[XeTeX] XeTeX 0.994 for Mac OS X

[Jonathan Kew]

There's a new version of XeTeX available for Mac OS X -- see <http:// 
scripts.sil.org/xetex>.

Version 0.994 fixes a couple of bugs that had showed up, and also  
includes several new features: highlights include

- pdfTeX-style \pdfpageheight and \pdfpagewidth parameters to control  
page size

- \pdfsavepos and \pdflast[xy]pos commands for position-dependent PDF  
tricks

- \XeTeXfonttype\f returns an integer indicating what type of font \f is

- the \font command allows you to adjust the tracking/letterspacing  
of the font

Simple example:
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%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
%!TEX TS-program = xetex

\nopagenumbers
\def\txt{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\par}

\def\tryfont#1{
   \font\X="#1:letterspace=-2.0" at 10pt \X \txt
   \font\X="#1:letterspace=-1.0" at 10pt \X \txt
   \font\X="#1:letterspace=-0.5" at 10pt \X \txt
   \font\X="#1" at 10pt \X \txt
   \font\X="#1:letterspace=0.5" at 10pt \X \txt
   \font\X="#1:letterspace=1.0" at 10pt \X \txt
   \font\X="#1:letterspace=2.0" at 10pt \X \txt
   \font\X="#1:letterspace=4.0" at 10pt \X \txt
   \font\X="#1:letterspace=6.0" at 10pt \X \txt
}

\tryfont{Hoefler Text}
\bigskip
\tryfont{Hoefler Text:Letter Case=Small Caps}
\bigskip
\tryfont{Hoefler Text:Letter Case=All Capitals}

\bye
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More details to come, if the XeTeX Reference Manual ever gets  
written..... ;-)

JK