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Proper way to use LaTeX fonts in XeLaTeX

What is the proper way to use LaTeX fonts, for example calligra or other fonts from the Font Catalogue in XeLaTeX. Something like \usepackage{fontspec} \setromanfont{Calligra} doesn't work. ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Reproducing Foreign Affairs Magazine's Style

I wanted to reproduce (or get something close to) the style the Foreign Affairs magazine uses (link to a sample article below) using fontspec and XeLaTeX. Right off the bat I don't know what their ...
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“Undefined control sequence” error with fontspec

As a result of the most recent TeXLive update, an XeTeX document I'm working on no longer compiles. I've narrowed down the problem to the "Color" declaration of a font I define. Here is a minimal ...
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Use Type 1 fonts with XeLaTeX

I read many things about XeLaTeX and I wanted to give it a try, but I wasn't able to figure out how to make use of Type 1 fonts, in my case especially the font Lucida, which I bought from pcTeX (which ...
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Glyph missing in footnote or header, but not body text in XeLaTeX [closed]

I am trying to typeset a thesis using XeLaTeX, in Polish language. I already managed to typeset it using PDFLaTeX, but I want a more elegant typeface (I chose EB Garamond). I am new to XeLaTeX though. ...
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Adobe Caslon Pro, XeLaTeX, fontspec - how to change the “dollar” symbol that's used with oldstyle numbers

I am using XeLaTeX with Adobe Caslon Pro, and I would like to have oldstyle numbers. But when I use the option Numbers=OldStyle in fontspec, my dollar sign changes from a full-height S with two lines ...
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Font cannot be found

I tried to generate a pdf file from the following document using pdfLaTeX and XeLaTeX on Windows 7 (MiKTex 2.9). pdfLaTeX responded that I need to use XeLaTeX. When I used XeLaTeX, it said the the ...
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TIPA: suppress tonestembar no longer works in fontspec

Most of the features in tipa from TeXLive2009 seem to be part of fontspec in TeXLive2012 -- if you activate both, you get an error message: "Command sups already defined". The following code to ...
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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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XeTeX/mathspec, more than one math digits font

When using the mathspec package, is it possible to have more than one math digits font in different places in the same document. Mostly, I want the font for my math digits to be the same as my main ...
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Where can I indicate a new font directory? [closed]

It's been quite few days I started to use XeLaTeX to make my scholar reports. And I still wonder what is the good way to indicate a new font to use in my document. I've included the package fontspec ...
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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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How to set lining numbers in math in Beamer (with EB Garamond) under XeLaTeX

I'm using EB Garamond with XeLaTeX and Beamer as follows. (I'm not actually sure whether it's all necessary--advice accepted.): \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % not sure why ...
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Test for old style numerals font feature (using fontspec)

Using XeLaTeX and fontspec, I want to test if the currently selected font has old style numerals (which I use in the main font, but not in the sans font). According to the fontspec documentation, it ...
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XeLaTeX - Invalid Font: -1

I try to compile the following document using XeLaTeX: \documentclass[twoside,openright,draft]{scrreprt} \usepackage{fontspec} \setsansfont{Univers 65 Bold} \begin{document} \section{Lorem ...
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fontspec usage with XeLaTeX under MiKTeX 2.9 and Win7Pro

I've a few questions about XeLaTeX and fontspec. Given: EBGaramond12-SC.otf:Family: EB Garamond 12 SC EBGaramond12-SC.otf:Subfamily: SC EBGaramond12-SC.otf:Full name: ...
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XeTeX and Fedora: can't use OTF fonts

When trying to compile a document with XeLaTeX, I'm getting the following error: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! fontspec error: "font-not-found" ! ! The font "Linux Libertine ...
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How to assign distinct font, color and style to each sectioning environment of a document?

I am trying to compose with *TeX a document that looks like a GDR manual. Basically I need to set a different font, style and color for chapter, section, subsection and subsubsection labels. It is ...
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Alternates for specific characters & kerning

I am trying to change the stylistic set used for italic y in my document. I used Alan Munn's method, explained here: Use stylistic set variations only for certain glyphs. It works properly, except ...
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Changing the Ruby Font (for Pīnyīn)

Using ruby package to generate both furigana for Japanese and Pīnyīn for Chinese. I use individual \sf calls to individually switch each Pīnyīn from the Japanese font back to the default sans font. ...
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Lao, Vowels, XeLaTeX, fontspec

Can anyone see an error here? I'm using \newfontfamily{\L}[Script=Lao]{Lao Sangam MN} to switch to Lao, then using \L{ວຽງຈັນ}, but getting ວຽງຈ ັນ in the PDF. No luck in other fonts (all ...
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Graphite features (Chinese Pinyin and low diacritics) on Gentium Plus

I'm trying to activate the Graphite features on Gentium Plus (Chinese Pinyin tone marks + low diacritics). This is my minimal example: \documentclass[utf8,12pt,letterpaper]{article} ...
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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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Half of a document in pdfLaTeX, half in XeLaTeX

As far as I know, I cannot use microtype in XeLaTeX, and cannot use fontspec in pdfLaTeX. I am rendering Chinese symbols only on one page, and I need this line: \newfontfamily{\J}[Scale=0.85]{Osaka} ...
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xelatex hangs when using fontspec

I'm using TexStudio 2.5.1 on Windows 7 with MiKTeX. The following brief .tex file will cause xelatex to hang: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \begin{document} Test \end{document} ...
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Hyphenate typewriter / avoid overfull \hboxes in code, using fontspec and XeTeX

I would like to avoid overfull \hboxes as a result of inline code, inserted with \textt{foo} or \ttfamily, e.g. in this MWE: % compile with xelatex \documentclass{article} \usepackage[textwidth=4cm, ...
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Weird spacing with DejaVu Sans Mono with MiKTeX's XeLaTeX

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \setmainfont{DejaVu Serif} \setsansfont{DejaVu Sans} \setmonofont{DejaVu Sans Mono} \begin{document} Hello World! \textsf{Hello World!} ...
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Unable to load Asana-Math and compile with XeLaTeX

Just few days ago I decided to give XeLaTeX a try for its wonderful use of system fonts. I read a bit on the net about "fundamental lines" to change (I come from LaTeX) which basically boil down to ...

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