[XeTeX] bug with +embolden in TrueType (again)

[Jonathan Kew]

Hi Pablo,

Sorry for the lack of response; I did see your message, but have not had a chance to track down the problem. It sounds like an issue with how xdvipdfmx keeps track of fonts.

(Of course, if anyone out there cares to investigate and come up with a patch, that would be awesome!)

JK

On 14 Jan 2010, at 18:19, Pablo Rodríguez wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I'm reporting this issue again, since I'm afraid last message went
> unnoticed.
> 
> For some strange reason, when using the +embolden feature in fonts with
> TrueType outlines and changing sizes the font is embedded as many times
> as the font size changes. I guess this might be a bug.
> 
> This doesn't happen in fonts with PostScript outlines.
> 
> A minimal sample:
> 
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{fontspec}
> \setmainfont[FakeBold=2]{ChopinScript}
> \begin{document}
> hi \textbf{hi}{\large hi \textbf{hi}}{\small hi \textbf{hi}}{\tiny hi
> \textbf{hi}}{\Large hi \textbf{hi}}{\huge hi \textbf{hi}}
> \end{document}
> 
> I hope it helps,
> 
> 
> Pablo
> 
> 
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