[XeTeX] Using OTF fonts in custom letter class file

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 16.12.2008 um 07:46 schrieb R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar:

> \DeclareFixedFont{\viiipl}{OT1}{ppl}{m}{n}{8} % 8 pt

\newfontfamily\viiipl{Palatino} + \fontfamily{viiipl}\fontsize 
{<whatever>}{8pt}\selectfont <some address text>

For more (old) LaTeX compatibility you might consider to \renewcommand 
{\viiipl} to perform font and size selection, i.e., the + part from  
above.

The latter is untested. Feedback desirable.


The questions you asked could be answered this way, I think:

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{ifpdf,ifxetex}
\ifxetex
      \immediate\write16{==We're with XeTeX==}
   \usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
   \usepackage{xltxtra,xunicode}
   \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
   \newfontfamily\Pal{Palatino}
   \renewcommand*{\viiipl}{\fontfamily{Pal}\fontsize{9pt}{8pt} 
\selectfont}
%    \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.png,.jpeg,.bmp}			% formats  
with xdvipdfmx
%    \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.mac,.pict,.psd,.sgi,.tga,.tif,.gif}	 
% additionally with xdv2pdf
\else
   \immediate\write16{==We're without XeTeX==}
   \ifpdf
     \immediate\write16{==\jobname: Bonjour, PDF!==}
     \usepackage{cmap}
%    \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.png,.jpeg}			% in pdfTeX  
allowed graphics formats
     \usepackage[activate={true,nocompatibility}]{microtype}
%    \usepackage[protrusion=true,expansion=true]{microtype}
     \usepackage{<some font>}
     ...
   \else
     \immediate\write16{==¡Hola \jobname: DVI!==}
%    \DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.ps,.eps}				% in dvips allowed  
graphics formats
     \usepackage[protrusion=true,expansion=false]{microtype}
     \usepackage{<some font>}
   \fi
   \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
%  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
   \usepackage[full]{textcomp}
%  \usepackage[LUC,T1]{fontenc}
   \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}						% other font encodings: T2A, T2B,  
T2C, X2, LCY, OT2 (LY1, T5)
   \DeclareFixedFont{\viiipl}{OT1}{ppl}{m}{n}{8} % 8 pt
%  for compatibility definitions of XeTeX and XeLaTeX logos
\fi

In the text body you can also use \ifxetex and \ifpdf to let perform  
particular XeTeX or pdfTeX or (DVI)TeX related things.

--
Greetings

   Pete

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