{fontspec} is a package for loading {opentype} fonts in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX.
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How to suppress a “Rare” ligature that pre-empts a “Common” ligature for the same character pair?
In several documents I'm creating with LuaLaTeX (using MacTeX2012 on a Mac that's running MacOS X 10.7.5), I primarily use the Adobe-issued font Garamond Premier Pro as the main text font. I use this ...
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microtype settings for dummies
More than a year ago, a friend of mine was totally excited about microtype features in LaTeX. He was talking about it quite a bit and then said to me: "Show me your document, let me input some lines ...
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In lualatex, hyphenation doesn't seem to work for words that contain certain ligatures
It would seem that hyphenation does not work properly under LuaLaTeX if the hyphenation points occur at places where TeX inserts ligatures. Consider the following MWE, which (i) provides hyphenation ...
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Bad interaction between fontspec and some lua code that performs string-related search and replace operations
Update 2013/05/28: The selnolig package is now on the CTAN. Comments and critiques always welcome! If you wish to contact me about any aspects of the package, please use the email address that's given ...
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An example of changing kerning of a font in LuaLaTeX
LuaLaTeX, through the luaotfload package, is able to dynamically add and modify features and properties of a font. This is performed by using the FeatureFile option in fontspec when loading a font; ...
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How to automatically adjust the emdash length according to current language?
In Russian typography the emdash, which is typed as the ligature --- in LaTeX, is 20% shorter than the standard emdash. The babel package cares this difference so that --- prints a shorter emdash if ...
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How to get straight quotation marks?
How do I get straight quotation marks, i.e., " and ' in TeX? (No, \verb changes the font and this is unacceptable.)
[Edit] I forgot to mention that I’m using XeLaTeX, and fontspec is a necessity. ...
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Which Unicode fonts are available with grades/optical sizes comparable to Donald Knuth's awesome eight grades in Computer Modern Roman?
Which Unicode fonts are available with grades/optical sizes comparable to Donald Knuth's awesome eight grades in Computer Modern Roman?
It would be great to get at least 3 options!
This question is ...
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How to get Wikipedia W from Linux Libertine?
How can I get the Wikipedia-looking crossing-w from Linux Libertine font?
They talk about it on their homepage and in the wikipedia article, but I can't find an example of how to actually produce it.
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Does LaTeX automatically change fonts when switching between Title, Author, Date, and Body Text or sizes modifiers?
I have a question regarding the inner workings of the system. Let us assume that I am using the article class.
I cannot help but notice that the title seems to have a different look than the body ...
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How to scale Tikz drawings and text together?
I'm trying to build a diagram (a logo, actually) that I can scale easily through a parameter. I'd like to be able to scale both drawing and fonts through a single parameter.
Here's my current MWE, ...
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Load fonts that are in a ./fonts directory
I'm new to TeX. I have the following problem: How can I load a font from a file in a directory, which is located in the root of the project?
Say I have something like:
/project
/fonts
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Lualatex: Font table with examples
I wanted to create a table of the fonts on my machine with short examples of each. So I got the function below and tried to modify to print the font in its typeface. (LuaLatex)
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fontspec with Helvetica breaks quotes
The usual quoting with `` and '' doesn't work anymore after including this (which also changes the engine to XeTeX):
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Helvetica}
They are just printed verbatim in ...
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fontspec, lua, microtype: Renderer=Basic no longer working for specific font styles
You may have noticed that, as of now,* letterspacing small capitals is not as easy as it was in pdfTeX, where we could simply combine \textsc with microtype's \textls. Consider this example, which ...
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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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Parentheses differ (XeLaTeX, fontspec, newtxmath, libertine)
After Internal error: bad native font flag I stumbled upon another weird problem with the combination XeLaTeX/fontspec/Libertine/newtxmath:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[no-math]{fontspec}
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Bar plots in sans serif font
I want to typeset my bar plots with a sans serif font (using LuaTeX). I tried many options that I found searching the manual and the internet. None of them solved my problem---using different fonts ...
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Prevent LuaLaTeX from splitting umlauts
Here's a minimal example:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{fontspec}\setmainfont{Cambria}
\begin{document}aöz\end{document}
Compiling this into a PDF using lualatex and extracting the text using ...
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LuaLaTeX + fontspec: cannot compare documents with Acrobat
I use the option "compare documents" in Adobe Acrobat Pro a lot to highlight changes between revisions. What I just noticed is, if I compile a simple document such as the one below with LuaLaTeX + ...
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Fontspec: Palatino with small caps and old-style figures
For various reasons, I’m using the fontspec package.
However, I’d also like to use Palatino as the document’s main font, and I want to use it with small caps and old-style figures.
So I’ve got four ...
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TeX accents do not seem to work with fontspec and xe/lua/latex
I am using Minion Pro as mainfont and it does not have in its glyph table the character U+1E47 Latin small letter with dot below which I need only once in my document. Rather than change to another ...
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XeTeX warning: Redefining document command \oldstylenums with arg. spec. 'm'
I updated my MiKTeX to the newest version a few days ago, and after this when I compile documents with the fontspec package included, there's a warning. For example:
\documentclass{article}
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How can I access a specific glyph in LuaLaTeX/Fontspec?
The OTF version of Minion Pro contains several Dingbats glyphs I would like to access. Some of them are not unicode, so I can not just copy the specific unicode character I want to access into my text ...
