[XeTeX] new use of alternate glyphs and how to turn them off

[Nikos Platis]

If these are contextual alternates (you can try the option
Contextuals=NoAlternate for fontspec), then it seems that xetex
included in TL2010 uses them by default. I have noticed the same thing
using the latest Microsoft fonts (Candara etc.) for Greek texts -- and
it is not a matter of fontspec.

If this is indeed the case, I am not sure this behaviour is welcome:
first, this is not what used to happen before TL2010, so many
documents will now produce different results; and second, these forms
are actually "alternates" and should really not be the defaults!

Nikos Platis



On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 23:17, Fr. Michael Gilmary
<FrMichaelGilmary at maronitemonks.org> wrote:
> Hi Everyone:
>
> I've noticed that since installing MacTeX2010, some alternate glyphs are
> selected without my permission! They're lovely, to be sure, but it's really
> a control issue for me ....
>
> Is this a new feature of fontspec? or ?
>
> Here's the example from a document compiled some time ago (June of 09 ...
> which was TL08) and you'll see the difference with the capital Q.
>
> I haven't noticed any other changes. This is loaded with:
>
> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
> \setmainfont[Numbers={Proportional,OldStyle}]{Garamond Premier Pro}
>
> The Q alternate only has a GID and no unicode point.
>
> otfinfo -v GaramondPremrPro.otf
> Version 2.000;PS 2.000;hotconv 1.0.50;makeotf.lib2.0.16970
>
> TIA.
>
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