[XeTeX] Using OTF fonts in custom letter class file

[S. Ekin Kocabas]

Did you check the fontspec user's manual? I believe it can do what you're
looking for.

http://www.ctan.org/get/macros/xetex/latex/fontspec/fontspec.pdf

Also check the ifxetex pacakage.
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/ifxetex.html


Ekin


On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:46 PM, R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar <
chandra at ee.uwa.edu.au> wrote:

> Dear Folks,
>
> I have a custom letter class file in which the sender's address and
> contact details are typeset in a pre-defined font as part of a
> letterhead, independent of the font (name and size) used for the text
> body. For example, the command
>
> \DeclareFixedFont{\viiipl}{OT1}{ppl}{m}{n}{8} % 8 pt
>
> selects Palatino 8pt and the commands
>
> {\viiipl\setlength{\baselineskip}{10pt plus2pt minus1pt}
> \fromaddress\\}
>
> allow the sender's address to be typeset in Palatino 8pt independently
> of the font (name and size) used in the body of the letter.
>
> While this works in LaTeX with Type 1 fonts, I wonder if there is any
> mechanism that allows OTF fonts to be used in like fashion in a class
> file. If so, how does one go about:
>
> 1. Specifying that the class file can be run only with XeLaTeX?
>
> 2. Specifying the font (name and size) to use?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Chandra
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