[XeTeX] Does it make any sense to specify layout engine in font name?

Jjgod Jiang gzjjgod at gmail.com
Sat May 12 11:22:31 CEST 2007


Hi all,

I'm just wondering, if we can only use one layout engine in a single XeTeX
document, why should the interface to choose layout engine be "/AAT" or
"/ICU" or "/GR" attached to the font name?

I think use another control sequence, like \XeTeXlayoutengine "AAT" or
use environment variable, say, export XETEX_LAYOUT_ENGINE="ICU"
may be a more consistent solution.

Just my two cents.

- jjgod.


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