The fonts are available from the foundry. You may wish to investigate Hoefler & Frere-Jones at
http://www.typography.com/fonts/font_styles.php?productLineID=100010&cpuCount=1 They seem to cost US$ 299 for a single licence (but you use them much longer than your present computer. They (legally) migrate :-)). /rfw On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:36, Jonathan Kew <jfkth...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- 人有不為也而後可以有為
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