XeTeX is a Unicode-capable variant of the TeX engine. Use this tag if your question is about Xe(La)TeX specific problems and is not related to standard (La)TeX.
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Upright greeks in Asana-math?
I'm using
XeTeX,
unicode-math with
Asana-math.otf
and required to make all greek letters in math -- upright. Asana-math seem to have upright greek letters:
(on the contrary I can't find italic ...
3
votes
0answers
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xelatex myriad pro l with apostrophe issue
I compile my document with xelatex.
I use Myriad pro
\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Myriad Pro}
My problem is that the "l'a" is looking OK but not the "l'i" the i touches the apostrophes. Can ...
1
vote
1answer
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Adding a photo on top corner of a two column CV template
How can I add a photo on the top right/left corners to this CV Template ?
http://www.latextemplates.com/template/two-column-one-page-cv
I tried to use variants of the following code to insert the ...
12
votes
3answers
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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 ...
1
vote
1answer
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Tufte running headers not using full width of page
I use Minion Pro and XeLaTeX together with the tufte class. There is an issue with caps in headers (as can be noticed if removing the two line marked %% headings fixes below). My fix is to use the ...
5
votes
1answer
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pstricks and admin rights
I am using MiKTeX 2.9 on an XP account with restricted user rights. Unfortunately I was not able to compile a file under xelatex which included pstricks graphics, so I tried everything that I found on ...
2
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1answer
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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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0answers
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XeTex: pdfpages - Version of PDF file (1.5) is newer than version limit specification [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
PDF version issue when including PDF figures
I want to import a pdf into my document which I create with XeTex.
Of course I included the pdfpages:
...
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votes
9answers
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What best combination of fonts for Serif, Sans, and Mono do you recommend?
Now that Xe(La)TeX is being increasingly used to deliver nifty documents, I am wondering if any recommendations have been published or discussed about the best combination of font families for mixing ...
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votes
1answer
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Computer Modern font with accented characters (in XeTeX)
I'd like to use Knuth's Computer Modern font with XeTeX (not with XeLaTeX and so not with a LaTeX package) in a way where I don't have to type accents in a \'-way and without any gimmick such as ...
5
votes
0answers
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Trying to use biblatex-historian with a BibTeX backend and XeLaTeX
I'm currently working with a large bibliography that I've assembled for my PhD studies that I've edited in several different programs (KBibTeX, JabRef, and ebib from emacs primarily) and that was ...
5
votes
2answers
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Conflict between ifxetex and ucs under pdflatex/xelatex - why?
I use TexLive 2012 (on Mac) and the following minimal example does not work:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{ifxetex}
\usepackage[mathletters]{ucs} % Need newline here!
\ifxetex
\else
\fi
...
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0answers
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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}
...
7
votes
1answer
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Old Korean han'gŭl in XeLaTeX?
Does anybody know if it's possible to typeset old han'gŭl (Korean alphabet) in XeLaTeX?
I'm referring to these letters: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Hangul
It is not possible to type outright ...
2
votes
1answer
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Create pdf with subset of slides
I use knitr and RStudio with XeLaTeX to create a presentation with many slides. But sometimes not all of the slides should appear in the final pdf. Is it possible to have a variable that I change ...
0
votes
1answer
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Unable to find TFM file
I use TeXLive 2011 (installed with ISO) in Ubuntu. When I use the package bbding, it shows
** ERROR ** Unable to find TFM file bbding10
and I use the command locate bbding10.tfm
that returns:
...
2
votes
1answer
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Cannot compile tabu
I have been trying to compile the following tabu environment with xelatex, but to no avail:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{tabu}
\begin{document}
\taburowcolors ...
7
votes
2answers
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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, ...
7
votes
1answer
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“Interactive PDF, Latex and Article of the Future” with opentype/truetype fonts and unicode
I'm looking for a way to get popup references when hovering with the mouse cursor over the references in my papers. I looked around on this forum and found this question and hpesoj626's answer very ...
6
votes
3answers
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Fill space with dots within table
I would like the whitespace between two items within a table to be filled with dots.
Please consider the following picture to get the idea.
So far I tried to achieve this output with the following ...
0
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0answers
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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 ...
6
votes
1answer
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Spurious dot with xeCJK, TikZ
I have a very strange problem when using TikZ and xeCJK. I managed to extract this MWE from my original sources:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setdefaultlanguage{english}
...
2
votes
1answer
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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: ...
2
votes
1answer
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Adobe Garamond Pro (otf) with mathdesign
I would like to use the Adobe Garamond Pro (otf) font with mathdesign. The readme of the package says:
The following commercial families are also supported:
mdpga family corresponds to ...
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vote
1answer
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Indentation after section title on a first item of “easylist” item
The code:
% XeLaTeX
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{letterpaper}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[50, sharp]{easylist}
\usepackage{titlesec}
...
3
votes
1answer
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Glossaries, polyglossia, xindy, naiive and ï
I'm getting error:
ERROR: READ: comma is illegal outside of backquote
when executing: polyglossia together with \"{\i}
placed in the name field of newglossaryentry
Also, it seems to have something ...
