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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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fontspec load font in Ubuntu Mantic

I am compiling with xelatex sample.tex, but am not able to use a font on the newer version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu Mantic). How can I use the Ubuntu font in my compiled LaTeX PDF documents on Ubuntu Mantic ...
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7bit patterns for 8bit and unicode engines

Consider the following dummy file \bgroup \catcode`^^F1=11 \lccode "F1="F1 \patterns{ 1b 1c 1d 1f 1g 1h 1j 1k 1l 1m 1n 1^^f1 1p 1q 1r 1s 1t 1v 1w 1x 1y 1z } \egroup \endinput Is it ...
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XeLatex typeset the document with Segoe UI

I try to change the font of my document with \setmainfont{Segoe UI}. The point is that it should work on other machines also, without installing extra fonts. Latex packages are no problem. I tried \...
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is it possible to auto create dist folder when not exists using xelatex compile tex project

the xelatex compile output will automatic write some output in content folder, when compile in the root of project, there contains a content folder and it works fine. Now I tweak my command and add ...
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XeLaTeX works but xelatexmk returns error: 'moderncv.cls' not found

When I try to compile with xelatexmk it fails with all kinds of "files not found" latex errors, but other engines (e.g. latex, pdflatex, XeLaTex, pdflatexmk, etc.). I found some answers that ...
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Important difference between article and book documentclass

I have lots of tex files that run normally in \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} and when I'm trying to put them all in \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{book}, with \include{part1} etc. it shows a ...
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xelatex font search path

I am using Linux Ubuntu, using Tex Live 2023. I have fonts in both directories /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local and in /usr/share/texmf/fonts. But my xelatex installed in /usr/local/texlive/2023/bin ...
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PDF Metadata using XeLaTeX

Is it possible to have the same PDF metadata that is generated from the PDFLaTeX work on XeLaTeX? Whenever I have pdfauthortitle, pdfcopyright and pdfpubtype enabled during the XeLaTeX compile on ...
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How to Set Different Font for Numbers in Polyglossia (XeLaTeX) for Arabic/Persian Text?

I am working on a document using XeLaTeX and Polyglossia for typesetting Arabic/Persian text. I'm trying to set a specific font for numbers (0-9) while keeping the main font (Vazirmatn) for Arabic/...
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How can I make part of the title in cventry non-bold?

I am trying to modify part of the title of the \cventry of the moderncv package so that it won't be bold (pleas see the part in red). How can I achieve this? Here's an MWE %% start of file `template....
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\pgfpageslogicalpageoptions border code works only on first physical page in XeLaTeX

Borders will be drawn with \pgfstroke around all logical pages when compiling the following code with latex, pdflatex and lualatex: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{pgfpages} \usepackage{pgf} ...
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Filling the area below a Bezier curve

I use the following code in order to fill with color the area between a function and the x axis and it works properly. \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{...
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is it possible to get the doc compile success or failed flag when using xelatex to compile tex document

I am using xelatex to compile some tex document, I was wonder is there any way to know the compile success or facing error? Because I am programming automatcially compile latex docuemnt with a cloud ...
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Pgfplot coordinates declared in \addplot

I am trying to plot data from a .csv with different data sets (no more than 4). I have added some additional input parameters just for debugging, at the moment the document looks like this: \...
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fontdimen2 in Beamer [duplicate]

How can we make the effect of the command fontdimen2\font=[size] globally available in Beamer? The effect of this command seems to only affect the main text but not any other elements. Here is my MWE ...
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New Install Problem (TeXShop)

I just bought a new Mac. So I downloaded TeXShop and tried to typeset a test file. I got this error: xelatex: Command not found. Is there something wrong with in my preface? Yes, I'm sure there's ...
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After selecting XeLaTex as compiler, getting a weird text at the beginning of doc

After selecting XeLaTex, I am getting this text before tittle of my pdf file burl@stx null def /BU.S /burl@stx null def def /BU.SS currentpoint /burl@lly exch d...
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How to wrap paragraph inside a `tabular*`?

