Re: Some update woes on Linux

["Mojca Miklavec" <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>]

On 11/10/07, John Culleton wrote:
> On Saturday 10 November 2007 06:07:39 am Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> > On 11/9/07, Jeff Smith wrote:
> > > Hi again,
> >>When I run:
> > >
> > > fc-list
> > >
> > > I do see my fonts listed (after a fc-cache -f). What do I need more?
> >
> > You can either use
> >
> > \definetypeface[MyFace][rm][Xserif][Font Name]
> > \setupbodyfont[MyFace,12pt]
> >
>
> Ah, interesting.  And what exactly is the content of Font Name?  for example
> if fc-list displays:
> Bitstream Charter:style=Regular
>
> does that whole string go into the space for "Font Name"?

Unless it's broken this should work:
    \definetypeface[MyFace][rm][Xserif][Bitstream Charter]

> Here is a more complex example:
> DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Condensed:style=Condensed Bold Oblique,Bold Oblique
>
> I assume, perhaps wrongly, that this is in lieu of creating a typescript.

I don't know how it works in that case, I should test. Xserif uses
"/B", "/I" and "/BI" to get \bf, \it and \bi working. I have no idea
how XeTeX handles "condensed bold oblique", but I would guess that you
can provide
    \definetypeface[MyFace][rm][Xserif][DejaVu Sans Condensed]

> The whole subject raises interesting possibilities for straying off the
> traditional TeX reservation as far as font selection is concerned.
>
> I use the TeXLive distro, but with pdftex updated to
> pdfTeX 3.141592-1.40.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.6)

But you need XeTeX for that.

Mojca
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