Questions tagged [xetex]
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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Different fonts inside and outside math-mode
When processing the simple file:
\documentclass{report}
\begin{document}
1234567890
$1234567890$
\end{document}
with pdflatex one get a PDF with one font only (CMR10), but when processing with ...
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Issue with acro and fancyhdr package in xelatex - Using acronyms in section titles
Intro
Recently, I was plagued by an issue with the acro package, while writing my thesis with xelatex.
My document uses the fancyhdr package, where I set the section title to appear at footer. The ...
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XeLaTeX can't find custom metafont
I just downloaded XeLaTeX from here, installed it on my Mac, and tried to use it to make a file (haskell_101.tex from here).
I ran xelatex haskell_101.tex and got the error:
! LaTeX Error: File `...
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0answers
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AwesomeCV with Texmaker
I am trying to use the AwesomeCV template (https://github.com/posquit0/Awesome-CV) for creating a CV using TexMaker 5.0.3 with XeLaTex. However, I am not able to get this to work as I get the ...
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'Dimension too large' error when \setmathfont has the option Scale=MatchLowercase
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\setmainfont{Georgia}
\setmathfont[Scale=MatchLowercase]{Cambria Math}
\begin{document}
n $n \sqrt[n]{n}$
\end{document}
The above code when typeset ...
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1answer
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How should I cope with the clash between the package “xeCJK” and “mathspec”?
I wanted to configure math fonts in my document, and tried with mathspec, only to find it clashed with fontspec. For I have to use Chinese in my document, I have to load xeCJK package which ...
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1answer
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How can I make the text *full* of a line (by a new command)?
What I want to realize is like the below codes:
\mbox{}I\hfill like\hfill the\hfill world\hfill because\hfill it\hfill is\hfill beautiful\mbox{}
so that I can get the first line instead of the ...
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Package media9 Warning: Media annotation on line … has zero width
Figure 1 Example from http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/media9/media9.pdf
\includemedia[width=0.6\linewidth,height=0.3375\linewidth, % 16:9
activate=pageopen,
flashvars={
modestbranding=1 % no ...
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Xetex stopped working after update to Mojave
I have a document that uses Xetex that compiled perfectly fine before I updated my OS to Mojave, but now won't compile at all. I've created this simple document in Texshop (v4.24):
%!TEX TS-program = ...
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2answers
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Tikz - highlight text in an image
How can I highlight text in an image with tikz by using a rectangle and have the rest of the page filled with a grey (or opaque black) tone, see example below (taken from here)?
You can see a ...
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ℕ goes as N into the text layer? [on hold]
Let's compile the following code with {xe}|{lua}atex:
\documentclass{standalone}% or article, doesn't matter
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\setmathfont{TeX Gyre Termes Math}%% or TeX Gyre Pagella Math, ...
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1answer
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Tikz in xetex - Recreate two ways of presenting/displaying old sources
I would like to present old digitalised sources with tikz picture in LaTeX for private purposes similar to the presentation of Luther's sources by Google, which you can see here: https://...
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1answer
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Disable smart (contextual) quotes for entire document?
Is it possible to disable smart (contextual) quotes for an entire document? If yes, how?
In particular, can the single quote ', double quote ", and backtick ` be left as-is by some option or method ...
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Image not showing up [on hold]
When I wrote:
\begin{center}
{%
\setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}%
\setlength{\fboxrule}{1pt}%
\fbox{\includegraphics[scale=0.3]{6}}%
}%
\end{center}
My image showed perfectly. Then I tried to add a ...
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1answer
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fontspec fails after MikTeX Update on Windows 10 x64
I have just updated my MikTeX installation to 2.9.6942 and Tex Studio to 2.12.14. I'm running on Windows 10 64-bit. The following code is in just about everything I write in LaTeX and it now breaks
\...
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1answer
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Transparent row colours in tabularx environment using XeLaTeX
I'm trying to build a table with alternating row colours, with one of the colours slightly transparent. I have the table layout working as intended, however I cannot figure out a way to get the row ...
