[XeTeX] Upper Case numbers in Hoefler Text??

[christopher ciotti]

On Oct 4, 2004, at 4:08 AM, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Le 4 oct. 04, à 01:54, christopher ciotti a écrit :
>
>> I'm new to XeTeX  (just a few hours) and I'm having some trouble 
>> putting together font def files.  I wanted to make a few to represent 
>> the different flavors of Hoefler Text (they are based on an email 
>> from Bruno Voisin to the TeX on OSX mailing list).  When I make a def 
>> for italic, proportional (or tabular) upper case numbers, I get the 
>> default old-style figures in everything but regular text (which works 
>> as expected).  Can someone check this out for errors?  Thanks in 
>> advance.
>
> The problem is not with your declarations, but with Apple's shipping 
> of Hoefler Text: your names for the "Number Case" AAT feature are 
> consistent, but the ones Apple uses are completely irrational and 
> inconsistent. It's a bug which I think Jonathan Kew has reported to 
> Apple.
>

Thanks for the info.


> To get uppercase numbers, and other features, right, I had to open all 
> four Hoefler Text fonts (regular, black, italic and black italic) in 
> TextEdit, acces the Typography panel (Cmd-T then click on the scroll 
> wheel icon at the bottom left of the panel then Typography…), then 
> tediously find the names for each feature.
>
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>> \DeclareFontFamily{U}{hoeftxt}{}
>> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{m}{n} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text:
>>   Ligatures=Common\space Ligatures;
>>   Number\space Spacing=Proportional\space Numbers;
>>   Number\space Case=Upper\space Case\space Numbers;
>>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
>>
>> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{m}{it} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text\space 
>> Italic:
>>   Ligatures=Common\space Ligatures;
>>   Number\space Spacing=Proportional\space Number;
> Missing "s" at "Number".
>>   Numbers\space Case=Upper\space Case\space Numbers;
> Should be: "Number\space Case=Uppercase\space Numbers".
>>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
> Should be: "Character\space Alternatives=Normal\space Vertical\space 
> Position" (sic!).
>                                     ~~
>
>> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{b}{n} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text\space 
>> Black:
>>   Number\space Spacing=Proportional\space Numbers;
>>   Number\space Case=Upper\space Case\space Numbers;
> Should be: "Number\space Case=Diphthong\space Ligatures" (sic!).
>>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
> Should be: "Character\space Alternatives=Alternates".
>                                     ~~
>>
>> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{b}{it} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text\space 
>> Black\space Italic:
>>   Number\space Spacing=Proportional\space Numbers;
>>   Number\space Case=Upper\space Case\space Numbers;
> Should be: "Number\space Case=Normal\space Vertical\space Position" 
> (sic!).
>>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
> Should be: "Character\space Alternatives=Lower\space Case\space 
> Numbers" (sic!).
>                                     ~~
>>
>> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{m}{sc} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text:
>>   Letter\space Case=Small\space Caps;
>>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
>>
>> \DeclareFontShape{U}{hoeftxt}{b}{sc} {<-> "Hoefler\space Text\space 
>> Black:
>>   Letter\space Case=Small\space Caps;
>>   Character\space Alternates=Alternates"}{}
> Should be: "Character\space Alternatives=Alternates".
>                                     ~~
>
> Sorry, my original post included (I think) the correct declarations, 
> but I didn't stress enough Apple's bugs and their fixes.
>
> Bruno Voisin
>
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