[XeTeX] XeTeX/xdvipdfmx: PDF text copying with double encoded fonts

[Jiang Jiang]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 12:38 AM Akira Kakuto <kakuto at fuk.kindai.ac.jp>
wrote:

> Dear Jiang,
>
> > There has been a report
> >
> > https://github.com/CTeX-org/ctex-kit/issues/286
>
> % XeTeX
> \XeTeXgenerateactualtext=1
> \font\1="Source Han Sans SC"
> \font\2="Source Han Serif SC"
> \font\3="Microsoft YaHei"
>
> {\1 孤立子 ABC} \par
> {\2 孤立子 ABC} \par
> {\3 孤立子 ABC} \par
>
> \bye
>
> I tested the above example on Windows 7.
> Used fonts are
> (1) SourceHanSansSC-Regular.otf
> (2) SourceHanSerifSC-Regular.otf
> (3) msyh.ttf
>
> I'm afraid that I don't understand the problem correctly.
> My Results:
>
> In the case of \XeTeXgenerateactualtext=0, copy&paste
> is wrong for "立" in fonts (1) and (2), in Adobe Reader DC.
> In the case of \XeTeXgenerateactualtext=1, copy&pase
> is OK in Adobe Reader DC for all fonts (1), (2) and (3).


Thank you for trying this, that's what I thought, do you mind sending me
the PDF file generated with \XeTeXgenerateactualtext=1? Chances are the
originator didn't use it properly.

- Jiang


>
> Best,
> Akira
>
>
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