On 18 May 2010, at 10:27, Peter Dyballa wrote: >> >> As an aside, is there any place where I can find the Hoefler Text font >> for Linux (or in .otf format)? I think that this serif font has a lot >> of different options and ligatures and I enjoy to play around with >> those. Or maybe there are other serif fonts that offer such a wide >> variety of options? For me it's a good way to learn about font >> varieties with gorgeous texts as an added bonus.
There are numerous fonts with advanced layout options these days, both commercial (e.g., the Adobe "Pro" fonts tend to have quite a few features) and free (one of my favorites is Calluna, by Jos Buivenga; the Regular face is available free). > > Get yourself an intel based Mac (to be able to run virtual instances of other > operating systems) and install Leopard (Tiger is too old, Snow Leopard uses a > proprietary font format). When running some Solaris, BSD, Linux you might be > able to use the Hoefler fonts. Maybe it works to copy them from the bought > Mac OS 10.5.4 (best price) DVD with its install packages. Two points: First, this wouldn't work as you suggest, because the Hoefler Text font on OS X uses AAT tables for its various layout features, and this technology is only supported by xetex on OS X, not on Linux. Second, this would clearly be a violation of the OS X license, and as such I think it's quite inappropriate to be suggesting it at all. > Or just buy them, if available. Note that it would be necessary to find versions with OpenType layout tables rather than AAT, if they're intended for use on Linux. JK -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
