[OS X TeX] mediaeval default?

[Hans van Maanen]

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> On 14 jun 2004, at 12:28, Bruno Voisin wrote:
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>> Another way to get numbers oldstyle by default is to use XeTeX and 
>> select, for example, the font Hoefler Text whose numbers are 
>> oldstyle.
>>
>> Two restrictions to the use of XeTeX (allowing the use of any Mac OS 
>> X font in TeX) though:
>>
>> - You have to switch to Unicode (UTF-8) encoding for your input text.
>>
>> - Maths are by default in CM fonts, which do not blend well (they are 
>> too thin) with OS X fonts.
>>
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And it also means I'd have to convert my documents, and learn Tex and 
Xetex, as far as I can tell --- I only just got used to Latex! Why oh 
why is there no easy way to use Hoefler Text in TexShop...

Hams

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