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What is the difference between unicode-math and mathspec?

I'm currently typesetting my lecture notes for classical electrodynamics using the tufte-book class and XeLaTeX. This is my first time using XeLaTeX and so I stumbled upon the two packages ...
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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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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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XeTeX/mathspec math environment font

How does one set the font for text inside a math environment? If I use \setmathsfont(Latin){FontName}, I can change the font for individual letters in the math environment, but not for functions such ...
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mathspec selects the wrong math font

I am trying to use DejaVu Sans Light as a math font. It doesn't have a comprehensive set of math characters, but it has what I need (Roman numerals, beta, gamma, epsilon, and just a few other ...
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xelatex select local math font

The problem I am facing is that I am typesetting with MinionPro-Regular.otf as the main font and MinionPro-Cn.otf for the captions. However I have to declare only one math font for the whole document, ...
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XeTeX/mathspec punctuation issue

In a previous question, a solution was given for changing the font of punctuation marks in a math environment when using mathspec. Unfortunately, this solution gives the punctuation marks in italics ...
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Parts of XeLaTeX doesn't work after moving to LinuxMint

I one of my headerfiles, I used the command \setmathfont[]{XITS Math}, once I tried to compile the document as always with xelatex, I get the following error: ! Undefined control sequence. l.87 ...
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Xelatex, mathspec and microtype - weird error messages

I've tried to compile a document with XeLaTeX (TeXLive 2012) and both mathspec and microtype (version 2.5 which supports XeLaTeX). I need a 10.5pt font in the document, so I redefine the \normalsize ...
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Shortcuts using double quotes in combination with mathspec

Basically, I have encountered the same error as answered here and the workaround suggested by Andrey Vihrov reenables me to compile the document. The problem now is, that any shorthand defined by the ...
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Use mathrm by default for uppercase Latin characters

I'm trying to mix Optima and AMS Euler using eulervm and mathspec in XeLaTeX. The relevant bit of code in my source file is as follows: \usepackage{eulervm} \usepackage{mathspec} ...
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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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changed response to \fam\z@ command (from dchem) in XeLatex/mathspec

I am a dedicated user of Donald Arsenau's dchem package, which has been distributed privately for a long time but which he has never felt was sufficiently developed to be released publicly (or, if ...
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Is there a way to use unicode-math in a limited fashion?

At the moment, I am using mathspec and some traditional math packages such as mathpazo to typeset my mathematics. The results are mostly satisfactory, but I would like to expand the repertoire of some ...
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Punctuation marks in math mode in xetex/mathspec

I am using XeTeX and have the following short document: \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath,amsthm} \usepackage[MnSymbol]{mathspec} \usepackage[no-sscript]{xltxtra} ...
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Getting Started with Minion Pro, XeLaTeX and mathspec

I have just started using Minion Pro and mathspec for my work and now I have the following in my preamble: \usepackage[MnSymbol]{mathspec} \usepackage{xltxtra} ...
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How to debug hanging xetex compilation

I'm experiencing a weird problem. After updating my MikTeX installation my thesis document no longer compiles. Compilation (with xelatex) hangs and takes up all of one of my CPU's cores. However, if ...
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Using mathspec’s \setallmainfonts with Russian in polyglossia causes hang during compilation

I’ve just run into a problem with the combination of mathspec’s \setallmainfonts command and polyglossia with language set to Russian. I’m using MiKTeX 2.9 and compiling with XeLaTeX and when I use ...
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Math mode spacing (or glyph bounds) with mathspec

With mathspec, when you change the math font to an OpenType font, the spacing within equations is not fine: it is the same than the text mode spacing. For example in the equation $e^j$, the 'j' will ...
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Using `mathbb` fonts from other packages

I am currently using a combination of mathpazo and mathspec for my maths typesetting. To be specific, my preamble contains the following: \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{mathrsfs} ...
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Bold math using mathspec

I can't seem to make my math come out in bold using the mathspec package. Consider this example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mathspec} \setallmainfonts{Times New Roman} \begin{document} ...
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Math in Trebuchet MS

How can I write equations in Trebuchet MS? Ideally, I'd like to have the following results: All symbols that are available in Trebuchet MS are written in Trebuchet MS. That includes, e.g., Latin and ...