Hello,
as Source2e states, the LaTeX font change commands with argument like
\emph{foo} "automatically take care of any necessary italic correction
on either side of the argument" ([1] The LaTeX2e sources [2011/06/27], p.
190). Using pdfTeX this works with some fonts like Latin Modern or MinionPro.
Unfortunately with luaTeX italic correction in normal text seems not to work
at all. Take a look at the minimal working example following.
I noticed some earlier discussion about italic correction with lua(La)TeX and
math mode, but this doesn't apply here. As I'm only LaTeX user it's difficult
for me to analyze this more in depth. There are fonts where even pdfTeX has no
italic correction as the font metrics don't include the necessary values, e.g.
Linux Libertine. My hope was changing to luaTeX, using otf fonts, would solve
this - which is not the case as I had to realize.
Any ideas?
Yours,
Bernhard
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{luaotfload}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Latin Modern Roman}
\listfiles
\begin{document}
\emph{f}!
\end{document}
*File List*
minimal.cls 2001/05/25 Standard LaTeX minimal class
luaotfload.sty 2011/04/21 v1.25 OpenType layout system
luatexbase.sty 2010/10/06 v0.3 Module utilities for LuaTeX
ifluatex.sty 2010/03/01 v1.3 Provides the ifluatex switch (HO)
luatexbase-compat.sty 2010/10/10 v0.3 Compatibility tools for LuaTeX
luatexbase-loader.sty 2010/10/10 v0.3 Lua module loader for LuaTeX
luatexbase-regs.sty 2010/10/10 v0.3 Registers allocation for LuaTeX
etex.sty 1998/03/26 v2.0 eTeX basic definition package (PEB)
luatexbase-attr.sty 2011/05/21 v0.31 Attributes allocation for LuaTeX
luatexbase-cctb.sty 2010/10/10 v0.3 Catcodetable allocation for LuaTeX
luatexbase-mcb.sty 2010/10/10 v0.3 Callback management for LuaTeX
luatexbase-modutils.sty 2010/10/10 v0.3 Module utilities for LuaTeX
fontspec.sty 2011/09/18 v2.2a Advanced font selection for XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX
expl3.sty 2012/02/26 v3471 L3 Experimental code bundle wrapper
l3names.sty 2011/12/30 v3113 L3 Experimental namespace for primitives
l3bootstrap.sty 2011/12/29 v3110 L3 Experimental bootstrap code
luatex.sty 2010/03/09 v0.4 LuaTeX basic definition package (HO)
infwarerr.sty 2010/04/08 v1.3 Providing info/warning/message (HO)
luatex-loader.sty 2010/03/09 v0.4 Lua module loader (HO)
pdftexcmds.sty 2011/04/22 v0.16 Utilities of pdfTeX for LuaTeX (HO)
ltxcmds.sty 2011/04/18 v1.20 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO)
ifpdf.sty 2011/01/30 v2.3 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
color.sty 2005/11/14 v1.0j Standard LaTeX Color (DPC)
color.cfg 2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
pdftex.def 2011/05/27 v0.06d Graphics/color for pdfTeX
graphics.sty 2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
trig.sty 1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg 2010/04/23 v1.9 graphics configuration of TeX Live
l3basics.sty 2012/02/26 v3460 L3 Experimental basic definitions
l3expan.sty 2012/02/26 v3460 L3 Experimental argument expansion
l3tl.sty 2012/02/26 v3460 L3 Experimental token lists
l3seq.sty 2012/01/09 v3158 L3 Experimental sequences and stacks
l3int.sty 2012/02/26 v3460 L3 Experimental integers
l3quark.sty 2012/02/12 v3384 L3 Experimental quarks
l3prg.sty 2012/02/26 v3464 L3 Experimental control structures
l3clist.sty 2012/02/26 v3460 L3 Experimental comma separated lists
l3token.sty 2012/02/26 v3460 L3 Experimental token manipulation
l3prop.sty 2012/02/26 v3460 L3 Experimental property lists
l3msg.sty 2012/02/26 v3470 L3 Experimental messages
l3file.sty 2012/02/26 v3464 L3 Experimental file and I/O operations
l3skip.sty 2012/02/26 v3460 L3 Experimental dimensions and skips
l3keys.sty 2011/12/22 v3086 L3 Experimental key-value interfaces
l3fp.sty 2012/02/06 v3315 L3 Experimental floating-point operations
l3box.sty 2012/02/18 v3432 L3 Experimental boxes
l3coffins.sty 2012/02/26 v3460 L3 Experimental coffin code layer
l3color.sty 2011/09/07 v2776 L3 Experimental colour support
l3luatex.sty 2012/02/09 v3355 L3 Experimental LuaTeX-specific functions
xparse.sty 2012/02/26 v3471 L3 Experimental document command parser
fontspec-patches.sty 2011/09/18 v2.2a Advanced font selection for XeLaTeX/Lu
aLaTeX
fixltx2e.sty 2006/09/13 v1.1m fixes to LaTeX
fontspec-luatex.sty 2011/09/18 v2.2a Advanced font selection for XeLaTeX/Lua
LaTeX
fontenc.sty
eu2enc.def 2010/05/27 v0.1h Experimental Unicode font encodings
eu2lmr.fd 2009/10/30 v1.6 Font defs for Latin Modern
xunicode.sty 2011/09/09 v0.981 provides access to latin accents and many oth
er characters in Unicode lower plane
eu2lmss.fd 2009/10/30 v1.6 Font defs for Latin Modern
graphicx.sty 1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
keyval.sty 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
fontspec.cfg
t3cmr.fd 2001/12/31 TIPA font definitions
supp-pdf.mkii
epstopdf-base.sty 2010/02/09 v2.5 Base part for package epstopdf
grfext.sty 2010/08/19 v1.1 Managing graphics extensions (HO)
kvdefinekeys.sty 2011/04/07 v1.3 Defining keys (HO)
kvoptions.sty 2010/12/23 v3.10 Keyval support for LaTeX options (HO)
kvsetkeys.sty 2011/04/07 v1.13 Key value parser (HO)
etexcmds.sty 2011/02/16 v1.5 Prefix for e-TeX command names (HO)
epstopdf-sys.cfg 2010/07/13 v1.3 Configuration of (r)epstopdf for TeX Live
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