[XeTeX] [OT] [ANN] FPL Neu OpenType

[Ralf Stubner]

Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew at sil.org> writes:

> On 3 Jul 2006, at 1:36 pm, Will Robertson wrote:
>
>> Can't claim to have looked into the specifics here:
>> I expected
>>    \font\1="FPL Neu" at 36pt\1 test
>> to work but I was only successful with
>>    \font\1="FPL Neu Roman" at 36pt\1 test
>>
>> XeTeX *should* be able to select the font based on its family name,
>> but here it fails...
>
> It works for me (on Mac OS X) using the current xetex code; but there  
> have been significant changes in this area since the 0.994 release,  
> so that's probably why.

I works here, too. But I am typically 'bleeding etch' whne it comes to
xetex. Is there anything I could change in the fonts so that older
versions work, too? Or should I ignore this for problem, since it will
be solved by the next xetex version?

cheerio
ralf