[XeTeX] fontspec: loading different shapes/scales of one font as different font instances?

[BPJ]

2010-08-01 22:29, Alan Munn skrev:
>
> On Aug 1, 2010, at 4:08 PM, BPJ wrote:
>
>> 2010-08-01 20:11, Khaled Hosny skrev:
>>> On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 07:53:58PM +0200, BPJ wrote:
>>>> 2010-07-30 06:25, Will Robertson skrev:
>>>>> \newfontfamily\foo[<options>]{<font name>}
>>>>
>>>> The ability to say
>>>>
>>>> \newfontfamily\foo{Foo Bold} Bar baz
>>>>
>>>> or rather
>>>>
>>>> \newfontfamily\foo[Style=Bold]{Foo} Bar baz
>>>>
>>>> % Where "Bold" could be Bold/Italic/BoldItalic/SmallCaps/Normal
>>>>
>>>> and get the equivalent of
>>>>
>>>> \newfontfamily\foo{Foo} \bfseries Bar baz
>>>>
>>>> Though I guess providing a Style option for the user
>>>> and insert \bfseries etc. / define commands including
>>>> them will actually be necessary anyway...
>>>
>>> If you want a specific style, then use \newfontface not \newfontfamily.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> D'oh, thats what i MEANT, but the fact remains:
>> I still need to put in the \bfseries etc.
>>
>
> If the font has separate Bold, Italic etc., then no.
>
> e.g. \newfontface{\bold}{TeX Gyre Heros Bold}
>
> then \bold foo
>
> will produce 'foo' in the bold version of the font.

Sorry. All's well: an uppercased letter too many had crept in.
I had literally written:

\newfontface{\foo}{DejaVu Serif Bold} \Foo Foo bar

instead of what it should be.  In other words I got what
I deserved for fooing around too much!

I'll still need to stick in commands/define features to
get smallcaps, though...

/BP