[XeTeX] IPA characters

Tobias Schoel liesdiedatei at googlemail.com
Sun Oct 16 22:04:53 CEST 2011


Most often, it's the name your system says. So if you have some 
Fontviewing software in your OS (lime specimen for linux), it's the name 
that software shows you.



Am 16.10.2011 20:33, schrieb Hendrik Maryns:
> Hi all,
>
> thanks for the tips.
>
> Op -10-01-37 20:59, Peter Dyballa schreef:
>>
>> Am 12.10.2011 um 16:28 schrieb Hendrik Maryns:
>>
>>> I want to use some IPA characters in my document
>>
>> What you also need is to use a font for "printing" these IPA
>> characters that actually has them! Not all fonts have them. The
>> fontspec default font, Latin Modern, does not. Linux Libertine O/Linux
>> Biolinum O, the GNU Free Fonts, STIX General, XITS, Times New Roman
>> have them.
>
> I installed stix fonts, but how do I call it in fontspec?
>
> The texdoc contains the ominous words: “TODO: add explanation for how to
> find out what the ‘font name’ is.”
>
> I am on openSUSE 11.4.
>
> \setmainfont{STIX General}
> does not work (fontspec error: "font-not-found")
>
> Generally: how to now what to put in there?
>
> The problem is solved with Linux Biolinum O, but I do not like that font
> very much.
>
> Thanks!
> H.


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