[XeTeX] cannot get Hoefler text to work with XeTeX

[Herbert Schulz]

On Mar 18, 2009, at 6:27 PM, Fr. Michael Gilmary wrote:

> Arthur Reutenauer wrote:
>>> I don't think it works like that
>>>
>>
>>  It does for me, I tested it.  What version of Hoefler Text do you
>> have?  Mine is 6.0d7e1, dated 2007-09-11, from Mac OS 10.5.4
>>
>>
>>> At least that's what I get here. If you "explode" the Hoefler Text  
>>> suitcase (using fondu), you'll find that the fonts are .ttf. Do  
>>> they work as AATs do?
>>>
>>
>>  Yes, that's exactly the same information.  You should see a morx  
>> table
>> in you TrueType fonts.
>>
>> 	Arthur
>>
>
>
> Aha! Now I'm learning some more of the Hoefler Text Mystery! I'm  
> working on Mac 10.4.11.
>
> My Hoefler version number is 5.0d7e2 dated March 7, 2005. And,  
> looking with FontForge, yes, I've found the morx table.
>
> Attached you'll see the ATSUI palette (I think) which shows the  
> possible variations with the numbers. But whenever I've tried using  
> options [Numbers=OldStyle] or [Numbers=Lining] I only get the  
> warnings and no change. Maybe it's called something else in this  
> version of Hoefler? I don't have time right now ... but I'll try to  
> run AATinfo.tex (or whatever it's called) on it to see what's there.
>
> I've also never been able to fix the funny 'tails' on italics from  
> Hoefler. Even Jonathan's XeTeX-notes.pdf has examples of the tails  
> on italics as he uses Hoefler for that document. It seems to be  
> contextual, but also uncontrollable, at least for me. Any clues  
> about that?
>
> All suggestions are appreciated.
>
>
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>
> fr. michael gilmary, mma
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Howdy,

At least for the curly `e's, etc. I've used

\usepackage{xltxtra}
\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
\setromanfont 
[Scale=1.05,ItalicFeatures={Contextuals={NoLineFinal,NoLineInitial}}] 
{Hoefler Text}

with success.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)