[XeTeX] Vertical Japanese in memoir with fontspec

[Michiel Kamermans]

Hi Pander,

> I'm very content with memoir compared to where I started out with 
> article and book. But the main focus is XeLaTeX and fontspec and what 
> needs to be done to fix the outstanding bugs.
>
> Looking forward to your reply on the .tex I've sent you.

Two things - Don't use math mode to emulat macrons when you're using a 
fully unicode aware version of TeX, just use ō and make sure you have a 
font that supports it =) You can even use XeTeX's interchar behaviour to 
make it switch fonts specifically for ō alone (to DejaVu or 
FreeSans/FreeSerif, for instance). Second, I ran in trouble relying on 
ruby for horizontal and vertical guide text. Instead, with the help of 
people on this list, I came up with custom commands for ruby, so the 
attached .tex file has some custom code (which can be tucked away in a 
.sty file of course) for doing both vertical writing and proper furigana 
in both modes.

Hope this helps.

- Mike
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