{opentype} concerns the OpenType scalable type face format
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Confused with choosing TTF, OpenType, and Type1
Actually I don't know much about font formats such as TTF, OpenType, and Type1.
What are the differences between
TTF, OpenType, and Type1?
Which one should I use in PDF
produced by LaTeX?
How to ...
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Trouble with contextuals in LuaLaTeX with fontspec - trying to get internal long Ss to work
I have been trying to get a project of mine set with internal long Ss. Using fontforge, I have tried to set up the contextual (both [calt] and [cswh]) feature - but when I do, I get no results in the ...
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What do these OpenType Font Math Table terms mean?
These terms are defined in the OpenType Math Tables as follows :
StretchStackTopShiftUp Standard shift up applied to the top element of the stretch stack.
StretchStackBottomShiftDown Standard ...
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Accessing Private Use Area Character by fontspec in XeTeX
I am using XeTeX to encode Opentype fonts. One of the feature of opentype font is availability of Private Use Area.
Generally, Private Use Area in most cases contains different variants of same ...
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XeLaTeX can find font, but xdvipdfmx can't
I had hoped to use the Minion and Myriad fonts from my new copy of Adobe CS 5 in XeLaTeX; but \setmainfont{Minion Pro} produces the following error: (output of xdvipdfmx -vvv shown)
DVI File Info
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How do I use an OpenType font with my LaTeX document?
I want to use a really cool open-source OpenType font with my LaTeX document.
I was told that either I could go through a long process of converting the OpenType font to one useable by LaTeX, or I ...
