[XeTeX] Combined \textsubscript and unicode character does not work.

[Alan Munn]

On Nov 22, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:

> Hello fellow Xe(La)TeX users,
>
> Would someone happen to know why the following does not work as  
> intended in a XeLaTeX document?
>
> P\textsubscript{\textepsilon}
>
> Well, it does print Pɛ, but notice the epsilon is not in subscript.  
> This behaviour affect any unicode character.
>
You'll need to tell us more.  The following document works as  
advertised.  -Alan


% !TEX TS-program = XeLaTeX
\listfiles
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Linux Libertine}
\begin{document}
P\textsubscript{\textepsilon}
\end{document}

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fontspec.sty    2010/11/07 v2.1d Advanced font selection for XeLaTeX/ 
LuaLaTeX
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XeLaTeX/Lu
aLaTeX
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xunicode.sty    2010/05/18 v0.95 provides access to latin accents and  
many othe
r characters in Unicode lower plane
fontspec.cfg
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Alan Munn
amunn at gmx.com