{fontspec} is a package for loading {opentype} fonts in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX.
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XeLaTeX / XeTeX — fontspec and ornaments/dingbats [duplicate]
I would like to know if it is possible to use the ornaments contained in a font like Minion Pro from Adobe. I'm using XeLaTeX and fontspec (or mathspec), but I don't find information on ornaments in ...
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Is there a way to use different local font files for different font size in fontspec?
I am a big lover of the EB-Garamond fonts by Georg Duffner. As of now, he has made two sets of font files, EB-Garamond-8 and EB-Garamond-12, respectively for “design size 8pt” and “design size 12pt”. ...
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Problem while compiling template CV with: ' fontspec error: “font-not-found”'
I have somme problem while I'm trying to compile template CV from: http://www.latextemplates.com/template/friggeri-resume-cv .
I have install texlive-full package on Ubuntu and tryied to compiled this ...
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luatex 0.76 failed to generate some ligatures [closed]
I installed texlive 2013 today. After installation, luatex cannot generate ligatures for "fi fl ff", but it can for `` '' ---. xetex works perfectly here, after update.
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
...
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Ligatures in (Graphite) TrueType fonts
When using ConTeXt MkIV (i.e. with the LuaTeX engine), I’ve noticed that ligatures don’t work properly for some TrueType fonts, even though they do work in LuaLaTeX or even LibreOffice. As far as I ...
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Ferial class option of evweek does not work with fontspec
I am trying to produce a two page weekly calendar using package evweek with the class option ferial.
The following file works fine:
\documentclass[a4paper,ferial]{evweek}
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How to substitute one glyph sequence for another with OTF feature files in LuaTeX?
I am trying to do some sequence-for-sequence glyph replacement. As far as I can tell from the Adobe spec, the LHS and RHS of a "sub … by …" rule cannot both contain multiple glyphs; and in any case, ...
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Replace all standard LaTeX fonts with [arbitrary fonts] for journal submission
A physics journal I'm submitting to requests that image files not contain any non-standard fonts. Standard fonts, as far as they are concerned, are: Times-Roman, Times-Italic, Times-Bold, ...
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Solving an unexpected interaction between ebgaramond and Franklin Gothic
Here's my MWE, and its output (XeLaTeX, TeXLive 2012 latest, Windows 7):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{ebgaramond} %%% <== This one
\setsansfont[%
]{ITC ...
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Creating my own font map for use with XeLaTeX [duplicate]
I want to create my own font map for use with XeLaTeX. What I want to do is what Natror is doing with the medial long S in his answer to this question:
Trouble with contextuals in LuaLaTeX with ...
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Changing the Greek math font with mathspec
I've recently changed from pdftex to xetex to be able to write documents in Bembo Std but I'm not quite there yet. While trying to typeset some notes from one of my classes, I tried to typeset Greek ...
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Does XeLaTeX automatically select optical sizes for a given font, if available?
I've been intrigued by a great feature of XeLaTeX (perhaps it was already a feature of (La)TeX) for a long time -- its ability to automatically select the appropriate optical size of a font for a ...
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1answer
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Localise appendix numbering?
I'm using XeLaTeX with fontspec. I write Russian document and get appendix numbered with latin letters:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec} % enables loading of {True/Open}Type fonts
...
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Libertine Mono and lualatex
Using lualatex on latest TeXLive 2012 I am not able to select Libertine Mono by its full name via fontspec. luaotfload is finding the font and it is written into ...
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How do I create a visually pleasing tree hierarchy from a difficult to read CSV File (MySQL Export)?
Ok here is the deal: I am working on an endangered language project. The data is contained in a MySQL database. I can run a query to produce a hierarchy, but the hierarchy is difficult for humans to ...
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telling luaotfload where to look for fonts
The documentation of luaotfload states that on Linux fontconfig is used to find the font locations. However all fonts I install in /usr/share/local/fonts edit: /usr/local/share/fonts(as I don't want ...
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1answer
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Russian language within figure captions in unicode-aware systems [duplicate]
When I try to compile the following document caption package seem to convert caption text to \cyr.. sequences and fontspec don't understand them. Is it possible do somehow get around that without ...
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Strange interaction between fontspec, lua and pgfplots
While trying to combine some Lua code with plots written in pgfplots something went completely wrong. I have no idea what causes the problem, as the error message is a bit opaque to me. Here is the ...
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Accent positioning on 'oe' character with feature file in fontspec
There is no accented glyph for the 'oe' character in Linux Libertine. When trying to form this character, the (acute) accent is centred over the 'e' half. I'm trying to get the accent over the centre ...
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Using multiple system fonts
I'd like to use 3-4 different specific system fonts (e.g., Georgia, HelveticaNeui Light, and Lucida Sans) with certain font sizes for different sections of a page. How would I do this?
Edit: Thanks ...
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How to use \checkmark and Cambria Math?
In a document I need to use Cambria Math but at the same time be able to use \checkmark for an itemize environment. But as soon as I load unicode-math the checkmark disappears. Is there a work around ...
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Loading URW Garamond in TeX Live 2012 with fontspec
I can use URW Garamond as follows:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage[urw-garamond]{mathdesign}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\textbf{Bold text} \\
Normal ...
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Load font from package directory using fontspec
I'm working on a LaTeX package (in fact it is a document class) that I want to make available for others to install in their texmf directory. In this package I'm setting up a default configuration for ...
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How to prevent combining a character?
"EB Garamond" font combines ʿ character and the preceding letter.
Consider following document:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{EB Garamond}
\begin{document}
aʿ bʿ cʿ dʿ ...
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Changing space between atoms in Chemabove
Consider this example:
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{chemfig}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\pdfmapline{+arial arial <8r.enc <sAarial.ttf}
\begin{document}
...
