Pro personally, but I've a report of fontspec  
failing for the font that this user had. I see a similar problem with  
Warnock Pro. The "Adobe ... Pro"-named fonts seem to work fine, though.

This is separate from a XeTeX bug in which trying to choose "Apple  
Symbol/I" brings up an actual error message.

Will