2013/9/11 Javier Bezos <lis...@tex-tipografia.com>: > >> Last time I heard from him on this, it was something in the lines of "I >> wish I didn't implement \addfontfeatures", say I maintain my position >> that people should avoid it whenever possible, it is just a hack. > > > And the alternative is...? > IMHO it would be unfortunate not to have \addfontfeatures. For instance, if the font has small caps features and I need to emphasize by small caps, I redefine \emph to add this feature and it is not necessary to repeat other features. I can also select locally lining digits when typesetting a table and use proportional digits otherwise. When typing a text in Devanagari I can add a Mapping only within a group where the input is written in a transliteration.
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