[XeTeX] XeTeX, fontspec, OTF, and fontdimens

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 20.02.2011 um 02:12 schrieb mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca:

> However, if I use XeTeX's default Computer Modern typewriter font by  
> means
> of the \ttfamily macro, without loading fontspec, then the spaces  
> scale
> and are not stretchable by default; it's resetting the fontdimens on  
> every
> size change but that's not a problem because the defaults are correct.
> Loading fontspec causes it to use Latin Modern and we're back where we
> started.

XeTeX' Computer Modern default is actually Latin Modern. Without  
fontspec it loads the PostScript variants of Computer Modern. Latin  
Modern is constructed as an OpenType font, PostScript based, to act  
exactly like CM.

>> A fix is desirable – have you tested zhspacing
>> (http://code.google.com/p/zhspacing/)? Maybe it has a solution for  
>> you...
>
> The "everysel" package seems to be the best fit so far.  zhspacing  
> may be
> useful for other reasons, but it seems its main purpose is for  
> controlling
> the spacing within runs of CJK text, where interword spaces aren't  
> used
> anyway.  The issue I'm facing involves interword spaces in segments of
> English in a mixed document.  I also couldn't get zhspacing to load at
> first attempt - it seems to require a Chinese font called SimSun  
> which I
> don't have - but it may be possible to configure it to use something  
> else.


This SimSun is an MS Windows font. I've seen free variants. The Latin  
glyphs have serifs, the Chinese glyphs could be Song.

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   Pete

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