This is a section of the LaTeX document I'm working on. \documentclass{article} \usepackage[margin=0.25in, noheadfoot, nomarginpar]{geometry} \usepackage{enumitem} \usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} \...
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polyglossia and Portuguese

What is the current incantation for making hyphenation work with polyglossia? In olden times, ie. two years ago, I used \setmainlanguage{portuges}. It doesn’t work anymore... I get no hyphenation. I’...
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After MikTex update the en-dash ligature doesn't work in XeLaTeX

Recently, after more than a year, I update my MikTex packages. After that, I notice that XeLaTeX makes PDF differently, in the sense that en-dash and em-dash ligatures don't work properly if they ...
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How use full page width for a paragraph using the moderncv class

Is there a way to use the full page width for a specific section in the moderncvclass? For example, for the section below, how can I make the executive summary paragraph occupy the whole red box ...
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Using the default Times font in XeLaTeX

Is there any way to use the old Times font (triggered by \usepackage{times} in pdflatex), along with other fonts in XeLaTex? I know I can use Times New Roman or TeX Gyre Termes, but neither of them ...
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How do I get the "U+222B" Integral sign to use in LaTeX?

Below is a sample image of this integral symbol, this is a very common font for the integral symbol, usually seen in textbooks, but surprisingly I couldn't find a way to get this symbol. This is the ...
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XeLaTeX passes to Inkscape wrong path when exporting svg

Here's my .tex file: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \author{} \usepackage{svg} \usepackage{graphicx} \graphicspath { {./images/svg/} } \begin{document} \newpage \includesvg{src/images/svg/demo....
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\Umathaccent works with Type 1 fonts but not with OpenType

I am in the early stages of experimenting with accents in XeTeX/Unicode. This began because I wanted to be able to use MathTime Pro 2's bold and heavy accents without necessarily making the symbol ...
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Beamer+Polyglossia(bidi)+RTL with xelatex breaking footnote overlay

I have seen from other answers (here and here) that bidi (from polyglossia) does not play nice with beamer and RTL languages. This is indeed an example of this. However, I am curious if there is a ...
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Print year after title addon

The following MWE produces a bibliography entry as shown in the image below: \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage{xeCJK} \usepackage[style=authoryear-ibid]{biblatex} \usepackage{filecontents} \begin{...
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Isuue with ToC linking sections

I have a code with multiple parts and each part has multiple sections and subsections, but I want to reset the counter of sections so it start again in each part using \setcounter{section}{0}; which ...
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EB Garamond: no bullet point in itemize list

I installed the EB Garamond fonts as follows: From the GitHub repo, I went to the Release page and downloaded lastest nightly release, which is dated 13th March 2023 and corresponds to commit d04d0f9 ...
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Aligning lines and crosses placed with `rput` (place an object at a desired point)

I would like to slightly modify this pspicture: Each of the crosses (as well as the numbers, although that is not so important) should be centred at the centre of their each squares. As you can see ...
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PNG background color inadvertantly changes in XeLaTeX [duplicate]

below screenshot of the same image showing (left) the image as desired in a generic image viewer and (right) after inclusion with XeLaTex and includegraphics. i remember having to deal with something ...
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Packages ucs and hyperref don't get along under xelatex

I'm getting an "undefined control sequence" error for \UTFviii@loop whenever I use both the ucs package and the hyperref package under XeLaTeX (and LuaLaTeX). (I understand \UTFviii@loop has ...
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Keeping original hyphen-minus character with the sourcesanspro package

The sourcesanspro package, which loads the Source Sans Pro font, changes the hyphen characters. MWE: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[default]{sourcesanspro} \begin{document} Hello-world. \end{...
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How to write Arabic poetry on LyX?

