URLs set with lining figures regardless font settings

Question

I’ve noticed during my XeLaTeX typesetting with hyperref package that since not so long ago, URLs (using \url) have been typed in lining figures (as opposed to the oldstyle figures) whatever my setting for default body font is.

I think that this was done for good reason to improve the readability of the URLs. Nevertheless, can this actually be easily changed if I want to have all figures in my text back to oldstyle, including those in the URLs?

Answer 1

You can use the command '\urlstyle`.

Compile the following with XeLaTeX:

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[Numbers={Monospaced,OldStyle}]{Minion Pro}
\setmonofont[Scale=0.89]{DejaVu Sans Mono}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{document}
\url{/the/path/to/my/File123/890}

\urlstyle{rm}
\url{/the/path/to/my/File123/890}
\end{document} 

You'll get: