[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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