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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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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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 ...
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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]
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5
votes
2answers
436 views
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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6
votes
1answer
238 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 ...
5
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 ...
2
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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 ...
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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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0answers
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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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2answers
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Set minimum math font size
Example:
\begin{equation}
\begin{array}{ll}
\textrm{stejne rozptyly:} & U = \frac{ \bar{x}_1 - \bar{x}_2 }{ s \sqrt{ \frac{1}{n_1} + \frac{1}{n_2} } } \\
\textrm{ruzne ...
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1answer
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Problem showing English characters with xepersian
I'm using TeXstudio in order to write a report and I use XeLaTeX compiler. However the following code :
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{xepersian}
\usepackage[left=1.00cm, ...
2
votes
1answer
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Syriac Abbreviation Mark
I'm trying to implement in XeLaTeX the Syriac Abbreviation Mark (see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_Abbreviation_Mark).
The code I came up with is the following:
\catcode`^^^^070f=13
...
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vote
1answer
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How to specify self-installed fonts to XeLaTeX?
I successfully installed the font (*.tfm, *.pfb and *.vf files) of my university, I'm now struggling to use them with XeLaTeX. About my specifications:
I am running TeXLive 2011 using AucTex 11.86.
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2
votes
1answer
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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 ...
5
votes
1answer
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Smart replacement of missing fonts
The Open Sans Condensed fonts only have Bold and not Bold italic, so when I use
\setmainfont{Open Sans Condensed Bold}
and then try to use \textit{Foo}, it doesn't render it in italic, since there ...
4
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3answers
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XeTeX with CJK: wrong font for numero sign
I'm using XeTeX in a MiKTeX 2.9 environment on Windows. Recently, I've added the xeCJK package to a larger document for including a short passage in Chinese. This, however, caused (among others) the ...
2
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2answers
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Command \nobreakspace unavailable in encoding EU1 if i use xelatex
This is my preamble:
\documentclass[11pt, a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{iftex}
\ifXeTeX
\usepackage{xunicode} %Если не ошибаюсь, то этот пакет уже загружает fontspec
\usepackage{xltxtra} ...
12
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1answer
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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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XeLaTeX hang on Defining document command \newfontfeature with arg. spec. 'mm' on line 118
I am using TexMaker 4.0 on a Windows 7 (64bit) machine, with MiKTeX v2.9, and I am trying to compile this template (with no modifications) with XeLaTeX using the instructions contained in the first ...
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2answers
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Using xetex, I'd like to set the monospace font size for my entire text
I set my monospace font using \setmonofont. I'd like to be able to change the size of this font for my entire document, rather than use \fontsize everywhere. How can I do that?
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0answers
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Problem with un-clear error messages (using LaTeXmk[fls file] and XeLaTeX[bad file descriptor])
More or less out of the blue, I've gotten the following:
xelatex: Bad file descriptor
Latexmk: fls file doesn't appear to have been made
I've no clue about the first and the second is confusing in ...
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3answers
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Frequently loaded packages: Differences between pdfLaTeX and XeLaTeX
Until now, I have been compiling my LaTeX documents with pdfLaTeX. My standard document preamble includes the "usual suspects" for non-English speakers (inputenc, fontenc, babel) and a bunch of other ...
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2answers
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Xelatex math weirdness - misaligned \not
I generally use xelatex for my documents, and the following snippet generally works fine for my math:
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\setmathfont{Asana Math}
But I recently ...
3
votes
2answers
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How to customise the numbering system of subequations with IEEEtranstools?
I'm using IEEEtrantools's IEEEeqarray, and in there I can print sublabeled equations like
x^2 (1a)
y^2 (1b)
with:
\begin{IEEEeqnarray}{rCl}
x & = & y \IEEEyessubnumber \\
z & ...
3
votes
1answer
173 views
Custom inheritance rules not working with biblatex
I work on a document (XeLaTeX), where many mixed language collections are cited. Using biblatex I can make use of the hyphenation field to switch between different languages (although the babel-option ...
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votes
4answers
249 views
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 ...
3
votes
0answers
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xelatex vs. xelatexmk compilation – what’s the difference?
I'm using TeX Live 2012 in a Windows environment.
I used to compile with xelatexmk, which isn't included in TeX Live's "Processing tools". When I wanted to switch from LaTeX to XeLaTeX, I read ...
