[XeTeX] Version 0.94 available

[William F. Adams]

On Mar 22, 2005, at 12:55 AM, Will Robertson wrote:

(re: automatic support for optical-sizing in XeTeX 0.94)

> In due course I will update fontspec to explicitly support this new 
> feature; at the moment it is on by default in XeTeX itself so fontspec 
> needs no alteration. Since it is unlikely that anyone will want to 
> turn this off I don't consider it an urgent requirement.

Not urgent, but a nicety. Reasons to manually adjust optical size not 
matching output size:

  - reversing out type --- use a smaller optical size at a larger size 
(say the 8pt. design at 10pt.) to strengthen fine lines.

  - type set in a light colour --- ditto, plus the larger lines can 
bring things up to a point where registration problems are eased 
somewhat

  - matching some other type --- if used w/ a fine, delicate sans (say 
Optima) it's often good to use a larger optical size of the text type

Can anyone tell that I really miss Multiple Master fonts?

> I am amazed that you have managed to create such a feature rich 
> program in such a short amount of time -- I mean really, is there 
> anything comparable to XeTeX?

It's absolutely fabulous and unmatched on other platforms and I too am 
very grateful for it.

William

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