On Sat, 15 Nov 2025 at 19:33, Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> wrote:

> RadioNoiseE <[email protected]> writes:
>
> >> > luatexja also patches LaTeX2e's NFSS2, adding CJK font
> >> > support. However unless there's a specific reason we shouldn't use
> >> > that in Org export results.
> >>
> >> That sounds concerning. What are the potential consequences?
> >
> > I think no observable consequences for Org export. It will not
> > interfere with any existing functionality. What is does is extending
> > existing framework, providing NFSS2 like interfaces for document
> > classes, handling CJK font scaling, vertical typesetting, etc
> > features.
> >
> > However I was thinking to not use luatexja-fontspec, that is we no
> > longer have \set...jfont control sequences. Since luatexja-fontspec
> > should be loaded after fontspec as it patches fontspec. As a
> > replacement, we can use (ref. luatexja document section 8.3)
> >
> >  \ltj@stdmcfont  -> The default Japanese font for the mincho family
> (serif)
> >  \ltj@stdgtfont  -> The default Japanese font for the gothic family
> (sans serif and monospace)
> >  \ltj@stdyokojfm -> The default JFM for horizontal direction
> >  \ltj@stdtatejfm -> The default JFM for vertical direction
>
> Will using these low-level commands be safe? What if luatexja-fontspec
> changes them in future?
>

That is the other way of putting my last question ;-) And this is why I
would propose that for CJK we stick to babel+xelatex as the way of handling
jp,zh and (hopefully) kr localisation and to fontspec+fallbacks for
documents that don't need localisation.

WDYT?
/PA

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