[XeTeX] using different fonts for one language (Syriac)

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Thu, 2 Sep 2010 09:26:28 -0500 schrieb Adam McCollum:

> Dear list members,
> 
> I'm working on a document with Syriac text and I need to use two  
> different fonts. As some of you probably know, there are three  
> different scripts used for Syriac; 

Well no ;-)

> I am mostly using Serto, but I also  
> need to put a few things in Estrangela. I suppose there is a way to do  
> this, but I don't know what it is.

Text with "western script" can easily use different fonts or
variants: You can change the family (\ttfamily, \sffamily,...) or
switch to a variant with \itshape. Similar things can naturally be
done with other scripts too. Check the fontspec documentation for
ideas. 



-- 
Ulrike Fischer