[XeTeX] "Options for all fonts" : colo[u]r, and the transparency byte

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 05.06.2011 um 21:54 schrieb Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd):

> So why doesn't it ?!

Phil,

it does! It passes all \special{}s without touching them into the  
output file. Whether you're using the xetex or the xelatex command  
plays no role: you have only access to the xetex engine's transparency  
support which is Mac OS X service oriented. This Mac OS X service  
transforms the \special{}s into PDF code.

The XeTeX engine needs to catch up with developments in PDF – or  
vanish. Could be LuaTeX and ConXeTeXt have a future.

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Greetings

   Pete

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