[XeTeX] fontspec loading the wrong font?

[Daniel Greenhoe]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au> wrote:
> try doing some detailed tracing, using  \tracingall

Thank you for your help. I did try it with the \tracingall directive.
However, the compilation crashes with message
! Undefined control sequence.
l.85   GNU FreeSerif:           & \fntFreeSerif

Maybe the log file would still be helpful to someone; but it is huge
(about 2.4MByte), so I won't attach it to this email. If anyone wants
the file, I can email it or put it on a publicly accessible server.

Dan


On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au> wrote:
> Hello Daniel,
>
> On 16/12/2011, at 8:43 AM, Daniel Greenhoe wrote:
>
>> I have run into a very strange problem when using fontspec and trying
>> to test a new experimental version of GNU FreeSerif. In particular,
>> suppose I try labeling the old FreeSerif as \fntFreeSerif and the new
>> experimental FreeSerif as \fntFreeSerifx like this:
>
> try doing some detailed tracing, using  \tracingall
>
> {\tracingall % detailed trace of just the next 2 top-level commands
>> \newfontfamily{\fntFreeSerif}[
>>   ExternalLocation,
>>   Path           = {/xfonts/gnuFreeFont/},
>>   Extension      = {.otf},
>>   UprightFont    = {*},
>>   BoldFont       = {*Bold},
>>   ItalicFont     = {*Italic},
>>   BoldItalicFont = {*BoldItalic},
>>   ]{FreeSerif}
>>
>> \newfontfamily{\fntFreeSerifx}[
>>  ExternalLocation,
>>  Path           = {/xfonts/gnuFreeFont/2011dec12/},
>>  Extension      = {.ttf},
>>  UprightFont    = {*},
>>  BoldFont       = {*Bold},
>>  ItalicFont     = {*Italic},
>>  BoldItalicFont = {*BoldItalic},
>>  ]{FreeSerif}
> } % closing delimiter to restrict the scope of \tracingall
>
>
> Then study the .log file output.
> There will be *masses* of extra output lines, most of which
> is quite irrelevant to your needs.
> nevertheless, you may be able to spot where something is obviously
> Not how you would like it to be.
>
>>
>> Then XeLaTeX seems to get confused and does not seem to find the new
>> \fntFreeSerifx font, but is maybe using \fntFreeSerif or another
>> version of FreeSerif, perhaps one in my Texlive setup.
>>
>> In the log file, both fonts are assigned the same label FreeSerif(0):
>>
>> . Font family 'FreeSerif(0)' created for font 'FreeSerif' with options [
>> . ExternalLocation, Path = {/xfonts/gnuFreeFont/}, Extension = {.otf},
>> . UprightFont = {*}, BoldFont = {*Bold}, ItalicFont = {*Italic},
>> . BoldItalicFont = {*BoldItalic}, ].
>>
>> . Font family 'FreeSerif(0)' created for font 'FreeSerif' with options [
>> . ExternalLocation, Path = {/xfonts/gnuFreeFont/2011dec12/}, Extension =
>> . {.ttf}, UprightFont = {*}, BoldFont = {*Bold}, ItalicFont = {*Italic},
>> . BoldItalicFont = {*BoldItalic}, ].
>>
>>
>> But if I comment out any *one* (or all four) of the shape directive
>> lines like this
>>
>> \newfontfamily{\fntFreeSerifx}[
>>  ExternalLocation,
>>  Path           = {/xfonts/gnuFreeFont/2011dec12/},
>>  Extension      = {.ttf},
>>   UprightFont    = {*},
>>   BoldFont       = {*Bold},
>>   ItalicFont     = {*Italic},
>> %   BoldItalicFont = {*BoldItalic},
>>  ]{FreeSerif}
>>
>> then the problem goes away, and the two fonts are given different labels:
>>
>> . Font family 'FreeSerif(0)' created for font 'FreeSerif' with options [
>> . ExternalLocation, Path = {/xfonts/gnuFreeFont/}, Extension = {.otf},
>> . UprightFont = {*}, BoldFont = {*Bold}, ItalicFont = {*Italic},
>> . BoldItalicFont = {*BoldItalic}, ].
>>
>> . Font family 'FreeSerif(1)' created for font 'FreeSerif' with options [
>> . ExternalLocation, Path = {/xfonts/gnuFreeFont/2011dec12/}, Extension =
>> . {.ttf}, UprightFont = {*}, BoldFont = {*Bold}, ItalicFont = {*Italic}, ].
>>
>> Is this something I am doing wrong, a fontspec bug, or a problem with
>> FreeSerif and variants?
>
> The .log output using  \tracingall  may offer some clues to help
> someone to answer this question.
>
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> Dan
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>        Ross
>
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