[XeTeX] Linux Libertine 5 serif too heavy

[Sebastian Gerecke]

Am Dienstag 14 Juni 2011, 07:44:49 schrieb M. Niedermair:
> Hi,
> 
> > I tried the new version 5 of the Linux Libertine font. I'm getting a way
> > to heavy serif font. Could someone please check if this a problem with
> > my setup or a real problem?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Sebastian
> > 
> > \documentclass[fontsize=12pt]{scrartcl}
> > \usepackage{fontspec}
> > \setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
> 
> if you use only fontspec and setmainfont you get not all font
> series/shapes.
> 
> Use \usepackage{libertine} instead.
> 
> 

Hello Michael,

as you seem to be fairly involved in the LinLibertine project maybe you can 
shed some more light on this:

1) Previously, I downloaded the fontfiles from 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxlibertine/files/linuxlibertine as 
http://www.linuxlibertine.org links there. Is that not the proper location to 
get the files?

2) I made sure to get only the .otf files. With version 4.7.5 (from 
sourceforge) and using only \setmainfont{Linux Libertine O} I had no problem 
getting the italic version of the font (using \it{} - as in file 124-old.pdf). 
Now you're telling me this is not enough anymore. Does this mean, this is an 
expected behaviour of version 5 a.k.a. not a bug but a feature?

3) I was under the impression that \usepackage{libertine} was only for LaTex 
users as they can't use \setmainfont. Using that package, is it still possible 
to use alternative glyphs, OldStyle/SInf/SUps/Tabular-numbers and all the 
other nice features LinLibertine has and that I have used with XeLaTex before?

4) The dante-package has only 24 .oft files under 
/fonts/libertine/fonts/opentype/public/libertine where the .tar.gz from 
sourceforge has 35. Are the some fonts not in the date package?

Thanks,
Sebastian