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

[Adam McCollum]

Dear Gareth,

Many thanks! This works perfectly, and I've learned something new!

Cheers,

Adam

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Gareth Hughes <garzohugo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Adam,
>
> I've been thinking of writing a XeLaTeX package for Syriac that would
> deal with this and other issues.
>
> I would choose one Syriac font as my main Syriac font (Serto in your
> case), and others as exceptions. Then use polyglossia to set up the main
> Syriac font, thus:
>
> \usepackage{polyglossia}
> \setmainlanguage{syriac}% or use \setotherlanguage if your main language
> is something other.
> \newfontfamily\syriacfont[Script=Syriac]{Serto Jerusalem}
>
> Then you need some code to set up Estrangelo:
>
> \newfontfamily\estrangelofont[Script=Syriac]{Estrangelo Edessa}
> \newcommand{\textestrangelo}[1]{\textsyriac{\estrangelofont #1}}
> \newenvironment{estrangelo}{\begin{syriac}\estrangelofont}{\end{syriac}}
>
> Now, you have a command, \textestrangelo{ܫܠܡܐ}, that will render
> Estrangelo text, and an environment,
> \begin{estrangelo}...\end{estrangelo}, for longer pieces of text.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Gareth.
>
> Adam McCollum wrote:
> > 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; 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.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help!
> >
> > Adam McCollum
>
>
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