[OS X TeX] XeTeX and unicode characters

[Jonathan Kew]

On 30 Jan 2005, at 10:56 pm, Peter Pagin wrote:

> Thanks, Herb,
> but that didn't work. I don't write the codes but the characters  
> themselves into the input file, which works, as it should, in LaTeX  
> with the "\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}" option. It stops working when  
> switched to XeLaTeX, and begins working again when switched back to  
> typesetting with LaTeX.
> I would, of course, like it to work both ways.
>

XeTeX reads Unicode input directly, and so you should *not* use the  
inputenc utf8 package with it. That package interprets sequences of  
individual byte codes as Unicode characters, but XeTeX has already done  
that as it reads the file.

Hope this helps,

Jonathan


> Best,
> Peter
>
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I now learned about XeTeX, installed it with the i-package and it  
>>> works!
>>> Marvelous! I can use the font families I have on my Mac.
>>>
>>> There is one thing that doesn't work, however, and I don't understand
>>> why. The Swedish characters e.g. å, ä, ö (corresponding to the codes
>>> \"a, \aa, and \~o) typed into the input file work fine with LaTeX
>>> typesetting in TeXShop with the utf8 encoding. When I switch to  
>>> XeLaTeX,
>>> I get error messages that these characters are not set up for use  
>>> with
>>> LaTeX. Does anyone understand why?
>>>
>>> I think I have set the preferences according to instructions.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> If you are using the usual LaTeX codes (\"a, etc.) you need should  
>> try to
>> set fonts using the fontspec package. E.g.,
>>
>> \usepackage{fontspec}
>> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text} % <- this uses the LaTeX  
>> commands
>> \setromanfont[Numbers=Lining,Scale=1.05]{Hoefler Text}
>> \setsansfont[Scale=1.02]{Gill Sans}
>>
>> You can get it from Will Robertson's page,
>> <http://www.mecheng.adelaide.edu.au/~will/tex/>. It is also available  
>> at
>> <http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php? 
>> site_id=nrsi&item_id=xetex_rela
>> ted> along with Ross Moore's necessary utf8accents package.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>>
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>
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