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2answers
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How to align a variable whose sign is absent with a variable whose sign is present while both are inside `\begin{cases}\end{cases}`?
I can't seem to align variables properly since one of them leaves its sign behind on alignment.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
% NO ALIGNMENT
$\begin{gathered}
|x|=
...
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1answer
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XeLaTex fontspec crash on Texmaker [LaTeX error: “kernel/invalid-variant”]
when I compile:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\begin{document}
Hallo
\end{document}
on Texmaker 5.0.2 with XeLaTex and Commandline:
xelatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -...
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LuaLateX vs XeLaTex Myriad
When I typeset this code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\begin{document}
\setsansfont{MyriadPro-BoldSemiCn}
\sffamily
Hello world !
\setsansfont{Myriad Pro}
\sffamily
{\bfseries ...
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What combination of engine, format and packages can provide for arbitrary single page layout of precise regions of different attributes?
What combination of TeX engine, format and packages can provide for arbitrary single page layout of precise regions of different attributes? Is this reasonably achievable?
Secondarily, if more than ...
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1answer
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Emulate sups feature for an Opentype font with XeTeX?
I'm trying to access superscript Cyrillic letter in Ladoga Pro Opentype font. I do not get them with \addfontfeature{VerticalPosition=Superior}. As far as I can see, they are not included in sups ...
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1answer
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How do I tell XeLaTeX where to find the .bbl files?
I am trying to compile a multi-chapter dissertation. I am using chapterbib so I run bibtex on each chapter.
xelatex dissertation
bibtex chapters/chapter1
bibtex chapters/chapter2
xelatex dissertation
...
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pdflatex TexLive 2018 - are Xelatex and Lualatex picked up automatically now? [closed]
I used to have this code in the beginning just in case I need quickly to process something with Xelatex because of the language and utf8 requirements. I have noticed just lately that running pdflatex -...
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Eps figure got bold axis values with error message:Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line x replaced by U+FFFD
Insert .eps file in .tex and compile with XeLatex. I got warning message such as
Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 795 replaced by U+FFFD.
Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 795 replaced by ...
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Data input in LaTeX possible?
For my next project, I want to check my options.
I would like to create a lexicographic book with genealogical data as a PDF, probably in XeLaTeX but I am open for suggestions. The book shall contain ...
2
votes
1answer
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2x2 grid images with space of equal width with Tikz
Relating to this question on tex stackexchange, I would like to implement the below code in tikz.
I am particularly keen to have each white space equally wide. By writing white spaces I mean the ...
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xdvipdfmx warning when using Roboto font
When using Roboto font with XeLaTeX, I meet the following warning:
xdvipdfmx:warning: Removed 14 null character(s) from fontname --> Roboto-Regular
The MWE is
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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2answers
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Pictures on horizontal page in a 2x2 grid with equal distances between them and the margins
I would like to add four pictures with slightly different aspect ratios on two rows on one horizontal page so that the distances between each picture and to the outer margin of the page are equal or ...
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Fake small caps in starred chapter head
I would like to use this solution by @egreg to type in fake small caps.
Since I have to use some specific font size for the capital/lower letters, I used some \fontsize{}{}\selectfont in the command ...
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Request for math font family to use with Horley
What should be a nice font to be used with Horley Old Style font.
I'm using xelatex with fontspec and unicode-math and based on the pdf properties I suppose that CM is being used for math fonts.
So, ...
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Why are my columns colliding with package paracol?
I am trying to use the package paracol to display the same biblical verses in several languages. Why are my two columns colliding and how can I prevent this? Also, as a secondary question, I am ...
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1answer
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Fontspec crash with xelatex
I'm having a crash with XeLaTeX on any file that uses the fontspec package. I get this as the error:
! LaTeX error: "kernel/invalid-variant"
!
! Variant form 'e' invalid for base form '\...
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1answer
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Computer Modern (Default LaTeX Font) in Serbian Cyrillic Script by XeLaTeX
I am using \usepackage{fontspec} together with the text encoding conversion file (ascii-to-serbian.tec) in order to obtain a XeLaTeX->PDF output file in Serbian Cyrillic script. TeX code (see below) ...
