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Re: XeTeX 0.99 released

On 8 Dec 2005, at 10:04 pm, Peter Dyballa wrote: Am 08.12.2005 um 19:12 schrieb Jonathan Kew: May I ask what OS version you're running, by the way? Hello! Here on Panther, Mac OS X 10.3.9, the ThreeKingdomsCh1 are only rotated. The text is now wider than high. The important lines: \newif\ifVertical \Verticaltrue \def\V{:vertical} % for font defs \font\punc="BiauKai\V" at 12pt The fonts are (from Unicode Font Info and AAT-info.tex): BiauKai; 4.1d1e1; Thu, Mar 6, 2003 -- no AAT variations but some features STXihei; 4.1d3e1; Fri, July 18, 2003 -- no AAT features or variations STKaiti; 4.1d3; Fri, Aug. 1, 2003 -- no AAT features or variations A little snapshot: <pastedGraphic1.tiff> Ah, this looks like what I saw on my Panther machine earlier today. Does adding "/AAT" to the font names fix it? E.g., \def\V{/AAT:vertical} ....etc. JK

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OT: Typography: Any recommendations for a good read?

Hello, Christmas break is about to begin, and I'm eager to get some insight into typography, the art behind TeX. I like to read TugBoat but it's rather a collection of good articles, I'd prefer a well written book to get a thorough introduction. Can anybody recommend anything for me? Merry Christmas and a happy new year, Bernd.

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Re: XeTeX 0.99 released

On 8 Dec 2005, at 10:04 pm, Peter Dyballa wrote: Am 08.12.2005 um 19:12 schrieb Jonathan Kew: May I ask what OS version you're running, by the way? Hello! Here on Panther, Mac OS X 10.3.9, the ThreeKingdomsCh1 are only rotated. The text is now wider than high. The important lines: \newif\ifVertical \Verticaltrue \def\V{:vertical} % for font defs \font\punc="BiauKai\V" at 12pt The fonts are (from Unicode Font Info and AAT-info.tex): BiauKai; 4.1d1e1; Thu, Mar 6, 2003 -- no AAT variations but some features STXihei; 4.1d3e1; Fri, July 18, 2003 -- no AAT features or variations STKaiti; 4.1d3; Fri, Aug. 1, 2003 -- no AAT features or variations A little snapshot: <pastedGraphic1.tiff> Ah, this looks like what I saw on my Panther machine earlier today. Does adding "/AAT" to the font names fix it? E.g., \def\V{/AAT:vertical} ....etc. JK

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Re: XeTeX 0.99 released

On 07/12/2005, at 21:58 , Jonathan Kew wrote: On 7 Dec 2005, at 1:40 am, Will Robertson wrote: I'm trying to think why I wanted \ifXeTeXfontexists. And off the top of my head I really have no clue. Do you think it's a good idea? Your other option is actually doing a \font\x="...." (with the interaction set to \batchmode, to avoid error messages) and then testing whether the resulting font selector is associated with nullfont. But I suppose a built-in \ifXeTeXfontexists test might be more efficient. I'll think about it. If you can remember why you wanted it, let me know what sort of scenario is involved. Yeah, I remember your batchmode hack, and didn't like it very much because I couldn't get it working! (Obviously user error, though, since it clearly works for you.) I remember what I was going to use it for -- trying to "randomly" query extra fonts in a family to add to the LaTeX NFSS tables. E.g., when \fontspec-ing Adobe Garamond Pro, it could ping "Adobe Garamond Pro Semibold" (along with a bunch of others) and realise "ah-ha!" and add that to the family under the "sb" series. If there were a cleverer way of doing this (shouldn't families of fonts reference each other, or something, like they do for their optical sizing tables?), then that would be a much more elegant way of doing things. Will