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Xelatex beamer Calibri: how to suppress unwanted ligatures [duplicate]
Solution:
\setsansfont[Ligatures={NoRequired,NoCommon,NoContextual}]{Calibri}
I'm no typographer, therefore I didn't know the techinical terms, but this Wikipedia article describes it: ...
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Change the way XeTeX sees a string before running/building PDF
For some reason, I'm really struggling to articulate my question, so let me apologise in advance. I may not be approaching this from the right angle.
I'm working in XeTeX (and it's far too late to ...
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\pdfglyphtounicode with XeTeX
One well known problem with using the font Linux Libertine (presumably other fonts too), is that its many ligatures are not recognized in the resulting pdf-file, so that it's not possible to search ...
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Combining mark over ligature (Devanagari)
I want to typeset the combination m̐llo in Devanagari with XeLaTeX.
When I use the correct Unicode ल्ँलो, there is no ligature of the ls.
When I place the candrabindu on the ligature the o is not ...
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Chartwell fonts and changing colour with ligatures
Bit of a niche question. There is a beautiful set of TrueType fonts called Chartwell designed for producing graphs from text.
I am trying to get these to work in Latex.
I have switched to Xe(La)tex, ...
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Problem of Arabic numbers in math mode with 'New TX' math font option [Libertine] compiled by XeLaTeX
Recently i decided to use the Libertine font to write my dissertation, because finally there is kinda math font for Libertine: \usepackage[libertine]{newtxmath}. Since I want to enable of the ...
5
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1answer
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'r' rendered improperly in Devanagari ligature [closed]
Have bumped into a LaTeX-specific problem (on my current system at least) in typesetting Devanagari: 'r' in conjunct consonants such as 'ntrya' does not render properly (e.g., as न्त्र्य, see image ...
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Suppression of a ligature in XeLaTeX
I'm trying to reproduce an old book with XeLaTeX, and it has the ct ligature but not the st ligature. The Ligatures=Rare option seems to turn either both on or off. Is there a way to select which ...
5
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1answer
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Libertine's discretionary and historical ligatures with ConTeXt and XeTeX
I would like activate Libertine's discretionary and historical ligatures with ConTeXt and XeTeX compilation.
Currently, I'm using this:
\definetypeface[Libertine][rm][Xserif][Linux Libertine O]
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Can PDF search find words with ligatures in XeLaTeX-documents?
Is there some way allow PDF search to find words with ligatures? I use XeLaTeX.
\documentclass{book}
\begin{document}
Prefix.
\end{document}
In the resulting pdf file, searching for the word ...
9
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2answers
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Using active characters to swap fonts?
I should probably say in advance that this question is inspired by sheer bloody-mindedness, and also apologize in advance if it's unanswerable or just silly. I've gotten it into my head that when I ...
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Small-caps, old-style numbers, and some ligatures produce odd symbols in PDF copy text?
This is a problem I've had consistently with XeLaTeX. Here's a small example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX,Numbers={OldStyle,Proportional}]{Minion Pro}
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6
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3answers
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XeLaTeX fontspec Century Gothic not using ligatures
I'm trying to use my Century Gothic TrueType font in a document, but it's failing to use the fl and fi ligatures. The input's below:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
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7
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1answer
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Plain text for cut and pasting, ligatures for viewing (or, disabling ligatures)
One reason I switched to Xelatex was that I was interested in being able to create fully unicode documents (I'm a linguist, and often have linguistic symbols as well as Arabic text in my documents) ...
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1answer
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'fi' or 'fl' result in big “S”-like symbol
I use LyX with XeTeX, and the output font is DejaVu Sans. When I write in the input text 'fi' or 'fl', the output text displays a strange big "S"-like symbol. I don't know why is that. Any help would ...
3
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Ligatures not shown
Even though there's a number of topics on here concerning the subject, it still doesn't work here.
An example like:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec,graphicx,xltxtra}
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3
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2answers
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Hoefler Text Extended Ligatures and XeTeX
I'm using XeTeX (MacTex 2010, Mac OSX 10.6) to render a document in Apple Hoefler Text. However, although I can make it render common ligatures, such as fi and ffi, I can't seem to be able to force it ...
5
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1answer
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Fix ligature mapping of obscure old font with LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX
I have an old font I purchased a while ago. It comes with various ligatures that I need to use. The font was not intended for use with LaTeX, and even though it is a high-quality Type-1 font, the ...
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2answers
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Ligatures with Century Schoolbook L in xetex [Ubuntu]
I don't get any ligatures, like the fi ligature.
I'm using:
URW Century Schoolbook L (afai can determine anyway)
XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
Ubuntu 10.04
This is ...
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3answers
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Ligatures in Hoefler with XeTeX?
Using XeLaTeX on OS X 10.6 (texlive installed with MacPorts) I'm not getting any ligatures with Hoefler.
Example code:
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec,xltxtra}
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5
votes
1answer
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Specifying undefined ligatures with XeTeX
When I started to play with XeTeX, I noticed, that some of the True Type fonts does not produces the standard five ligatures properly (fi, fl, ff, ffi, ffl), even if they have some of the proper ...
