[XeTeX] fontspec in TUGboat

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 18, 2005, at 7:12 AM, Hartmut Henkel wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Jonathan Kew wrote:
>
>> On 18 Dec 2005, at 3:33 am, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>>
>>> How do you get the reversed E in Xe(La)TeX using pdflatex?
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
> \newcommand\XeTeX{X\lower.5ex
>   \hbox{\kern-.15em
>   \setbox0=\hbox{E}\kern\wd0
>   \pdfliteral{-1 0 0 1 0 0 cm}\rlap{\box0}%
>   \pdfliteral{-1 0 0 1 0 0 cm}}\kern-.1667em\TeX}
> \XeTeX
> \end{document}
>
> Regards, Hartmut

Howdy,

Thanks. This looks exactly like the one using the graphicx package  
and its \reflectbox command. Is it the same? I also see the reflected  
E being placed too low compared to the one in \TeX even though both  
are lowered 0.5ex!?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)