0
votes
2answers
186 views
Prevent overlapping of elements on page
Is there a command one can use in XeLaTeX and the rest of the TeX family to completely prevent any overlapping from occurring? Perhaps it could break the compilation with an error to alert you? I have ...
2
votes
1answer
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XeLaTex: — sign
I use following code:
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}[]{llcl}
\hline
\rowcolor[gray]{.9}\textbf{Parameter} & \textbf{Description} \\\hline
-c, --create & Do something\\\hline
\end{tabular}
...
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votes
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titlesec titlemarks not working with pdfcolparallel
As you can see from the screenshot the numbers showing the verse locations in the titlemarks only show the very last values which were set. If you comment out the line \usepackage{pdfcolparallel} and ...
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votes
0answers
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XeTex on ubuntu
I got an error
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/beamer/base/themes/o/beamerouterthemedefault.st
y))) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/xelatex/fontspec/fontspec.sty
!
...
3
votes
0answers
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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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votes
0answers
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How I put \sqrt in arial with unicode-math?
I need to write an document with Arial. And have some math.
I almost do this in entire document with this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mathspec}
...
7
votes
1answer
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Availability of LaTeX packages' functionality in ConTeXt, XeTeX, and LuaTeX
I am considering trying out ConTeXt, XeTeX, and LuaTeX, but one concern of mine is the fact that I am using a large number of LaTeX packages.
There are a number of questions comparing these TeX ...
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votes
1answer
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Europass CV in (Xe)LaTeX
I was requested to re-write my CV in the Europass format, and I would like to do it using (preferably) XeLaTeX. I came across the europecv package, which seems to do the job just fine, but I would ...
6
votes
1answer
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luatex cannot find font metric data
After installing TeX Live 2012 in a non system directory (not sure if this makes a difference) and running some of the tests found at TeX Live Install, LuaTeX can't find the example font metrics even ...
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votes
1answer
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Frequently loaded packages: Differences between XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
Adding the missing member to pdfLaTeX vs. XeLaTeX and pdfLaTeX vs. LuaLaTeX, here's the last of the big three: XeLaTeX vs. LuaLaTeX.
Where would a typical template for XeLaTeX differ from one for ...
4
votes
1answer
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Font not found by XeLaTeX
Hi LaTeX gurus out there.
I understand that you could use XeLaTeX to use any system font. Well, recently I downloaded a LaTeX template for a CV from http://www.latextemplates.com
The template uses ...
9
votes
4answers
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Using package minted with non-english characters
I would like to use LaTeX package minted to colorize my c and Cuda code. I need to write comments in the code in czech. I use package inputenc with utf-8 and czech characters (ěščřžýáíé) work good in ...
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vote
1answer
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What is the easiest way to insert Thai words in an English lyx document?
I am a big fan of Lyx, but find that when I want to include a few Thai words within an English document, things start getting difficult.
There are many solutions posted online, not all of which are ...
2
votes
0answers
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Link to and attached/embedded file?
I'm using XeTeX and I'd like to have a link to an attached/embedded file.
There's a solution here -- but it doesn't work for me: I'm using TeXlive2012.
As I understand it the best bet is to use ...
3
votes
1answer
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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 ...
3
votes
2answers
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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 ...
7
votes
4answers
264 views
XeLaTeX - terminal output too verbose
Is it possible to reduce the amount of information you get from running:
xelatex texfile.tex
The oh so long output:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-0.9998 (TeX Live 2012/Debian)
restricted ...
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votes
1answer
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Vertical Chinese text that contains characters in a “CJK fallback family font”
I am having trouble with vertical (i.e. rotated) Chinese text that contains characters in two different fonts. Rare characters requiring the "CJK fallback family font" are not displaying in the ...
7
votes
2answers
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fail to add Chinese punctuation after CJKnumber in chatper title in xeLaTeX
I'm writing my thesis in Chinese with xeLaTeX and I've to format the chapter name and section name.
The following command works ok:
\usepackage[CJKnumber][xeCJK]
...
5
votes
2answers
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Which fonts to use with pinyin?
I have a document which contains some pinyin. I find that many fonts I tried, however, don't contain all of the tone marks.
I have set up the following test file which shows all of the possible ...
5
votes
1answer
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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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votes
1answer
235 views
Achieve Linebreak in DOI in biblatex
In my references (using XeLaTeX, biblatex and Biber) I have one specific DOI that is hanging over more than a centimeter after line-break.
All other DOI are correctly wrapped. Even inserting a (wrong ...
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votes
1answer
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question about pgf-blur package in xelatex
Here is my code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{shadows.blur}
\begin{document}
\tikzfading[name=fade down,
top color=transparent!30,
bottom ...
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votes
1answer
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How do I install and use nlatexdb? (or latexdb, ratexdb)?
This question is related to this question regarding typesetting a MySQL database using UTF-8 encoding with Xelatex.
I ask this in desperation as it involved printing 552 rows for my thesis! I need ...
