[XeTeX] Linux Libertine font problem
Alain Delmotte
esperanto at swing.be
Thu Aug 13 09:45:42 CEST 2009
Hi!
Sorry to come to this late!
I am on Windows and I do not have otfinfo.
I did install Babelmap, but 1) I did not find how to ask info about a
specific file (if it is possible) and 2) I did not see any info about
the display name.
Regards,
Alain
Nicolas Vaughan a écrit :
>
> /How do you find the display name?/
>
>
> Use otfinfo with the -i switch.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nicolas Vaughan
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Alain Delmotte <esperanto at swing.be
> <mailto:esperanto at swing.be>> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> David Perry a écrit :
>
> It doesn't matter what the actual font files are named, as
> long as the internal tables use the same name. In other
> words, you could have four files called dogs.ttf, cats.ttf,
> goldfish.ttf, and hamsters.ttf; but if the fontmaker gave them
> all the name "Animals" in the fonts' name tables and set the
> appropriate bits to indicate normal, bold, italic, and bold
> italic, fontspec will find them.
>
> How do you find the display name?
>
> Alain
>
> That's why fontspec requires you to use the display name,
> which is the name used internally by the font, rather than the
> actual font filename. Now, if you have something other than
> the usual four suspects, then you have to specifically tell
> fontspec (e.g., if you have an old font with small capitals in
> a separate font, or you want to use a nonstandard family such
> as "Animals Demi" as the boldface version for "Animals Light."
>
> David
>
> Alain Delmotte wrote:
>
> Isn't a problem that the font is in multiple files: Re,
> Bd, BI, It, C_Re
> Shouldn't they be called by something like:
> \fontspec[SmallCapsFont=Linux Libertine O
> Capitals,BoldFont=Linus Libertine O Bold,....]{Linux
> Libertine O}
>
>
>
>
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