On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 at 22:03, David Jones <d...@ams.org> wrote: > STIX Two is distributed in OTF, TTF, and WOFF2 formats: > > https://github.com/stipub/stixfonts > > Only the TTF files are variable fonts. > > Only the OTF fonts are distributed via CTAN since none of the TeX engines > can use the (variable) TTF fonts. >
luatex (luaotfload) can use variable fonts (as shown in the original message in this thread) see also https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/630608/1090 > The changes in version 2.13 only affected the variable fonts, not the > "static" OTF files (although the version numbers were bumped up to match > the ttf files). That's why we didn't push a new version of stix2-otf > package to CTAN. > > Cheers, > David. > ________________________________________ > From: XeTeX <xetex-bounces+dmj=ams....@tug.org> on behalf of Bruno Voisin > via XeTeX <xetex@tug.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 10:17 AM > To: xetex@tug.org > Subject: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts > > Does XeTeX support variable OpenType fonts, or is the addition of their > support planned at some point? > > There does not seem to be any clear statement on the net about this, but > based on > > > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/355104/tex-luatex-xetex-fontspec-support-for-opentype-variable-fonts > https://sourceforge.net/p/xetex/feature-requests/28 > > I have the impression there's no such support yet. > > I'm asking because the next version of macOS, currently in public beta, > includes the STIX Two fonts in a slightly more recent version than TeX Live > (2.13 b171 for macOS vs 2.12 b168 for TL). > > The math font is in OTF format, same as in TL, but the text fonts are in > variable OpenType format, actually the files > > STIXTwoText[wght].ttf > STIXTwoText-Italic[wght].ttf > > from the official STIX Two distribution renamed as > > STIXTwoText.ttf > STIXTwoText-Italic.ttf > > respectively. > > Loading the fonts with LuaTeX and luaotfload, use of > > \font\testfont="STIX Two Text" > \font\testfont="STIX Two Text Medium" > > works and gets the fonts from TeX Live, while > > \font\testfont="[STIXTwoText.ttf]" > \font\testfont="[STIXTwoText.ttf]:instance=medium" > > gets the font from macOS. Similarly > > \fonttest{STIX Two Text Italic} > \fonttest{STIX Two Text Medium Italic} > > for TL becomes > > \fonttest{[STIXTwoText-Italic.ttf]} > \fonttest{[STIXTwoText-Italic.ttf]:axis={weight=medium}} > > for macOS (for some reason instance= doesn't work in this latter case). > See the attached test file. > > So I was wondering whether the same could be achieved with XeTeX. > > The question is futile regarding STIX Two (the fonts in TeX Live are > perfectly fine). But this was my first encounter with variable OpenType > fonts ever in the real world, and I imagine the use of such fonts will > become more widespread as time goes. > > Bruno Voisin > > PS Please cc possible answers to me, as I'm no longer subscribed to the > list. > > > > >
