[XeTeX] linux libertine and number

[Khaled Hosny]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 07:44:42PM +0100, François Patte wrote:
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> Le 28/12/2010 12:14, Peter Dyballa a écrit :
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> > Am 28.12.2010 um 11:06 schrieb François Patte:
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> >> Is it possible to correct this?
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> > Yes: set up the maths font used for $7$ accordingly. (In TeX text and
> > maths fonts are different.)
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> > Some like the difference of shape between a text 7 and and a maths 7. If
> > you are not among them, then simply save some $!
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> Thanks for this answer. It is not too nice if you have to write:
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> Multiply 5 by 7: $7\times 5 = 35$
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> I will manage something..

I read somewhere that Linux Libertine developers are working on an
OpenType math font, may be there is a beta release somewhere. When such
font is available you can use it with unicode-math package and get your
math set in Linux Libertine as well.

Regards,
 Khaled

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 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
 Free font developer