From: Marco <netuse@lavabit.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Difference between MKII, XeTeX and MKIV
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:49:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110314224913.09170743@glyph> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikF_nbtqDkPZ8gJYVwZ--XxVYf_KeY8ndi9zTjY@mail.gmail.com>
On 2011-03-14 Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> > xetex:
> > + system fonts are easily accessible
> > - no protrusion, no font expansion
>
> I never tried to use them, but I thought that Han The Thanh [please
> add the accents] added that to XeTeX semi-recently
> (http://scripts.sil.org/svn-view/xetex/TRUNK/, the last comment 8
> months ago: "merged microtype branch to trunk").
I don't follow xetex development any more, so my information was outdated.
Thanks for the correction.
> > luatex:
> > + protrusion, font expansion, easy access of system fonts, scripting
> > language included, fast with mplib
> > - in general much slower
>
> ... depending on whether "in general" includes metapost or not. A
> speed factor of ten (faster) is nothing unusual for luatex when many
> metapost graphics come into play.
I totally agree. But Cecil mentioned in another thread: »My document is mostly
text.« Even if a few mp graphics are involved luatex is still noticeably
slower.
Marco
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-14 17:22 Cecil Westerhof
2011-03-14 18:13 ` Marco
2011-03-14 18:26 ` Cecil Westerhof
2011-03-14 18:44 ` Marco
2011-03-14 19:31 ` Mojca Miklavec
2011-03-14 21:49 ` Marco [this message]
2011-03-18 2:54 ` mathew
2011-03-18 10:02 ` Hans Hagen
2011-03-14 18:52 ` Hans Hagen
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