On 19/10/2011, at 8:54 PM, Arno Trautmann wrote: > at the DANTE autumn meeting, Herbert Voss pointed out some problems with > LuaTeX and fonts. Apart from other problems, one thing is quite striking, > concerning the Linux Libertine Fonts delivered with TeX Live: > > [snip] > > The problem is the slanted font. It is neither found automatically, nor can > it be accessed using its "fullname" – only the "psname" works. The same is > true for my system-installed Libertine, but without the “O” in the name. > However, with XeTeX, the font is found and used correctly, so it seems more > to be a otfload-related problem than a fontspec or Libertine bug.
That's my reading, too. > Another thing: setting Linux Libertine O Italic as main font results in > italics everywhere. Of course it does -- what would you expect? > Finally: fontspec still gobbles spaces in error messages: > > ! The font "LinuxLibertineSlantedO" cannot be found. > > Bug or feature? Spaces are stripped to normalise names, but it's not ideal as an error message; I'll see what I can do to improve it: https://github.com/wspr/fontspec/issues/119 (for future reference so I don't forget about it) Cheers, -- Will
