[OS X TeX] XeTeX and unicode characters

[Peter Pagin]

Thanks for the hint, Herb and Jonathan.
When I comment out "\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}" the unicode error 
messages disappear from the console. However, the unicode characters 
nevertheless do not appear on the pdf output.

Best,
Peter


Jonathan Kew wrote:

> 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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>>
>> -- 
>> Peter Pagin
>> Professor
>> Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
>> 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
>> tel: +46-8-162813, fax: +46-8-152226
>> email: peter.pagin at philosophy.su.se
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Peter Pagin
Professor
Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
tel: +46-8-162813, fax: +46-8-152226
email: peter.pagin at philosophy.su.se

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