Re: first steps with XeTeX

[Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net>]

Am 2008-04-06 um 04:35 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>> Since I need to typeset some names with characters outside of ec
>>  encoding, I'm just checking out XeTeX.
>>
>>  - first threshold:
>>  If you have \setupoutput[pdftex] in cont-sys.tex, it doesn't  
>> work. ;-)
>>  (Complains "you should use pdftex binaries".)
>
> Since texmfstart era, pdf is the default output format anyway, so you
> really need to try hard to produce dvi. Simply remove
> \setupoutput[pdftex] (why do you need it there?)

Seems I don't need it - I just don't change my cont-sys.tex as long  
as I don't run into trouble.
Since I use ConTeXt since 1999 now, there may be some unneeded  
settings. ;-)
But in that days (at least before XeTeX/luaTeX) it wasn't so easy to  
find a working configuration.

>>  - second threshold:
>>  Adapt your typescripts. Since I use TeX Gyre anyway, that was no
>>  problem. (Is there still no complete type-gyr.tex in the
>>  distribution? I couldn't find it.)
>
> TeX Gyre typescripts are loaded by default when you use XeTeX or
> LuaTeX. See type-otf.tex
>
>>  - third threshold (standing there):
>>  XeTeX can't read tagged PDFs. For I typeset proceedings, I must
>>  include a lot of pages from presentation PDFs. And even if I'd call
>>  myself a PDF professional, I didn't find a way to delete all tags
>>  from a PDF.
>
> Did you try to convert the PDF to 1.4 (with Adobe Professional for  
> example)?

Yes, even 1.3. Tried optimizing (that *should* delete all unnecessary  
cruft).
It seems possible to delete tags with one of the TouchUp tools, but  
the PDF stays "tagged" anyway.

> Else you need to ask on the XeTeX mailing list. (But indeed: why not
> trying out LuaTeX?)

I'm too lazy to recompile my binaries all the time; my old Mac is  
rather slow...

>>  Tomorrow I'll try to use an additional PostScript font - is that  
>> even
>>  possible? Otherwise I must convert it to OpenType.
>
> It is, but which OS and what kind of PostScript font are you using?
> Mac type of PostScript fonts doesn't work (or better: it only works
> with xdv2pdf, which isn't supported in ConTeXt any more). You can use
> the "windows type" Type1 fonts (i.e. just the normal .pfb files). That
> should work on any system, but on Mac you need to reference it by
> filename. Font name won't work.

Ok, thanks.
I guess I could have found out on my own, but was too tired yesterday...
I knew that resource fork fonts don't work.
But I installed all necessary fonts for pdfTeX anyway.
Lots of them, back in 2004/2005, see my typescripts collection:
http://www.fiee.net/texnique/?menu=0-1-4&lang=en


BTW: I'd love to come to the gathering in Slovenija, but I must  
typeset my main project (a monthly city magazine) at that time.


Greetlings from Lake Constance!
Hraban
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