[XeTeX] Strangeness with Minion Pro Opticals Small Caps

[Ralf Stubner]

Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew at sil.org> writes:

> On 20 Aug 2006, at 10:09 pm, Ralf Stubner wrote:
>
>> Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> writes:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Same here on Linux. I am positive that the fonts provided with AR are
>> fine. However, AR comes with Minion Pro v2.000, while Peter  
>> probably got
>> v1.001 together with 'Type classics for learners'.
>
> But Peter has confirmed that he sees the problem with his AR fonts,  
> and not with his TCL ones. Is is possible that AR used to come with  
> older versions, and has been updated at some point?

There have been changes indeed. I have just tested this with

$ otfinfo -v MinionPro-*.otf
MinionPro-BoldIt.otf:Version 2.015;PS 002.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.7.9032
MinionPro-Bold.otf:Version 2.015;PS 002.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.7.9032
MinionPro-It.otf:Version 2.015;PS 002.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.7.9032
MinionPro-Regular.otf:Version 2.015;PS 002.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.7.9032

as well as

$ otfinfo -v MinionPro-*.otf
MinionPro-BoldIt.otf:Version 2.012;PS 002.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.6.6565
MinionPro-Bold.otf:Version 2.012;PS 002.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.6.6565
MinionPro-It.otf:Version 2.012;PS 002.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.6.6565
MinionPro-Regular.otf:Version 2.012;PS 002.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.6.6565

The former came with my AR 7.0.8 installation. The latter came with some
previous version. None of them shows such problems here, though. Would
be interesting to know which version Peter got from AR.

cheerio
ralf