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Incompatiblity of Adobe font and xpinyin package?
One of font package (i.e. Adobe Garamond Pro) is not compatible with vowels encoding using xpinyin package. Can I exclude these fonts?
\documentclass[margin=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{xeCJK,...
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Different footnote aligning according to number of digits
My publisher has some rather complicated demands regarding the footnote layout:
footnote text always aligned left: for 1-digit footnotes indented 4mm, for 2-digit 5mm, for 3-digit 6mm
footnote ...
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Changing to custom font on overleaf [closed]
I was trying to use a different font for my resume in LaTeX and after some search the following code seems to be the answer:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Calibri}
\...
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votes
1answer
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XeLaTex to PDF rendering ampersands incorrectly (Windows 10 / MikTex / TexMaker)
I'm new to Latex and related topics but I'm learning quickly and really loving it.
I'm taking a crack at adapting my CV to Dario Taraborelli's cvtex template for XeTex, and while I've gotten it to ...
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2answers
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Extract a sublist from a foreach list
I borrowed code from here for this question. The code was used to draw a hexagram (e.g.䷊), of which each stroke is corresponding to a binary digit from a list (e.g. {1,0,1,1,1,1}). A foreach loop ...
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1answer
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what is a better way to generate iching 64 hexagrams?
If I have list for iching (bagua) trigrams as follows, what is the best way to generate 64 hexagrams as in shown in the image attached? I can use the use the binary code (e.g.{1,1,1}) for either color ...
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xelatex does not pick up a .png file [duplicate]
Consider this code
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[htp]
\includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{imageA.png}
%\includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{imageB....
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MakeIndex: entries rejected because of duodecimal page numbers
I recently changed the page numbers to duodecimal ones (see here). The package makeidx didn't like that at all. In fact my index isn't written at all anymore:
done (0 entries accepted, 341 ...
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1answer
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Package fontspec Error: The font cannot be found on win10
I have installed the Adobe Garamond Pro.otf fonts on my computer running win10, as shown in the following picture.
However, when I run xelatex, the otf fonts cannot be found.
Here is an example:
\...
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use foreach to read columns from a csv file?
How can I read columns from a external csv file using a foreach statement? e.g. if the content of the csv file is as follows:
{0,0,0},black,
{1,1,0},yellow,
{1,0,1},pink
And I would like to use it ...
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Displaying a character in math mode from its Unicode encoding
Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong or simply tell me how I can use the coptic letter "Me" in math mode?
I want to use a coptic letter in a mathematical expression in my TeX document. From my ...
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1answer
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How do I display trigrams from the Unicode miscellaneous symbols block?
How to encode special unicode symbols as in here in latex?
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Andika fractions
I have hand made the exercise with svg. See attachment. It was very cumbersome.
If I could write the étude in markdown and then do pandoc magic I could perhaps learn how to create a library of basic ...
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New fontspec gives problem with xelatex and Calibri
Running the MWE below runs correct with fontspec 2.6l (rev 49739 in Texlive 2018/Win 7) but gives an error with fontspec 2.7 (rev 49809)
% !TeX encoding = UTF-8
% !TeX spellcheck = nl_NL
% !TeX TS-...
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XeLaTeX: Installed Italic font not appearing
Italics go missing when I change to a font that is installed and I can't figure out why.
Here is the installed font, (as shown in Mac OS's Font Book):
Here's a MWE:
\documentclass[fontsize=14.5pt,
...
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realscripts/fontspec update vs. some Opentype fonts
I have a file that was running smoothly a few weeks ago and is now stopping with the message:
Argument of \__fontspec_strip_leading_sign:Nw has an extra }
Using most system fonts, or Amiri, ...
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What's the correct way to import a symbol from another font compatible with XeLaTeX/LuaLatex? [duplicate]
EDIT: Apparently I wasn't very clear since I linked the question this supposedly duplicates in the first sentence so I could ask about the robustness of that solution.. I want to know if the method ...
