Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort

2010-10-01 Thread Keith J. Schultz
Hi Tobias, I see where you are coming from. But, your basic point are here OT. I will mail you off list as this discussion though interesting is of mcuh interest to this list that education of students. regards Keith. Am 01.10.2010 um 08:2

Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort

2010-10-01 Thread Tobias Schoel
hi, that is correct. but it's also part of the discussion, whom lshort is aimed at and what role xelatex plays in lshort for that specific reason. as the discussion seems to have come to the end and a result has been achieved, i think this thread can be closed. On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Kei

Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort

2010-10-01 Thread Axel Kielhorn
Am 01.10.2010 um 00:49 schrieb Elliott Roper: > > On 30 Sep 2010, at 22:52, Keith J. Schultz wrote: > >> As far a documentation is concerned look at the LaTeX Companion for packages. > ..and that's where I get a bit taken aback. The book arrives last Saturday. I > head for the Index for the bi

Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort

2010-10-01 Thread Axel Kielhorn
Am 30.09.2010 um 18:47 schrieb Michiel Kamermans: > On 9/30/2010 8:33 AM, Axel Kielhorn wrote: >> >> The main problem is that lshort is a latin1 document, thus it is almost >> impossible (yes, there is arabtex and CJK) to show examples. >> > > well... we are on the xetex mailing list: save

Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort

2010-10-01 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> On page xxvii it says February 2004. > IIRC XeTeX was first included in TexLive 2007. > It was MacOS only until a few month earlier. > LuaTeX was included in 2009. 2008 actually. Not that it changes anything to your point, of course. Arthur -

[XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread Nicholas Riley
Hi, I just started using XeTeX again after a several-year gap. I installed MacTeX 2010 and am having issues with fonts not being found or not usable. I'm pretty sure this all worked in earlier versions but I made the mistake of removing my old installation before I checked that it worke

Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX in lshort

2010-10-01 Thread Peter Dyballa
Am 01.10.2010 um 15:55 schrieb Axel Kielhorn: Do you have a guide that explains how to turn a pdflatex document into a xelatex document? Something like this preamble? \documentclass[11pt,final]{article} \usepackage{ifpdf,ifxetex} \usepackage{graphicx} %[dvipdfmx] \usepackage[nger

Re: [XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread Nicholas Riley
So I've solved the problem with math symbols (found the unicode-math package), but I've still got this one: > In addition, on my 10.6 machine, I don't get any bullets in lists; this is > not a problem on my 10.5 machine. This is the error I get with the missing bullets: LaTeX Font Warning: Fo

Re: [XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread Michiel Kamermans
Are these system wide fonts, accessible to all programs installed, or fonts in some dir that is supposed to be considered "special" by some program? - Mike "Pomax" Kamermans nihongoresources.com -- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, e

Re: [XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread Herbert Schulz
On Oct 1, 2010, at 12:15 PM, Nicholas Riley wrote: > So I've solved the problem with math symbols (found the unicode-math > package), but I've still got this one: > >> In addition, on my 10.6 machine, I don't get any bullets in lists; this is >> not a problem on my 10.5 machine. > > > This i

Re: [XeTeX] Problem changing default fonts

2010-10-01 Thread Drébon
On 28/09/2010 00:25, Peter Dyballa wrote: Update once more and hope that fontspec 2.1a will come! It is allready in that version... The command \huge \bf{\sf{Some Text}}}, do not print bold text... Maybe \bf and \sf are not accessible in xelatex ? Regards. -- D. --

Re: [XeTeX] Problem changing default fonts

2010-10-01 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 06:47:21PM +0200, Drébon wrote: > On 28/09/2010 00:25, Peter Dyballa wrote: > >Update once more and hope that fontspec 2.1a will come! > > It is allready in that version... > > The command \huge \bf{\sf{Some Text}}}, do not print bold text... > > Maybe \bf and \sf are not

Re: [XeTeX] Problem changing default fonts

2010-10-01 Thread Herbert Schulz
On Oct 1, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Drébon wrote: > On 28/09/2010 00:25, Peter Dyballa wrote: >> Update once more and hope that fontspec 2.1a will come! > > It is allready in that version... > > The command \huge \bf{\sf{Some Text}}}, do not print bold text... > > Maybe \bf and \sf are not accessible

Re: [XeTeX] Problem changing default fonts

2010-10-01 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Khaled Hosny wrote: Its \textbf{}, \textsf{} etc. (even plain TeX \bf is not a macro but a font CS and it to be used as {\bf Some Text}). Sorry Khaled, \bf /is/ a macro : C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tex This is TeX, Version 3.1415926 (Web2C 2010) **\message {\meaning \bf} macro

Re: [XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread Nicholas Riley
On Oct 1, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Michiel Kamermans wrote: > Are these system wide fonts, accessible to all programs installed, or fonts > in some dir that is supposed to be considered "special" by some program? Goudy is in ~/Library/Fonts and is findable by xdvipdfmx; it's just Goudy Bold that isn

Re: [XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread Nicholas Riley
On Oct 1, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote: >> This is the error I get with the missing bullets: >> >> LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `TS1/Goudy(0)/m/n' undefined >> (Font) using `TS1/cmr/m/n' instead >> (Font) for symbol `textbullet' on input line 94. >> >> For t

Re: [XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread maxwell
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 17:17:29 -0500, Nicholas Riley wrote: > On Oct 1, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote: > >>> This is the error I get with the missing bullets: >>> >>> LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `TS1/Goudy(0)/m/n' undefined >>> (Font) using `TS1/cmr/m/n' instead >>> (Font)

Re: [XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread Nicholas Riley
On Oct 1, 2010, at 5:22 PM, maxwell wrote: > Just a guess, but could it be that the font doesn't have that character? Certainly I see a Goudy bullet under "Repertoire" in Font Book. In /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/base/qx-unicode.map (is this the right file?

Re: [XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread Herbert Schulz
On Oct 1, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Nicholas Riley wrote: > > LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OMS/Cambria(0)/m/n' undefined > (Font) using `OMS/cmsy/m/n' instead > (Font) for symbol `textbullet' on input line 96. > Howdy, Again, the font isn't being found. What are the names

Re: [XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread Ross Moore
Hi Nick, and Adam, Sent from my iPad On 02/10/2010, at 8:22 AM, maxwell wrote: > On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 17:17:29 -0500, Nicholas Riley > wrote: >> On Oct 1, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote: >> This is the error I get with the missing bullets: LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape

Re: [XeTeX] Problems finding/using fonts with both xdv2pdf and xdvipdfmx

2010-10-01 Thread Herbert Schulz
On Oct 1, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Nicholas Riley wrote: > On Oct 1, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote: > >>> This is the error I get with the missing bullets: >>> >>> LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `TS1/Goudy(0)/m/n' undefined >>> (Font) using `TS1/cmr/m/n' instead >>> (Font)

Re: [XeTeX] Problem changing default fonts

2010-10-01 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 10:55:51PM +0100, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > > > Khaled Hosny wrote: > > >Its \textbf{}, \textsf{} etc. (even plain TeX \bf is not a macro but a > >font CS and it to be used as {\bf Some Text}). > > Sorry Khaled, \bf /is/ a macro : Of course you are righ