[XeTeX] External font and xltxtra breaks \footnote in xelatex

[Diederick C. Niehorster]

Ok,

So that didn't solve the problem. I hope somebody else has a good idea
regarding this or can find out where the bug lies.

Best,
Dee

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:04 AM,  <pi3orama at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've tried your suggestion, and the problem is still exist.
>
>
> On Dec 24, 2009 10:45am, "Diederick C. Niehorster" <dcnieho at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have no time for testing it now, but one thing you might try:
>>
>>
>>
>> xlxtra already loads fontspec and xunicode (in the right order) for
>>
>> you, you so don't need to load those separately. So try and see if
>>
>> only loading xlxtra solves the problem (see below).
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Dee
>>
>>
>>
>> ----
>>
>>
>>
>> \documentclass{article}
>>
>> \usepackage{xltxtra}
>>
>> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
>>
>> \setmainfont[
>>
>> ExternalLocation={/home/wn/.fonts/},
>>
>> ]{TimesRoman.ttf}
>>
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> test\footnote{footnote}
>>
>> \end{document}
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:29 PM, pi3orama pi3orama at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I use texlive 2009.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > If the main font is an external font, and xltxtra is loaded, the
>>
>> > latex's \footnote command will generate error. For example:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > below tex file works well:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > \documentclass{article}
>>
>> > \usepackage{fontspec}
>>
>> > \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
>>
>> > \usepackage{xunicode}
>>
>> > \usepackage{xltxtra}
>>
>> > \setmainfont{Times Roman}
>>
>> > \begin{document}
>>
>> > test\footnote{footnote}
>>
>> > \end{document}
>>
>> >
>>
>> > And this one is OK (load external font and remove the xltxtra package)
>>
>> >
>>
>> > \documentclass{article}
>>
>> > \usepackage{fontspec}
>>
>> > \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
>>
>> > \usepackage{xunicode}
>>
>> > \setmainfont[
>>
>> > ExternalLocation={/home/xxxx/.fonts/},
>>
>> > ]{TimesRoman.ttf}
>>
>> > \begin{document}
>>
>> > test\footnote{footnote}
>>
>> > \end{document}
>>
>> >
>>
>> > But this one cause an error (both use xltxtra and external font):
>>
>> >
>>
>> > \documentclass{article}
>>
>> > \usepackage{fontspec}
>>
>> > \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
>>
>> > \usepackage{xunicode}
>>
>> > \usepackage{xltxtra}
>>
>> > \setmainfont[
>>
>> > ExternalLocation={/home/wn/.fonts/},
>>
>> > ]{TimesRoman.ttf}
>>
>> > \begin{document}
>>
>> > test\footnote{footnote}
>>
>> > \end{document}
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > the error message is:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > ----------------------- message begin --------------------------
>>
>> > /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
>>
>> > Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/fontspec/fontspec.sty
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/ifxetex/ifxetex.sty)
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/calc.sty)
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkeyval.sty
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkeyval.tex
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/keyval.tex)))
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/euenc/eu1enc.def)
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/euenc/eu1lmr.fd))
>>
>> > fontspec.cfg loaded.
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/fontspec/fontspec.cfg))
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xunicode/xunicode.sty)
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xltxtra/xltxtra.sty
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/metalogo/metalogo.sty
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty)
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/graphics.cfg)
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/xelatex/xetex-def/xetex.def))))
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg/etex.sty)
>>
>> > (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fixltx2e.sty))
>>
>> > (./test.aux)kpathsea: Invalid fontname `TimesRoman.ttf/ICU:', contains
>>
>> > ':'
>>
>> >
>>
>> > ! Font \zf at basefont=TimesRoman.ttf/ICU: at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric
>> > (TFM) fi
>>
>> > le or installed font not found.
>>
>> > \realsuperscript  ...y \endcsname " at \f at size pt
>>
>> >                                                  \zf at set@font at type
>> > \ifzf at ic...
>>
>> > l.11 test\footnote{
>>
>> >                   footnote}
>>
>> > ?
>>
>> >
>>
>> > ----------------------- message end --------------------------
>>
>> >
>>
>> > I believe this should be an bug in xltxtra. But I know little about
>>
>> > low level tex and xetex so I am unable to fix it.
>>
>> >
>>