[XeTeX] OldStyle Numbers not changeable to Lining Numbers

Peter Baker psb6m at virginia.edu
Tue Aug 17 02:29:01 CEST 2010


There's definitely something odd going on with the font. I can't get it 
to work in FontForge either. The OpenType lookups re: numbers look a 
tangle. I'll try to figure out what's going on, then maybe we can submit 
a bug report.

Peter

On 08/16/2010 07:06 PM, Fr. Michael Gilmary wrote:
> Tobias Schoel wrote:
>
>> Minimal Example:
>>
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \usepackage{fontspec}
>> \defaultfontfeatures{Numbers={OldStyle}}
>> \setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Linux Libertine O}
>> \begin{document}
>> A0123456789
>>
>> \addfontfeatures{Numbers={Lining}}A0123456789
>> \end{document}
>>
>> XeLaTeX from current TeX-Live 2010, Linux Libertine v 4.7.5 
>
>
> FWIW, we have Linux Libertine v 4.4.1 with MacTeX09, and the same 
> problem exists. With another font, like Minion Pro, however, it works 
> correctly.
>
> Maybe a bug with Libertine?
>
>



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