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Font Handling in XeTeX
Knuth's original Tex implementation uses TFM files to use font information for typesetting. Since XeTeX supports TrueType and OpenType fonts through fontspec package, how does it use these type of ...
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XeLaTeX Errors on Windows 7 [closed]
I'm trying to get a minimal XeLaTeX document to compile in Windows 7 with MiKTeX 2.9. I have updated all of my installed MikTeX packages and am still getting many errors during compilation.
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Bad interaction between fontspec and some lua code that performs string-related search and replace operations
I'm in the process of readying a LuaLaTeX package for "official" release to the CTAN, but I need to squash a few remaining bugs first. The bug described in this question concerns incorrect behavior of ...
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Change from old style numbers to lining numbers in lineno's linenumbers environment
I am using old style numbers in my document, but I prefer lining numbers in my line numbering environments (lineno's \linenumbers environment). How can I enforce this (without changing to another ...
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1answer
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Arabic bibliography with biblatex
I haven't found any mention of the possibility of inserting a bibliography entry with biblatex in Arabic script (Arabic in this case).
Is there any way I can do it?
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Punctuation in superscripting with Natbib in Xetex
I'm trying to use the achemso package for my bibliography and citations. I'm also trying to using Xetex to use the Minion Pro fonts. When I just typeset with LaTeX and do everything in Computer Modern ...
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List renders incorrectly
In output of following LaTeX markup, the list is rendered incorrectly. What is wrong with it?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\newfontfamily\faFont[Script=Arabic]{Tahoma}
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XeTeX font problem (font-not-found) on Mac OS X 10.8
I installed Gotham font by copying otf files to /Library/Fonts/Gotham. Although Font Book cannot show the installed Gotham font properly (characters are borken), but Font Validation was fine, and it ...
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Font problem with XeLaTeX
When trying to compile my .tex file using the xelatex command in TeXmaker (with MiKTeX), I get this error message:
! fontspec error: "font-not-found"
!
! The font "Linux Libertine O" cannot be ...
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Stuck with XeLaTeX fonts on Mountain Lion [closed]
I've been exploring XeLaTeX recently because I was interested in the, apparently, smoother font handling than offered by LaTeX/pdfLaTeX. However, I have yet to get a test document to compile even ...
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1answer
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How to catch missing font error and use another font?
I write a TeX-document on two PCs, the files are transferred via USB-Stick.
The document should be printed with a specific font.
For legal reaons the font is only available on one PC.
When I ...
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fontspec does not work correctly. MiKTeX portable, no admin rights
I am trying to set up a TeX System at work, where I have no admin rights. So I went for MiKTeX portable. It is "installed" on my Desktop. I want to use fontspec with XeLaTeX to be able to choose the ...
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Letterspacing/font expansion in LuaLaTeX
I am a few months into learning LaTeX. I would like to use microtype with LuaLaTeX and I would like to obtain letter spacing for my smallcaps. I've tried to follow some of the threads on the subject ...
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How to add LineFinal (falt) or WordFinal (fina) features to Garamond Premier Pro on XeLaTeX?
I'm still familiarizing myself with XeLaTeX and the fontspec package. I would like to access the OpenType feature LineFinal or WordFinal with the Garamond Premier Pro font from Adobe.
For example, I ...
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1answer
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xetex - myriad pro - want “bold” but not “bold condensed” font
Situation: I've got Myriad Pro included in xetex via:
\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Myriad Pro}
But when I use
\textbf{this is a test}
and see the result in Acrobat, I can see that I've gotten ...
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1answer
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Font Size Conversion
I am writing a document that is supposed to be typeset in Time New Roman or equivalent. The problem I have is that 12pt in font A is not the same as 12pt in font B. So is there a conversion table of ...
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Bembo, Bembo Book or Garamond Premier Pro? And how to exploit all their features with LuaLaTex?
I am allowed to use one of these fonts (or the three of them if I want) to edit a document.
Here is the list of the Bembo fonts I have :
Bembo-Bold.otf Bembo-ExtraBoldOsF.otf
...
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How to properly install and use a new font with LuaLaTeX?
I have problems trying to get new fonts to work when compiling with LuaLaTeX. I'm working on Mac and use TexShop (with the MacTeX package).
It goes like this:
I downloaded for example the Cardo ...
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fontspec: \setmainfont problem, bold/italic/bolditalic font error [closed]
A long time ago i posted about an error I occur when trying to set the mainfont using xelatex and the fontspec package, specifically the bold/italic/bolditalic fonts.
My previous post from 2011 is ...
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fontspec-color not working correctly with microtype package [closed]
If I use the fontspec package together with the microtype package, the color-feature of fontspec does only colarize the last line of the paragraph instead of the whole paragraph, as the grouped ...
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1answer
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Overriding `\bfseries` and `\itshape` to do special things for certain families
My problem arises from trying to work around the issue described in question 26276: I want to use SizeFeatures to explicitly select another family for small sizes, but this causes bold / italic / etc. ...
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Removing ligatures when using fontspec
This is a follow-up question to Currency symbol: French franc.
Consider the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\DeclareRobustCommand*{\myfranc}{%
...
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1answer
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LuaTeX error (font expansion): font has been expanded with different expansion step
I am suddenly getting the following error when trying to compile my document with LuaLaTeX and my simple question is: what does it mean?
LuaTeX error (font expansion): font has been expanded with ...
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Turn off fontspec's option Ligatures=TeX inside document
This question is in some ways similar to Display real apostrophe in parts of a document, but I am now asking about the possibility of performing a specific operation.
I can turn on the typical TeX ...
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Is LuaLaTeX producing faulty pdfs?
If I compile the following minimal code with LuaLaTeX I seem to get a faulty pdf:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Times New Roman}
\begin{document}
text
\end{document}
...
