2012/12/27 Sasi Kumar <[email protected]>: > Thanks to everyone for the quick response in spite of the Christmas season. > I have not tried any of the solutions suggested, but feel certain that one > of them or all of them will work. > You can see a short sample of my book at http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz/bharat.php It was done using the polyglosia package, using \texthindi{हिंदी लेख} and \texturdu{اردو} As a matter of fact, this XeLaTeX source was generated from XML, the method is described here: http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz/lectures/floatingtext-en.php The slides are, however, only in Czech.
> Thanks and regards, > Sasi > > > On 26 December 2012 16:30, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Send XeTeX mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of XeTeX digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Font change (Zdenek Wagner) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:35:01 +0100 >> From: Zdenek Wagner <[email protected]> >> To: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Font change >> Message-ID: >> >> <CAC1phyYD_E-COaXh_pMd8ZKDyjCb5FLCi=XxgzZh=CA5=-j...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-2" >> >> 2012/12/25 Theodore M Rolle, Jr. <[email protected]>: >> > Um...like this? >> > >> > \documentclass{article} >> > \usepackage{fontspec} >> > \begin{document} >> > \setmainfont{Linux Biolinum} >> > This is Linux Biolinum.\\ >> > \setmainfont{Linux Biolinum Keyboard} >> > This is Linux Biolinum Keyboard. >> > \end{document} >> > >> > I just tried it with a minimal example. It worked. >> > >> Of course it works, but there are better ways, see below. >> >> > On 12/24/2012 10:11 PM, Sasi Kumar wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> >> >> >> As a relatively new user of XeTeX, I have a number of doubts. But right >> >> now, let me ask you two of them. I would be thankful if someone could >> >> point >> >> out a good tutorial on xelatex. >> >> >> >> My doubts are: >> >> 1. How can I change the font inside a document? For instance, let me >> >> say I >> >> have a document such as this: >> >> >> >> The fox and the dog >> >> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox >> >> jumped >> >> over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. >> >> >> \setmainfont{FreeSerif} >> >> {\fontspec{FreeSans} The fox and the dog} ... >> >> Another way: you can also define \setsansfont{FreeSans} and then >> \textsf{The fox and the dog} should work. It is worth to read the >> fontspec documentation. The manual is quite long because the package >> is very powerful. >> >> >> I want "The fox and the dog" in the font, let us say, "FreeSans" and >> >> the >> >> rest of the text in the font "FreeSerif". How do I do that? >> >> >> >> 2. I am creating a document in two languages, let us say, English and >> >> Malayalam, with both languages appearing intermixed. Now, how do I set >> >> the >> >> fonts for each language? I have a font for Malayalam, but the English >> >> text >> >> does not appear very beautiful in that font, so I would like the >> >> English >> >> text to appear in some other font. >> >> >> The best way would be to translate all the captions into Malayalam and >> send them to Arthur Reutenauer to include them to the polyglossia >> package. You can them define separate fonts for English and Malayalam. >> The fonts will be changed automatically when the language is changed. >> If you have basically an English text with a few Malayalam words, you >> can take advantage of the ucharclasses package. You will then use: >> >> \usepackage[Malayalam]{ucharclasses} >> \setTransitionTo{Malayalam}{\fontspec[Script=Malayalam]{MalayalamFont}} >> >> Now the font will be changed automatically whenever a character from >> the Malayalam block is encountered. >> >> >> Thanking for any help that may be forthcoming and wishing everyone a >> >> Merry >> >> Christmas and a Very Happy 2013 and beyond. >> >> >> I wish the sam to all of you, my greeting card is on my web page >> http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz/ and you can see the archive of the cards >> from previous years. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Sasi >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Dear friends, >> >> >> >> As a relatively new user of XeTeX, I have a number of doubts. But right >> >> now, let me ask you two of them. I would be thankful if someone could >> >> point out a good tutorial on xelatex. >> >> >> >> My doubts are: >> >> 1. How can I change the font inside a document? For instance, let me >> >> say >> >> I have a document such as this: >> >> >> >> The fox and the dog >> >> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox >> >> jumped >> >> over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. >> >> >> >> I want "The fox and the dog" in the font, let us say, "FreeSans" and >> >> the >> >> rest of the text in the font "FreeSerif". How do I do that? >> >> >> >> 2. I am creating a document in two languages, let us say, English and >> >> Malayalam, with both languages appearing intermixed. Now, how do I set >> >> the fonts for each language? I have a font for Malayalam, but the >> >> English text does not appear very beautiful in that font, so I would >> >> like the English text to appear in some other font. >> >> >> >> Thanking for any help that may be forthcoming and wishing everyone a >> >> Merry Christmas and a Very Happy 2013 and beyond. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Sasi >> >> >> >> -- >> >> V. Sasi Kumar >> >> Free Software Foundation of India >> >> Please see: http://swatantryam.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: >> >> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------- >> > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: >> > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >> >> >> >> -- >> Zden?k Wagner >> http://hroch486.icpf.cas.cz/wagner/ >> http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> XeTeX mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of XeTeX Digest, Vol 105, Issue 32 >> ************************************** > > > > > -- > V. 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