[XeTeX] From LaTeX to XeLaTeX

[Andrew Cunningham]

Unless it is an AAT font or a Graphite font or any combination ...

The way I look at it is that TrueType fonts can be extended or
enhanced by OpenType, AAT and/or Graphite tables.

Andrew

On 31/01/2008, Apostolos Syropoulos <asyropoulos at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >No.
> OpenType
> can
> be
> composed
> from
> TrueType
> or
> PostScript.
> Even
> if
> it
>
> >is
> TrueType,
> OpenType
> has
> a
> lot
> more
> useful
> information
> in
> tables.
>
> >Small
> Caps,
> old
> time
> digits,
> alternative
> glyphs
> ...
> cannot
> be
> encoded
>
> >in
> Unicode.
> The
> option
> you
> have,
> is
> to
> put
> this
> into
> PUA,
> Private
> Use
>
> >Area.
> But
> then
> TeX
> or
> an
> editor
> needs
> to
> know
> about
> that
> ...
>
> >independently
> whether
> this
> wealth
> is
> PostScript
> or
> TrueType
> based
> In plain "English": a TrueType font is an OpenType font without any
> tables. Consequently, every TrueType font is an OpenType font.
> To verify this statement, try otfinfo -i SomeTrueTypeFont.ttf
> A.S.
>
>
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Andrew Cunningham
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Dinka Language Institute
Australia
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