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Take the template.tex example file from http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/examples and add these two lines:

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setsansfont{Linux Biolinum O}

Then run it with lualatex. Suddenly these thick bars get really slim. Why is that?

change in line thickness

Example:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}  
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setsansfont[Ligatures=TeX]{Linux Biolinum O}

\moderncvstyle{casual}        
\moderncvcolor{blue}          
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}


% personal data
\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\title{Resumé title (optional)}               
\address{street and number}{postcode city}   

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\section{Education}
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{\textit{Grade}}{Description}  
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{\textit{Grade}}{Description}


\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{publications}             

\end{document}
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Minimal Example: paste.ideaslabs.com/show/zVgB7cbSWD – bioslime Mar 21 '12 at 17:40
Weird, your mwe looks fine for me with either Biolinum or Libertine. – ArTourter Mar 21 '12 at 17:49
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Now im confused. I use MacOSx & TexShop (MacTex Bundle). Simply switching from Lulatex (wired slim bar) to Xelatex (everythings fine) causes the difference. – bioslime Mar 21 '12 at 17:54
This has nothing to do with moderncv in particular. I've posted a minimal example as an answer (although it's not exactly.) – Alan Munn Mar 21 '12 at 19:37

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Here's a more minimal example. The problem is that LuaTeX and XeTeX use different methods for finding fonts, and as a result, LuaTeX is finding the version of the font which is in /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/libertine/ while XeLaTeX is finding the font in /Library/Fonts. If we load the font using its actual filename (which is possible with LuaTeX) the correct behaviour can be seen depending on the name of the font:

Given that the version in TeXLive is newer than the one (that I have) in /Library/Fonts/, it seems that the newer font is the one with the incorrect behaviour.

% !TEX TS-program = LuaLaTeX


\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\begin{document}    
\fontspec{LinBiolinum_Re-0.6.4}
Biolinum in \texttt{/Library/Fonts}

\rule{1in}{1ex}
\rule{1in}{4.5pt}

\fontspec{LinBiolinum_R}
Biolinum in \texttt{/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/libertine/}

\rule{1in}{1ex}
\rule{1in}{4.5pt}
\end{document}

output of code

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Works fine for me, but I remember that there was a libertine version where the ex-values were faulty. – Ulrike Fischer Mar 21 '12 at 19:56
@Ulrike What versions of the fonts do you have? – Alan Munn Mar 21 '12 at 20:04
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@Alan Thanks, that clarifies a lot. Wicked thing is that the texlive2011 version appears to be the newest. The newest package (LinLibertineOTF_5.1.3_2011_06_21.tgz) from sourceforge shows up in Apples Font Book as -> FontForge 2.0 : Linux Biolinum O : 21-6-2011. And this version results in the thin/thick effect. – bioslime Mar 21 '12 at 20:55
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Apparently the problem persists for quite a while now. This might come in handy: latex-my.blogspot.de/2011/10/… – bioslime Mar 21 '12 at 21:01
up vote 5 down vote 
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setsansfont[Ligatures=TeX]{Linux Biolinum O}

If you have an old TeX system (for instance, TeX Live 2009), you may need to change it into

\setsansfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Linux Biolinum O}

The Ligatures=TeX option makes XeTeX recognize the standard ligatures -- --- `` '' and some others.

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Ah tanks, yet i actually care about the blue line besides the blue text. With other fonts it stays thick, yet gets really slim with Biolinum. – bioslime Mar 21 '12 at 17:32
@bioslime Please, add a minimal example of code. – egreg Mar 21 '12 at 17:34
Just added @ my first post. Simply change the font from "Linux Biolinum O" to e.g. "Linux Libertine O" and see the difference. – bioslime Mar 21 '12 at 17:42

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