Re: [XeTeX] prioritizing OTF fonts

2016-07-29 Thread BPJ
You can always put symlinks in an easily remembered place like ~/fontlinks/ /bpj torsdag 28 juli 2016 skrev maxwell : > On 2016-07-28 07:28, Herbert Schulz wrote: > >> You can load the font using file names rather than font names. It's a >> bit more complicated but

Re: [XeTeX] prioritizing OTF fonts

2016-07-28 Thread maxwell
On 2016-07-28 07:28, Herbert Schulz wrote: You can load the font using file names rather than font names. It's a bit more complicated but certainly doable. That resolves any ambiguity the way you wish. Yeah, I was hoping there was an easier way than that, like [prioritizeOTF=true]. (Although

Re: [XeTeX] prioritizing OTF fonts

2016-07-28 Thread Philip Taylor
Herbert Schulz wrote: > Howdy, > > You can load the font using file names rather than font names. Should that not read "full path to file" rather than "file name", Herb ? File names can be duplicated, but full path to file cannot. ** Phil. --

Re: [XeTeX] prioritizing OTF fonts

2016-07-28 Thread Herbert Schulz
Howdy, You can load the font using file names rather than font names. It's a bit more complicated but certainly doable. That resolves any ambiguity the way you wish. Good Luck, Herb Schulz > On Jul 27, 2016, at 5:47 PM, Karljürgen Feuerherm > wrote: > > I can

Re: [XeTeX] prioritizing OTF fonts

2016-07-27 Thread Karljürgen Feuerherm
I can answer part of this… It loads TTF just fine, as I’ve a font of my own design that I’ve used with no problems. (Just retested now to be sure nothing has changed.) I don’t know about part two :) Karljürgen > On Jul 27, 2016, at 16:30, maxwell wrote: > > Does

[XeTeX] prioritizing OTF fonts

2016-07-27 Thread maxwell
Does fontspec load *only* OpenType fonts? The intro to the fontspec package documentation says The fontspec package allows users of either XETEX or LuaTEX to load OpenType fonts in a LATEX document. Does that mean it doesn't load TrueType etc. fonts, even if there are no OpenType