[XeTeX] Free download: Microsoft Office 2007 beta 2
Adam Twardoch
list.adam at twardoch.com
Mon May 29 21:19:16 CEST 2006
Bruno Voisin wrote:
> This is Windows-specific software, isn't? Odd on a list dedicated to
> software which only runs on Mac OS X and Linux to date!
>
Yes, it is Windows-specific software. I don't think it's odd. Many users
use several operating systems. Operating Mac OS X and Windows
side-by-side on Intel-based Macs isn't really difficult. This is is
dedicated to *Unicode-based* *TeX* for *Mac OS X and Linux*. While the
last component does not really apply to Office 2007, I think since XeTeX
is Unicode-based and (among others) related to typesetting math, the
news is *very* relevant.
It is particularly relevant because Microsoft now implements math
typesetting entirely based on Unicode and MathML, and extended the
OpenType font format to implement math-related typographic features.
What Microsoft is doing is relevant, especially that this time, they're
doing it "by the book", i.e.:
* the new math typesetting engine uses Unicode, which is an
international standard (ISO 10646)
* the new math typesetting engine uses MathML, which is an international
standard from W3.org and XML-based
* the new math typesetting uses OpenType, which will soon be an
international standard (as ISO Open Font Format)
* the new Office 2007 altogether uses an XML-based file format natively,
which is likely to become a standard soon (at ECMA)
* Microsofted consulted with Donald Knuth on the development of their
new math typesetting engine
BTW, there is a paper that discusses some aspects of Office's new math
typesetting. The PDF is typeset using Microsoft Word 2007 itself, and
uses Cambria as the basic font:
http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn28/UTN28-PlainTextMath.pdf
I'm not really a member of other TeX lists but you're free to forward my
message to other lists that you think might be more appropriate.
Regards,
Adam
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