[XeTeX] Multiple Master Fonts

[Will Robertson]

On 30 Mar 2005, at 8:21 PM, Jonathan Nicholl wrote:

>> What format do MM fonts need to be in to work in Mac OS X, and where 
>> did you come across them? They're no longer for sale, right? :(
>
> MM fonts are still for sale. You can get them from www.fonts.com. 
> (Just do a search for 'MM' in the 'Quick Font Search' box.) What's 
> more they are relatively cheap. ($22 or $44 for the basic fonts, 
> somewhat more for the expert sets.) OS X seems to treat Adobe MM fonts 
> just like any other Postscript Type 1 font. You need the outline fonts 
> and the font suitcases.

Thanks, that's heaps good!
Let's see...
Adobe Jenson MM Volume is $44 and Adobe Jenson MM Expert Volume costs 
$79.20. Minion MM Expert Volume is $118.80. Not too cheap, but not that 
expensive, either. About right, I guess.

Does anyone know if Jenson works correctly in Mac OS X (it has three 
points defined on its optical axis scale, rather than two, making it 
_weird_).

And how "OpenType-like" are they? Is the expert stuff accessible in 
XeTeX with +smcp, for example?

On 30 Mar 2005, at 8:30 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote:
>
> But in any case, they should probably be considered a historical 
> curiosity. At some future point, they'll probably break, and it'll be 
> hard to get anyone to take responsibility for fixing things.
>
> Which is too bad. :-(

Indeed, but they're fun while they last!

Mac OS X will be around for a while, I assume though, so while it lives 
there'll at least be a bit of support for them. Doesn't the Adobe 
Creative Suite still support them? You never know, they might be reborn 
one day :)

(I may be optimistic in my youth.)

Will