[XeTeX] \ifFontExists

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 02.01.2009 um 16:00 schrieb Jonathan Kew:

> I don't want the typesetting program silently making font  
> substitution choices for me


And therefore you would give away the PDF document instead of its  
source ...


I was thinking of the reason why Arno would need to check whether a  
font exists. In this uncertain situation, in which no exact knowledge  
of the final look exists, a "close match" could be helpful. Besides,  
even if a font has the same name, it is not guaranteed that the final  
look on your (up-to-date) system will closely match that on my (old  
and used) system. Therefore software was written to switch on or off  
fonts on a system, for example in a print shop, where the employees  
try to (re-)establish the template's look with all the fonts they  
have on their output.


IOW: let's keep document sources for interchange (or can one say:  
intercourse with the other system?) in Times, Helvetica, and Courier  
– or Latin Modern!

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   Pete

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