[XeTeX] why does Latin Modern Mono have some stretch and shrink with XeTeX ?

[Philip Taylor]

Philip Taylor wrote:
> To answer my own question :  "yes" (assuming that "1" = "true") :
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
>
> <ttFont sfntVersion="OTTO" ttLibVersion="2.4">
>
>
> <post>
>
> <formatType value="3.0"/>
>
> <italicAngle value="0.0"/>
>
> <underlinePosition value="-133"/>
>
> <underlineThickness value="69"/>
>
> <isFixedPitch value="1"/>
>
> <minMemType42 value="0"/>
>
> <maxMemType42 value="0"/>
>
> <minMemType1 value="0"/>
>
> <maxMemType1 value="0"/>
>
> </post>
>
>
> </ttFont>
>
In which case I feel that it might safely be argued that there is a deficiency in the XeTeX handling of Opentype monospaced fonts, unless (of course) the Opentype specification allows "isFixedPitch" (and perhaps analogous flags) to be ignored by a fully-compliant implementation.

** Phil.
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