[XeTeX] Strange behavior on MacBook

[Stephen Moye]

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On Sep 10, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Paolo Matteucci  
<p.n.matteucci at gmail.com> wrote:

> Stephen, I must admit I have really no idea, but could this be  
> somehow related to the [Apple ATS] bug discovered by the Textures  
> guys here??
>
> http://www.bluesky.com/news/220b.html ("Snow Leopard breaks  
> Textures?" section)
>
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> [Of course, this is not quite your problem (OT font and all), but if  
> there really is a 64-bit ATS bug…?  Also, the Textures Mailing List  
> user that raised the issue in the first place reported that this aff 
> ected his MacBook, but not his Mac Pro.]
>
> Paolo
>
> 2009/9/9 Stephen Moye <stephenmoye at mac.com>
> Only on my MacBook running 10.6 do I have this problem. Here is the  
> minimal file:
>
> %%%%%%%%
>
> %!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
> %!TEX TS-program = xetex
>
> \font\test="ITC Galliard Pro Roman" at 12pt
>
> This is a test.
>
> \bye
>
> %%%%%%%%
>
> with this log:
>
> %%%%%%%%
>
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.2 (TeX Live 2009)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./fonttest.texkpathsea: Invalid fontname `ITC Galliard Pro Roman',  
> contains ' '
>
> ! Font \test="ITC Galliard Pro Roman" at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric  
> (TFM) file
>  or installed font not found.
> l.4 \font\test="ITC Galliard Pro Roman" at 12pt
>
> ? x
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on fonttest.log.
>
> %%%%%%%%
>
> This works on every other Mac I have, all running 10.6. I checked  
> the International preference pane but didn't see anything that  
> looked as if it were out of place. Other fonts that have no spaces  
> in the names seem to work just fine.
>
> A puzzle. Any ideas?
>
> Stephen Moye

I had not seen the Textures problem. Interesting

I was tired and addled when I posted my query. Here is the missing  
information:

1. I'm using Mac OS X 10.6, updating from 10.5.8.

2. I'm using Linotype FontExplorer X Pro for font management.

3. I first noticed the problem shortly after upgrading to 10.6. At  
that time I was using MacTeX2008; I tried the September 5 2009 beta,  
but the problem persisted.

4. This morning, I noticed that the fonts activated by FEX were not  
showing up in any application. After considerable experimentation, I  
discovered that the workaround is to go to FEX, disable and then  
reenable the fonts you want to use. Googling, I found that there are  
indeed some incompatibilities between Snow Leopard and FEX -- and my  
problem would seem to be one of them. Lucky me. Lino promises a fix  
soon.

Thanks for looking at this, and apologies for the dreadful first post.

Stephen Moye
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