Re: [XeTeX] Khmer font problem

2013-06-02 Thread Alain Delmotte
Hi! Le 2/06/2013 10:54, Vadim Radionov a écrit : Dear list members, I'm working on a Khmer dictionary (lacking any knowledge of the script and language) and there are some problems with compound characters. For example: \documentclass{book} \usepackage{polyglossia} \newfontface\khmerfont[Scri

[XeTeX] Ligatures

2013-06-02 Thread Jean-Claude Raoult
Hello, I am fond of (french) typography. Therefore, I would like XeTeX to automatically change not only fi, ff, fl and the like, but also st and ct — when available. The documentation is clear, for people using LaTeX or rather XeLaTeX. Unfortunately, I do not practice the english proverb "why

Re: [XeTeX] Ligatures

2013-06-02 Thread John Was
Hello I use plain XeTeX also, but not that font. However, looking at the Libertine website, I would suggest you add :+hlig to the font call (so e.g. "Linux Libertine O:+hlig:mapping=tex-text") If you right-click the font file itself and select 'Properties', you should get a list of OpenT

Re: [XeTeX] Khmer font problem

2013-06-02 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 12:54:41PM +0400, Vadim Radionov wrote: > Dear list members, > > I'm working on a Khmer dictionary (lacking any knowledge of the script and > language) and there are some problems with compound characters. > > For example: > > \documentclass{book} > \usepackage{polyglossi

Re: [XeTeX] Ligatures

2013-06-02 Thread Jean-Claude Raoult
Le 02/06/2013 14:44, John Was a écrit : Hello I use plain XeTeX also, but not that font. However, looking at the Libertine website, I would suggest you add :+hlig to the font call (so e.g. "Linux Libertine O:+hlig:mapping=tex-text") If you right-click the font file itself and select 'Pro

Re: [XeTeX] Fonts without proper combining diacritic placement

2013-06-02 Thread BPJ
2013-06-02 01:25, Andrew Cunningham skrev: Ir is still better to use fonts that have properly designed diacritics than rely on a hack for diacritic placement jn fonts that weren't designed for it. Sure, but you also need to find fonts which contain the characters you need!

Re: [XeTeX] Fonts without proper combining diacritic placement

2013-06-02 Thread Andrew Cunningham
On 03/06/2013 1:24 AM, "BPJ" wrote: > > Sure, but you also need to find fonts which contain the characters you need! > Very true. But usually I've found that combining diacritic support isn't the limitation, its acfually finding the necessary base characters and glyph combinations I need that is

[XeTeX] XeLaTeX, xeCJK, Japanese: some general questions

2013-06-02 Thread Wilfred van Rooijen
Hi all, I have been using XeLaTeX for a while now. Most of my materials are in English, or mixed Japanese and English. Until now, I have been using the following setup: - XeLaTeX + fontspec - linebreaking in Japanese: \XeTeXlinebreaklocale "ja" \XeTeXlinebreakskip=0em plus 0.1em minus 0.01em