[XeTeX] [OS X TeX] Fwd: Using a ttf font with separate ligatures in xelatex

[William Adams]

On Jul 13, 2006, at 3:04 PM, Ralf Stubner wrote:
(re: Minion .ttf licensing issue)
> Why?

Well, Adobe has never provided Minion Expert in .ttf format --- it  
was illicitly distributed on at least one CD-ROM bundled w/ a book  
though --- and the OP didn't state something like, ``I'm using a .ttf  
which I've converted from the Type 1 I got from Adobe''. The  
only .ttfs which Adobe has done are the Web-oriented fonts which they  
made available ages ago, and Minion Web didn't have a matching Expert  
font.

While you could combine these, (or even the original Type 1 fonts) to  
get a .otf, it's still not as nice as using the .otf as done by Adobe  
--- it includes new / re-drawn ligatures (fj comes to mind) and  
improved spacing &c.

It's well worth up-dating to it IMO.

William

-- 
William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications



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