In Arabi package documentation, it possible to write Arabic poetry on LaTeX using that package. But, I want to write Arabic poetry using LyX, that uses LaTeX as its backend and XeTeX for formatting ...
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Run a command at the start/end of each chapter without hooks

I'm using the glossaries package to create a list of acronyms, and I'd like to reset the first key flag for all entries at the start of each chapter in my document. I've tried solutions I've found ...
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Non-existing graphic file only produces warning. Why?

The following LaTeX code only throws warnings when compiling with pdfLaTeX or luaLaTeX. In contrast, compiling with XeLaTeX leads to an abort, as I actually expect. \documentclass{article} \usepackage[...
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Cedilla failing with XeLaTeX

This MWE works correctly with pdflatex but fails to produce an o-cedilla (o̧) with xelatex even if you uncomment the fontspec. \documentclass{article} %\usepackage{fontspec} \begin{document} Here is a ...
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How to make horizontal alignment for characters in grid?

I have a LaTeX script that renders characters within a grid. While it functions adequately, there is a minor problem where the alignment of characters is disrupted if some of them occupis a ...
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Different results using pdfLaTeX, xeLaTeX or luaLaTeX

Why would a simple file like: \documentclass{report} \usepackage[english,russian]{babel} \begin{document} \selectlanguage{english} Next text in Russian: \foreignlanguage{russian}{Элементарная теория ...
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Resizable delimiters with StixTwo OTF without unicode-math

What exactly is involved with setting up delimiters with XeTeX, Unicode, and OpenType fonts? I found this answer https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/692859/224317 which looks promising. I have also ...
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XeCJK: Font NotoSansMonoCJKsc "Regular" causes error, "Bold" works

Table of contents The context The problem The question The context I want to use the font "Noto Sans Mono CJK SC" for Chinese characters. The font can be downloaded at this link in Github. ...
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Rescaling Type 1 fonts in entire document, text and math modes

A double-struck character set that I like is available in txmiaX font which comes with newtx package. I have been trying to move most of my math fonts to OTF versions and the closest I have found to ...
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xelatex: -- produces hyphens instead of en-dash [duplicate]

Using xelatex, the following code produces six hyphens, as in the code sample. Using pdflatex, it produces a hyphen, an en-dash and an em-dash, as should be. The behavior is reproducible with other ...
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Error: Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line 206. when using Kpfonts-otf

This is my MWE: % !TeX program = xelatex \documentclass[12pt, parskip]{scrreport} \usepackage[symbols]{kpfonts-otf} \setmainfont{KpRoman} \begin{document} Hello! \end{document} When I compile it ...
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First ToC entry points to wrong place

Look at this code: % Preview source code %% LyX 2.3.6 created this file. For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/. %% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing. \documentclass[english,14pt]...
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Unable to use package ctex using latexworkshop in Visual Studio Code on my mac

I am writing in Chinese so my understanding is pdflatex doesn't work for me. I have to use xelatex with the ctex package. This is my code, which worked perfectly in the TeXShop IDE that I got after ...
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Line Numbers inside a Tikz Environment

I'm trying to split my page into 4 subparts, similar to How to split a page into four areas in tex. I wish to number the lines of text inside each of these parts, using the lineno package. But the ...
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Package fontspec Error: The font "FontAwesome" cannot be found

I have a simple latex document like this: \documentclass{hijiangtao-resume} \usepackage{zh_CN-Adobefonts_external} \usepackage{linespacing_fix} \usepackage{cite} \begin{document} \name{蒋强} \...
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No icons for moderncv with minimal LaTeX install

I am using a small image with a minimal LaTeX install. When I build a moderncv document, there aren't any icons for phone & mail. I have already added the fontawesome package in Dockerfile like ...
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glstext-like command for page number in glossary list

I want to modify link texts, which are page numbers by default, in the glossary list. After some searching, I only find glstextformat which customises the link from main body to the glossary list. I ...
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