[XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

Does XeTeX support variable OpenType fonts, or is the addition of their support planned at some point? There does not seem to be any clear statement on the net about this, but based on https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/355104/tex-luatex-xetex-fontspec-support-for-opentype-variable-fonts h

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

Hi Bruno and all, Does XeTeX support variable OpenType fonts, or is the addition of their support planned at some point? Jonathan or Arthur or anyone can correct me, but so far as I have observed, no one has been working on such new xetex developments for years now. If there is anyone ou

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

sin via XeTeX Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 10:17 AM To: xetex@tug.org Subject: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts Does XeTeX support variable OpenType fonts, or is the addition of their support planned at some point? There does not seem to be any clear statement on the net about this,

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 10:17 AM > To: xetex@tug.org > Subject: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts > > Does XeTeX support variable OpenType fonts, or is the addition of their > support planned at some point? > > There does not seem to be any clear statement on the

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

From: XeTeX mailto:ams@tug.org>> on behalf of Bruno Voisin via XeTeX mailto:xetex@tug.org>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 10:17 AM To: xetex@tug.org<mailto:xetex@tug.org> Subject: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts Does XeTeX support variable OpenType font

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

> On 12 Jul 2022, at 22:46, Karl Berry wrote: > > Jonathan or Arthur or anyone can correct me, but so far as I have > observed, no one has been working on such new xetex developments for > years now. > > If there is anyone out there with sufficient time, interest, and skill, > a volunteer would

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

> On 13 Jul 2022, at 19:05, Bruno Voisin wrote: > > Overleaf has a very nice technical article on TeX's support of emojis > > https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Articles/An_overview_of_technologies_supporting_the_use_of_colour_emoji_fonts_in_LaTeX > > discussing in detail why XeTeX doesn't su

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

On 13/07/2022 18:05, Bruno Voisin via XeTeX wrote: If anybody wishes to take on that task, here's another possible item for the todo list: the support of colour emoji fonts. I have not tried with other emoji fonts, but Apple's font (Apple Color Emoji.ttc in macOS) is supported by LuaHBTeX in

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

> May I /very/ respectfully suggest that while support for colour emoji > fonts may well be of interest to some, it would be more in the spirit > of TeX to invest that effort into attempting to support the technology > that underlies Zapfino Ink > .

Re: [XeTeX] Support of variable OpenType fonts

>> May I /very/ respectfully suggest that while support for colour >> emoji fonts may well be of interest to some, it would be more in >> the spirit of TeX to invest that effort into attempting to support >> the technology that underlies Zapfino Ink >>

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Thank you for both responses, Werner — most informative and much appreciated. -- /Philip Taylor/