Re: showfont with xetex (syntax changed?)

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Mojca Miklavec wrote:

> But generally, LuaTeX is much more suitable for such previews (only
> that there might be no "newshowfont" available yet - writing one is
> doable if you know what you're interested in).
>  
> My two cents: ConTeXt currenty uses
>     smcp=yes,script=latn,onum=yes,liga=yes...
> while fontspec uses either
>     Letters=SmallCaps
>     Script=Latin
>     Numbers=OldStyle
>     Ligatures=Common
> or the same raw names as above. I would prefer the "human-readable"
> names as in fontspec, but ... well, the font calling mechanisms really
> need to improve in my opinion.

> What fontspec achieves in one line like (copying from XeTeX list):
>     \setmainfont[Script=Devanagari]{Sanskrit 2003}
> needs dozens of lines in ConTeXt (definefontfeature, define
> typescripts in two steps, ... brrrr)
> 
> So in case that some more features in XeTeX/LuaTeX change, do not be
> surprised too much ...

keep in mind that xetex and mkiv support will not be the same in all 
those aspects; i more or less expect users to use one or the other 
engine and then become familiar with its specific interfaces

anyhow, a next version of mkiv will support more verbose options,

script=slovenian
smallcaps=true

basically anything in the script, language and feature hashes 
(lowercased and de-spaced when compared)

something numbers=oldstyle could be supported but i see no real reason 
for it since then we end up in endless lists of possibilities (given all 
kind of combinations)

Hans

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