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Executing a command after a package has been loaded
In my previous question I ended up with
\DeclareMathSymbol{:}{\mathpunct}{operators}{"3A}
But now I'm using the fontspec package which redefines : with \AtBeginDocument itself. So as my own ...
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How to enable ligatures for emdash/endash in LuaTeX ?
I cannot switch on ligatures for emdash (---) and endash (--) in LuaLaTeX. Here is my test file:
% !Mode:: "TeX:UTF-8"
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
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What math fonts are available that work in xelatex?
For LaTeX, we have the Font Catalogue which is a good resource for fonts available through LaTeX.
There doesn't appear to be a similar resource for Xe(La)TeX. So let's say I'm bored of computer ...
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Why use \DeclareTextFontCommand vs. just \newcommand?
Why should I use \DeclareTextFontCommand vs. just \newcommand?
In the answer to my previous question, @egreg said:
With \DeclareTextFontCommand you get a robust command that will remain
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Using TIPA with fontspec
I'm trying to write a document that will contain characters in many different scripts (for which I am using fontspec and rendering with xelatex) and IPA symbols (for which I am using TIPA). ...
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How does fontspec select fonts “by name”?
When loading a font by name, what is the search mechanism being used? How is the matching done? (It's marked TODO in the documentation)
I have many problems, for example: a "Hoefler Text Engraved" ...
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Towards a \ucshape and \textuc command for uppercase text (XeTeX, LuaTeX)
While we have \textit and \textsc, \itshape and \scshape etc., there's no \textuc and \ucshape to typeset its argument in uppercase. There is \MakeUppercase, but -- as uppercase is not a font style -- ...
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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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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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Selecting main math font in LuaTeX?
I’d to set some fairly simple maths in Minion Pro (and potentially other system fonts), using LuaTeX. I’d hoped that something like the following should work:
\documentclass{minimal}
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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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xelatex stopped working after TexLive2011 update 2 days ago
I updated Tex Live 2011 a couple of days ago and I can't run XeLaTeX anymore on a document I was working on. When it runs it gets stuck and I have to abort it. Resulting in the following error. I've ...
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How to flip / produce the mirror image of a special character in xelatex
I'm producing a menu with xelatex using the font Bickham Script Pro. It has a swirly pattern I'd like to use at the beginning and end of a line. The swirly character would need to be flipped to have ...
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How to print \frac{1}{2} by a single Unicode character?
I am looking for a command which would print simple fractions like 1/2, 1/3 etc using glyphs available in modern TTF/OTF fonts. Ideally, I want this command to output ordinary \frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3} ...
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Scope of \addfontfeature
I have encountered something while using fontspec that I do not quite understand. What is the scope of a font feature added using the \addfontfeatures command? For instance, consider the example below ...
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fontspec: what does Renderer=Basic do?
I'm writing a document using LuaLaTeX on Windows, using Arial (please do not comment on that) as its main font with:
\usepackage{fontspec}
\defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX}
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using Hoefler Text font under lualatex and MacOSX
I'm having unexpected problems getting the "Hoefler Text" font to work when using LuaLaTeX (under MacTeX2012, all the latest updates installed) on a Mac (MacOS X 10.7.4). The following MWE
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Getting started with Greek and Hebrew in LuaLaTeX
I am typesetting a 17th century English theological document that uses a smattering of Greek and Hebrew. I am using LuaLaTeX with TeXShop on the Mac.
Is LuaLaTeX up to the task? If so what are the ...
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Using MinionPro for the main font and Fontspec for the monospaced font
I am using Minion Pro for my document's main font and would like to use Consolas for my code listings.
I know that I can set the monospace font using fontspec and setmonofont, but it seems I cannot ...
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How to choose a specific weight from a font family using fontspec and XeLaTeX
I have installed an open-type font on my OS and would like to use in a LaTeX document using XeLaTeX.
It works fine, but when I define my font family like this:
\ifxetex
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How should one setup fontspec package to exploit best features of Pro fonts ?
Suppose that you have a Pro class fonts such as Adobe Arno which has several design sizes as described below:
Design Size Size Ranges
Caption: 8 point 5–8.5 point
SmText: 10 ...
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XeTeX, microtype and fontspec
I am using XeTeX from TL2010 with microtype 2.5 beta and fontspec. My main font is Linux Libertine O. I do not see a single difference with and without including the microtype package.
Am I doing ...
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How do I change the font size in LuaLaTeX?
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage[paperheight = 140mm,% comprimento
paperwidth = 200mm,% altura
margin = 10mm % tamanho da margem
]{geometry}
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Fake small caps with XeTeX/fontspec?
Using XeTeX and fontspec, I use the Liberation font family in of my documents. Unfortunately those fonts (esp. Liberation Serif) do not natively support small caps.
Is there a way to enable fake ...
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Substitute italic ampersand with alternative ampersand in Linux Libertine O
Based in this answer I want to create a command \amper that uses the alternative ampersand of Linux Libertine O and leaves the regular \& alone. The problem with the MWE below is that hyperref ...
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Replacing Unicode non-breakable spaces by normal spaces
I am using the Neo keyboard layout, which uses all kinds of modifier keys to input all kinds of characters (e.g. Greek letters and mathematical symbols). It also has shift+Mod3+space mapped to Unicode ...
