Re: [XeTeX] FakeBold vs TikZ

2014-06-16 Thread Barry MacKichan
I see dots on Skim and Preview views. —Barry On 16 Jun 2014, at 15:04, Marcin Woliński wrote: Dnia 2014-06-16, pon o godzinie 06:34 -0500, Herbert Schulz pisze: Howdy, I'm using TeX Live 2014 (from the pretest) on a Mac and don't see that black dot (unless it's awfully small). Could it

Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX 0.9999.0 released

2013-03-14 Thread Barry MacKichan
Convergence. On Mar 14, 2013, at 6:45 AM, Shriramana Sharma wrote: > So what are we waiting for for v 1.0? -- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex

Re: [XeTeX] centering layout with geometry package

2011-11-25 Thread Barry MacKichan
Would it work for you to use the crop package? It will center the page if you give it the paper size. --Barry >> Using the geometry package, is there any way to automatically (without >> using layouthoffset and layoutvoffset) to center a layout area on a >> physical page? ---

Re: [XeTeX] Change in Polyglossia?

2011-09-21 Thread Barry MacKichan
Sorry for the superfluous post. My mail program finally updated the XeTeX postings just after I hit the send key :-( --Barry On Sep 21, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Barry MacKichan wrote: > If I compile the following: > > \documentclass{article} > \usepackage{fontspec} > \usepack

[XeTeX] Change in Polyglossia?

2011-09-21 Thread Barry MacKichan
If I compile the following: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{polyglossia} \begin{document} This is some text. \end{document} I get the errors at the end of this message. I updated my TexLive 2011 complete installation this morning. --Barry This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415

Re: [XeTeX] Dinosaurs

2011-09-12 Thread Barry MacKichan
elete key, as I recall, was opaque tape that you could stick on the paper tape. --Barry MacKichan On Sep 12, 2011, at 2:53 PM, maxwell wrote: > On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:40:57 +0200, Tobias Schoel > wrote: >> Shouldn't real dinosaurs (real as in MTV Real Life) calculate usin

Re: [XeTeX] Diacritic marks in various fonts

2011-06-23 Thread Barry MacKichan
I could sell you my abacus ... --Barry On Jun 23, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Peter Baker wrote: > These computers have gotten too darn complicated, I say! > > Peter -- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listi

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

2011-06-06 Thread Barry MacKichan
Sorry about the 'spam'. I neglected to scroll my mail window and incorrectly concluded that this point had not been made yet. --Barry On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Barry MacKichan wrote: > In Fontspec.pdf, p. 16: > > Transparency is supported > by LuaLATEXand by X E

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

2011-06-06 Thread Barry MacKichan
In Fontspec.pdf, p. 16: Transparency is supported by LuaLATEXand by X ELATEX with the xdv2pdf driver (Mac OS X only); X ELATEX with the xdvipdfmx driver does not support this feature. --Barry On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > YES :-))) Finally it works. A

Re: [XeTeX] Strange hyphenation with polyglossia in French

2010-10-21 Thread Barry MacKichan
Weren't these called 'code pages'? --Barry On 10/21/10 4:29 AM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: Tobias Schoel wrote: That's difficult, because languages and scripture are evolving. Is there a difference between Montenegrin and Serbian? Will there be a difference for German German an

Re: [XeTeX] Monospace font, not being set in monospace

2010-09-30 Thread Barry MacKichan
Try (I used Courier instead of Pro Typewriter Underwood, but it should be about the same): \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \setmonofont[WordSpace={1.0,0.0,0.0}]{Courier} \begin{document} \noindent \frenchspacing \texttt{123456789012345678901234567890\\ x. xx. xx. xx. xx. xx

Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort

2010-09-27 Thread Barry MacKichan
Microsoft's recommendations on the UI of programs are only recommendations. If the task requires it, two windows are fine. This is what you would have if you previewed in Acrobat Reader anyway -- two apps but also two windows. It's been a while, but my memory is that many of Adobe's apps, suc

Re: [XeTeX] Checking if a font exists

2010-08-29 Thread Barry MacKichan
Since xetex uses fontcache, a extra benefit for Windows users is that they now have a version. By default it looks at the Windows font directory among others. --Barry On 8/29/2010 3:39 PM, Grzegorz Murzynowski wrote: > W dniu 29.08.2010 19:18, Barry MacKichan pisze: >> Some variation

Re: [XeTeX] Checking if a font exists

2010-08-29 Thread Barry MacKichan
Some variation of fc-list "Myriad Pro" > somefile should get you a file you can run a test on. --Barry macKichan On 8/29/2010 10:56 AM, Alan Munn wrote: > > On Aug 29, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Michiel Kamermans wrote: > >> Hi Alan, >> >>> Is there a

Re: [XeTeX] experimental new xetex version - with margin-kerning support

2010-05-03 Thread Barry MacKichan
outine has become very complex with the addition of calling on OpenType to compute sizes of text chunks, but it seems to me that the changes are solidly on the XeTeX side of the XeTeX/xdvipdfmx divide. --Barry On 5/3/2010 4:41 AM, Martin Schröder wrote: > 2010/5/3 Barry MacKichan : > >

Re: [XeTeX] experimental new xetex version - with margin-kerning support

2010-05-02 Thread Barry MacKichan
done, everybody should switch over to XeTeX. At the current time, I can only recommend that 98% of the people should switch over to XeTeX. --Barry MacKichan On 5/2/2010 5:12 PM, Jonathan Kew wrote: > For those who like to live on the cutting (bleeding?) edge, there is a new > version of

Re: [XeTeX] Diameter symbol

2010-03-15 Thread Barry MacKichan
The LM Roman font contains the diameter sign (U+2300). --Barry On 3/15/2010 9:14 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote: > > Am 15.03.2010 um 15:01 schrieb David Cottenden: > >>> Or are you looking for EMPTY SET, ∅, at U+2205? DIAMETER SIGN, ⌀, is >>> at U+2300. >> The latter is the one that I am after, but I k