Re: XeTeX and OpenType LM

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> On 2/2/07, Hans Hagen wrote:
>   
>> Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>     
>>> ... much much text .. begging for []'s ...
>>>
>>>       
>> How about this ... no quotes in specs, only file: or name: in front of
>> the name, and for xetex we default to filenames using file:
>>     
>
> I would default to "name:"
>   
no, because that way we can use existing context typescripts and i'm not 
going to add a complete extra set now (clows down too much); so, if 
names are used prefix it with name:
>
> I need to try to run these, but I like the syntax. Although it would
> probably make sense to default to "name" (so: no brackets,
> \def\fontfilesome#1{"#1"}) under XeTeX. Those fonts that come as .otf
> are relatively rare and for those (I have Polish fonts in mind)
> ConTeXt can provide ready typescripts with "file:" prefix. I assume
> that for most users it would be an overhead having to write "name:"
> for each single font that they want to use, and most such fonts are
> probably installed on the system.
>
> There is one more thing though. I'm taking these from Adam's notes on the wiki:
>
> \definefontsynonym
>     [DidotCaps]
>     ['Didot:mapping=tex-text;
>          Letter Case=Small Capitals;Ligatures=!Common Ligatures']
>     [encoding=uc]
>   
that will be done differently, with a features key: 
\definefont[...][...][features=]

and lowlevel that one will be xetex'd or luatex'd

Hans


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