[OS X TeX] Type Classics for Learning

[Peder Axensten]

Jon, would you mind sharing these .fd files?

On 23 jun 2004, at 17.18, Jon Breitenbucher wrote:

>
> On Jun 23, 2004, at 4:47 AM, Lawrence Paulson wrote:
>>
>> Some of these fonts (Jenson, Myriad, Utopia) include a dozen or more 
>> faces, though I didn't notice ligatures (not sure where to look for 
>> those anyway) or small caps.
>
> Any of the Pro + Opticals (Chapparal, Cronos, Minion, Jenson, Warnock) 
> contain about 32 faces and tyipically sell for around $300. A number 
> of the Standard and Pro fonts (Utopia, Sanvito, Nueva, Myriad, 
> Moonglow) have a dozen or more fonts and would sell for around $170. 
> So this is a great deal and a great way to start experimenting with 
> OpenType fonts.
>
> Since the fonts are OpenType, they work well with XeTeX version .83. I 
> have tried to set up .fd files for XeTeX for all of the fonts listed 
> above as well as Adobe Garamond Pro and Adobe Caslon Pro. The Pro 
> fonts appear to have all of the OpenType features (oldstyle numbers, 
> discretionary ligatures, stylistic alternates, contextual alternates, 
> swash, small caps, etc.); however, there are some faces which lack a 
> few features. Once you have the fonts you can use the otfinfo -f 
> fontname command available as part of Eddie Kohler's lcdftools to see 
> what features are supported and can be set in the .fd file.
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