[XeTeX] Is this a bug in xelatex/xdvipdfmx ?

[Zdenek Wagner]

2011/9/12  <rhino64 at postmail.ch>:
> Hi All,
>    Few years ago, I have bought few fonts type 1 from Bitstream. Even,
> if they are only type 1, they are sufficient for most of the documents
> I have to write.
>
> When I want to use them with all the TeX engines (pdflatex, lualatex, latex+dvips+ps2pdf)
> I get normal results. But when I try to use them with xelatex (and dvipdfmx), I get
> the following error message and the accented characters are not displayed.
>
A few days ago the very same error was reported in the TeX Live list
even for free Charter Bitstream and latex + dvipdfm. AFAIK there is no
solution yet.

> Error message:
> ** WARNING ** Obsolete four arguments of "endchar" will be used for Type 1 "seac" operator.
>
> In attachement, you will find a short example allowing to reproduce the problem, with
> few result (pdf files produced by the running of pdflatex, latex, xelatex, lualatex).
>
> In the attachment, only, the commercial type 1 font is not provided. I will give it however if needed
> to correct the problem, but I prefer not to distribute it too widely now.
>
> regards,
>
> rhino64
>
> ---------------------------------------Example of document--------------------------------------------
> \documentclass{article}                                                                                                                      │···············
> \usepackage{chianti} %this load a nice bitstream type1 font                                                                                  │···············
>                                                                                                                                             │···············
> %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} %for pdflatex                                                                                                  │···············
>                                                                                                                                             │···············
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}                                                                                                                     │···············
> \begin{document}                                                                                                                             │···············
> Une baleine, cétacé ? Non merci, c'est trop.                                                                                                 │···············
> \end{document}
>
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