[XeTeX] fonts and fontspec (was: Newbie Question)

[Jonathan Kew]

On 7 May 2009, at 15:16, David Perry wrote:

> I am working on an article designed to help newcomers to XeTeX, in  
> particular with fontspec and other font issues.  It is very close to  
> being ready to post (probably this weekend).  I will mail the list  
> when it's done.  It will include information about freely available  
> fonts that contain OpenType features that people can try for  
> themselves (mainly Junicode, Linux Libertine, and my own Cardo font;  
> if anybody knows of others, please tell me about them).

There are several free fonts from SIL International, including Charis  
SIL, Gentium Basic (NB: the main Gentium fonts do not yet have  
OpenType features), and Andika Basic; all available via <http://scripts.sil.org/ 
 >.

The TeX Gyre fonts also include OpenType features, accessible if you  
install them as standard fonts on your OS and load them via fontspec  
(not via old-style LaTeX packages).

JK