[XeTeX] An example of the use of \x="[filename]"

[Stephen Moye]

On Thursday, August 17, 2006, at 03:38PM, Stephen Moye <stephenmoye at mac.com> wrote:

>I've installed xetex 0.995. Out of sheer curiosity I wanted to try using xdvipdfmx with an uninstalled font. I created a TeXShop engine:
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>#!/bin/tcsh
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>set path= ($path /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current /usr/local/bin)
>xetex -output-driver='xdvipdfmx -q -E' "$1"
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>I tried a simple file:
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>\font\x="[~/Desktop/Atlas/AtlasIta]" at 12pt \x
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>This is fun
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>\bye
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>and I get this in the console:
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>This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.995 (Web2C 7.5.5)
>entering extended mode
>(./xpdmftest.tex
>! Font \x="[" not loadable: installed font not found.
><to be read again> 
>! Undefined control sequence.
>l.1 ...="[~/Desktop/Atlas/AtlasIta]" at 12pt \test
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>? 
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>Nothing urgent, just curious how this works...
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>Thanks.
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>SGM

Of course, what I neglected to say is that I would like to see an example of how to use this feature, and to know if I am proceeding along the right path at all.

SGM