[XeTeX] Embolden disabled?

[John Was]

Hello Peter

The space before the = sign makes no difference, and the log reports no
errors:

This is XeTeXk, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.6 (Web2C 7.5.7) (format=xetex
2009.5.20)  23 MAY 2009 09:48
entering extended mode
 %&-line parsing enabled.
**fonttst
(./fonttst.tex (c:/Program
Files/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/eplain/eplain.tex)
[4.0.1.0.-1.0.1] )
Output written on fonttst.pdf (1 page).



The 'extend' feature works, though I doubt if it could useful be made to
produce plausible bold (and curiously, it removes all interword spacing,
even if I make the spaces explicit with \ ).

Best


John



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Dyballa" <Peter_Dyballa at Web.DE>
To: "Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms" <xetex at tug.org>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Embolden disabled?


>
> Am 22.05.2009 um 22:05 schrieb John Was:
>
>> \font\mybaskaltbolditalic="BaskervilleMTPro- Regular:slant=0.3:embolden
>> =3:+smcp:+lnum:mapping=tex-text" at 16pt
>
>
> What is the LOG file telling? Is there a different effect when you  leave
> out the space character in the specification?
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something
> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete  fools.
>
>
>
>