[XeTeX] possible bug in xdvipdfmx

Pablo Rodríguez oinos at web.de
Mon Jun 12 15:10:27 CEST 2006


Just accidentally I have discovered that xdvipdfmx embeds the TrueType
font many times if different sizes are selected (which seems to be wrong).

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setromanfont{FreeSerif}
\begin{document}
\textsc{Puellae bonae amicae sunt.}

{\Huge χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά.}

{\Large χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά.}

{\tiny χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά.}

{\em χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά.}

{\bf χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά.}

{\em\bf χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά.}

{Buen ejemplo.} {\bf Mal ejemplo.} {\em Buen ejemplo.} {\bf\em Buen
ejemplo.}
\end{document}

If you try to copy the text using Acrobat, the Greek sentence will be
copied only in bold, italics and bold italics fontfaces, but not with
non-standard sizes.

I don't experience this error when using OpenType fonts.

I hope it helps,


Pablo


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