On 08/18/2010 04:25 PM, Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
> I also followed Khaled's suggestion (after downloading
> and installing the font, and finding that it still
> didn't find it), and Khaled's suggestion also worked
> for me, but my code is very different to yours. Can
> you explain how your's works, and why the asterisks
> and spaces ? Mine reads :
>
> \documentclass [aps] {revtex4}
> \usepackage {fontspec}
> \setmainfont[
> UprightFont = FontinSans-Regular,
> BoldFont = FontinSans-Bold,
> ItalicFont = FontinSans-Italic,
> BoldItalicFont = FontinSans-BoldItalic,
> SmallCapsFont = FontinSans-SmallCaps,
> Ligatures = TeX
> ]{Fontin Sans}
>
> \begin {document}
> The quick brown fox
> \end {document}
Well, the font name (as opposed to the font file name) is “Fontin Sans”,
and it comes in many styles. Actually, given the font name, fontspec
can synthesize the Bold, Italic, & Bold Italic variants automatically.
But since fontspec prefers to select small-caps by turning on an
OpenType feature, we need to tell it to select another font instead.
The font we choose has the file name “Fontin_Sans_SC_45b.otf” (or
whatever it is on your system), and has the font name “Fontin Sans”
––same as the regular version––and has the style “Small Caps” (with the
space).
As a convenience, when using the [<style>Font = <whatever>] style,
fontspec allows an asterisk, which it substitutes with the font name.
So, the invocation
\setsansfont[SmallCapsFont = * Small Caps]{Fontin Sans}
will do everything we need; the BoldFont = … etc. is not even needed.
(See the fontspec manual §6.1.1 “Input Shorthands”.)
There is an oddity with the related Fontin (a semi-serif font); the
small-caps font has the font name “Fontin SmallCaps” and style
“Regular”. Under LuaTeX the invocation
\setmainfont[SmallCapsFont = * Small Caps]{Fontin}
still works, but under XɘTeX this won’t compile; there will be a
complaint about an invalid fontname that “contains ' '”. So we get rid
of the space, and try this minimal document:
\documentclass {minimal}
\usepackage {fontspec}
\setmainfont[SmallCapsFont = * Small Caps]{Fontin}
\begin {document}
regular \textit{italic} \textbf{bold} \textsc{small-caps}
\end {document}
Looks good… except the word “regular” is set in small-caps.
OK, next try; change the invocation to this:
\setmainfont[UprightFont = * Regular,
SmallCapsFont = * SmallCaps]{Fontin}
XɘTeX will now complain about the invalid fontname “Fontin Regular
SmallCaps”––wait, what?
The invocation needed under XɘTeX is this:
\setmainfont[UprightFont = * Regular,
SmallCapsFont = Fontin SmallCaps]{Fontin}
Why? I don’t know. It’s partly the fault of the font file, but why
does it work fine under LuaTeX?
—Joel Salomon
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