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votes
2answers
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Listing with mixed english and russian symbols in comments
I'm using the listings package for formatting .cpp code in LaTeX. My code needs to have mixed English and Russian words in comments. The font must be monospaced (preffered Courier family).
/* Prints ...
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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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1answer
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! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char \u8:äöü not set up for use with Latex — is my latex broken [duplicate]
When trying to compile the following document with xelatex:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[german]{babel}
\begin{document}
äöüÄÖÜ
...
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How to make circumflexes wider but still of a fixed size in XeTeX?
Circumflexes looks too small and they are to close to the symbol in the PDF generated by XeLaTeX from UTF-8 source with Asana Math font for mathematics:
Source:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
...
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0answers
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Xe(La)TeX and minitoc [closed]
Previously I was using minitoc with pdftex and everything was just fine. Some days ago I switch to Xe(La)TeX and I have problems using this package. I am trying to make minitoc work in memoir document ...
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On Ubuntu 10.10 with texlive-full installed, xelatex is rotating my figures 90 degrees counterclockwise
I am using the latest ubuntu with the texlive-full package. When I do a simple \includegraphics like this:
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\rotatebox{-90}{\includegraphics[width=8cm]{problem1}}
...
2
votes
1answer
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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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How can I typeset with LaTeXDB using XeLaTeX?
Related question
Using the sample code on this site, http://hgesser.com/software/latexdb/workshop.html, I would like to
query my MySQL database and typeset using XeLaTeX.
This is because all of ...
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votes
0answers
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How to make pdf show current date? [duplicate]
Is there a way to make a pdf show the current date (not the date when it was compiled, but when it was opened/printed)? I'm making some sign sheets and it would be great if I could put the date in ...
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1answer
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List of all post original TeX control commands
Is there a well documented list of all control commands added by all post Knuth's Tex like PdfTeX, e-TeX, XeTex, LuaTeX?
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XeTeX: problem with g-brief2 and polyglossia
today I discovered a problem with the polyglossia package and the g-brief2 class. I hope someone can help me to fix it. :)
Here is my polyglossia MWE (polyg.tex):
...
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votes
1answer
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Adobe Reader does not display dsfont symbols in XeLaTeX document
When I compile the following simple document with XeLaTeX:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{dsfont}
\begin{document}
$\mathds N \subset \mathds Z \subset \mathds Q \subset \mathds R \subset ...
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What are lccode and uccode used for?
In TeX, each of the 256 bytes has an associated \lccode and an \uccode, integers in the range [0,255] which indicate among other things how \lowercase and \uppercase act. There are of course a bunch ...
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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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Could not insert pdf graphics
Using \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{mypdf} I tried to insert a PDF image to my XeLaTeX document. But instead of the images empty area places in its place.
\documentclass{article}
...
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votes
1answer
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Vector images rasterized when converting to PDF? (XeTeX)
I've been using LyX with vector images in *.eps format for the longest time. Now I've moved to a new machine (a mac), tried to get the same work environment back, and ran into this problem:
Creating ...
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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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How to get straight quotation marks?
How do I get straight quotation marks, i.e., " and ' in TeX? (No, \verb changes the font and this is unacceptable.)
[Edit] I forgot to mention that I’m using XeLaTeX, and fontspec is a necessity. ...
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1answer
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Trouble adding fonts to texmate [closed]
I'm trying to follow the guide found here:
http://maketecheasier.com/make-a-pretty-resume-with-latex-the-easy-way/2013/01/15
and just having terrible luck. I'm sure this is an easy problem to ...
3
votes
1answer
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XeLaTeX and 10x20 font
In Emacs I use the 10x20 font because it has a great support for
Unicode symbols. I tried to use this font with xelatex using
something like
\documentclass[10pt]{book}
\usepackage{fontspec}
...
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vote
2answers
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XeLaTeX rotating my figures in Beamer
Whenever I compile my beamer presentations with xelatex, it forces any .pdf figures I've included with \includegraphics to rotate 90 degrees. If I compile with pdflatex or lualatex, I do not have this ...
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1answer
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Can xeCJK be used with the font Times?
The following minimal example fed into xelatex:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xeCJK}
\setCJKmainfont{MingLiU}
\usepackage{times}
\begin{document}
Test 汉语
\end{document}
typesets the CJK ...
