[XeTeX] Strangeness with Minion Pro Opticals Small Caps

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 20, 2006, at 4:34 AM, Peter Heslin wrote:

> Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew at sil.org> writes:
>
>> If you're in the mood to experiment, perhaps you could (temporarily)
>> reinstall the Reader-provided fonts and remove the Type Classics
>> versions. I think the problem will return.
>
> You are right, as usual.  With only the Reader-provided fonts  
> installed,
> the problem returns (for both sizes of text, of course).  The reason I
> had ruled out a bug in those fonts as a possible explanation is that I
> assumed I would have come across this problem in my earlier usage (and
> now that I think harder on it, I have a vague memory that maybe I did
> when I was first testing xetex).
>

Howdy,

I'm using the Reader-Provided (Adobe Reader 7.0.8 on Mac) Minion Pro  
fonts and do not see the problem when I compile your source.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)