On Oct 16, 2010, at 22:46 , Jonathan Kew wrote:
> On 16 Oct 2010, at 21:17, Fr. Michael Gilmary wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone:
>>
>> I've noticed that since installing MacTeX2010, some alternate glyphs are
>> selected without my permission! They're lovely, to be sure, but it's really
>> a control issue for me ....
>>
>> Is this a new feature of fontspec? or ?
>>
>> Here's the example from a document compiled some time ago (June of 09 ...
>> which was TL08) and you'll see the difference with the capital Q.
>>
>> I haven't noticed any other changes. This is loaded with:
>>
>> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
>> \setmainfont[Numbers={Proportional,OldStyle}]{Garamond Premier Pro}
>>
>> The Q alternate only has a GID and no unicode point.
>>
>> otfinfo -v GaramondPremrPro.otf
>> Version 2.000;PS 2.000;hotconv 1.0.50;makeotf.lib2.0.16970
>>
>
> The swash Q (which seems to be used only when it is followed by 'u') is a
> "contextual alternate" in Garamond Premier Pro. This feature is supposed to
> be active by default, according to the OpenType spec (see
> <http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/features_ae.htm#calt>), but was
> not enabled in the older version of xetex.
>
> So the new version is more correctly implementing the font designer's intent.
> However, if you want to turn it off, I'm sure fontspec has an option to
> disable the Contextual Alternates feature.
>
You're right, Contextuals=NoAlternate works. Thanks for the clarification.
Roland
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