I'm trying out some fonts for the Dhivehi language, which has a unique
script. The fonts were created by the Maldives Ministry of
Communication, Science, and Technology. However, that website has been
down for at least a week, so I got them from
http://sites.google.com/site/iheckersite/uploads/dhivehi-fonts
The fonts in question are the 'Mv Elaaf Normal', the 'Mv GroupX Avas',
and the 'Mv Lady Luck'. I can't get any of them to work with XeLaTeX,
which complains that there is an "Invalid fontname."
The code which calls the font in question is the ff:
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\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{report}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\newfontinstance\dhivehifontA{Mv Elaaf Normal}
\newcommand{\dhiA}[1]{{\newfontinstance\dhivehifontA #1}}
\begin{document}
\dhiA{ޓީވީއެމް އާއި ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ އަޑުގެ ނަން ބަދަލުކޮށްފިއެވެ.}
\end{document}
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(If those characters don't come out in your email, it's because you
don't have a font for Dhivehi installed!)
I'll excerpt what I think are the relevant parts of the log file here,
since it's rather long:
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Package fontspec Info: Defining font family for 'Mv Elaaf Normal' with
options [] on input line 10.
Package fontspec Info: Could not resolve font Mv Elaaf Normal/B (it
might not exist) on input line 10.
Package fontspec Info: Could not resolve font Mv Elaaf Normal/I (it
might not exist) on input line 10.
Package fontspec Info: Could not resolve font Mv Elaaf Normal/BI (it
might not exist) on input line 10.
...
! Font \...@basefont=Þ at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or
installed font not found.
\...@fontspec ...ntname \...@suffix " at \...@size pt
\unless \i...@icu
\...@set@...
l.28 ...Þ¦ÞÞ° ÞÞ¦ÞÞ¦ÞÞªÞÞ®ÞÞ°ÞÞ¨ÞÞ¬ÞÞ¬.}
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I believe it's correct about the non-existence of the Bold and Italic
versions of font.
There was a thread a year ago, see
http://www.tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2009-March/012496.html
but afaict, the problem there is different.
fc-list finds the font ok. I have also tried adding
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\fontspec[ ExternalLocation=/groups/opt/share/fonts/, \
UprightFont=MvElaafNormal.otf.ttf ]{Mv Elaaf Normal}
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before the \newfontinstance command, but I get the same error. Leaving
out the name-internal spaces in the \newfontinstance command also
results in the same error.
'otfinfo' reports:
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Family: Mv Elaaf Normal
Subfamily: Normal
Full name: Mv Elaaf Normal
PostScript name: MvElaafNormal
Version: 1.0
Unique ID: Sehga Elaaf Regular
Manufacturer: M.A.Gadir
Goalhithereyge
Male'
Tel 31 33 99
Copyright: M.A.Gadir for Sehga Soft. Tel 31 33 99
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Am I doing s.t. wrong, or is there a problem with these fonts?
--
Mike Maxwell
maxw...@umiacs.umd.edu
"A library is the best possible imitation, by human beings,
of a divine mind, where the whole universe is viewed and
understood at the same time... we have invented libraries
because we know that we do not have divine powers, but we
try to do our best to imitate them." --Umberto Eco
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