[XeTeX] XeTeX OpenType Features bug?

[Zdenek Wagner]

st 25. 10. 2023 v 11:19 odesílatel John Was <johnoxuk at gmail.com> napsal:
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> In case it helps, whenever I've had even the hint of an issue accessing a font from the system I invoke it from where I have stored the file of the font itself, e.g.:
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> \font\ormplanteight="[D:/BACKUPS/FONTBKUP/ORMULUM/OrmPlant.ttf]" at 8pt
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The problem is that it does not work if you share the source file with
someone else. In addition, Linux and Mac do not have drive letters.

> (I'm not a LaTeX user but as far as I know plain (Xe)TeX commands will still work in LaTeX.)
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> Best
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> John 🇪🇺  Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 ... Героям слава
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Zdeněk Wagner
https://www.zdenek-wagner.eu/


> On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 at 10:14, Stephen Moye via XeTeX <xetex at tug.org> wrote:
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>> @David Barts:
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>> You say: "I can access the small caps via the \fontspec macro” — what \fontspec macro is that?
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>> Earlier: "Interesting. This works for me!” — what is ’this’?
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>> (It just occurred to me that, for some reason, I may not have the entire email exchange.)
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>> I’ve also tried Hoefler, but without success.
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>> Thanks.
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>> > On Oct 24, 2023, at 11:04 PM, David Barts via XeTeX <xetex at tug.org> wrote:
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>> > They are both TrueType as reported by Font Book.
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>> > But as I just wrote, I can access the small caps via the \fontspec macro; it is just \textsc and \scshape that fail.
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>> > On 2023-10-24 17:06, Herbert Schulz via XeTeX wrote:
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>> >> Howdy,
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>> >> Does the OpenType version of Hoefler Text appear in Font Book? If you are using \setmainfont using a font name (rather than file name) xelatex (at least on Mac) will only use fonts that that the system `knows' about. There is a ttf version of Hoefler Text so that is what will be used. You must let Font Book `know' about the OpenType version and then make it the active version.
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>> >> Good Luck,
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>> >> Herb Schulz
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>> >> herbs2 at mac.com
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>> > --
>> > David Barts /
>> > n5jrn at me.com
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>> > He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for.
>> >  -- Moroccan proverb
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