[XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort

[Axel Kielhorn]

Am 26.09.2010 um 01:17 schrieb Peter Dyballa:

> Instead of the not included DejaVu font family you might like to mention GNU Free fonts or Linux Libertine/Biolinum O, which are included in TeX Live.

You have a point here, I'll switch to Linux Libertine.

> Some operating systems or application offer "input systems" or "input methods" which allow to enter non-standard characters.
> 
> XeTeX also supports UTF-16 encodings. \XeTeXdefaultencoding{CharsetName} and \XeTeXinputencoding{CharsetName} can set many others.

IIRC anything but UTF-8 and UTF-16 is strongly discouraged.

> Me, I don't know of any font that switches typographic conventions based on the script and language selected, what usually happens is that a different set features is activated for the selected combination.

> GNU Emacs offers input methods. One of them, always available, is C-q <some number>, and the number can be octal, decimal, or hexadecimal.

You just have to memorize the Unicodecode:-)

> Don't forget to mention that XeTeX does not load any font files but relies on a (modern) system's "font service" to deliver them upon request!

The font loading is done by fontspec.

Axel