On 16/11/2021 11:54, Philip Taylor (Hellenic Institute) wrote:
[M]ust I write (/e.g.,/) \font \cmr = "[cmr10.otf]" to force XeTeX to
use /only/ your OTF versions and to report "Font not found" if the
relevant font(s) is/are not installed ?
Rather worryingly, the following reports no error and typesets scaleable
text :
% !TeX Program=XeTeX
\font \cmr = "cmr9.otf"
\cmr
The quick brown fox jumps right over the laxy dog's back.
\end
as (even more worryingly) does
% !TeX Program=XeTeX
\font \cmr = "cmr9.xyz"
\cmr
The quick brown fox jumps right over the laxy dog's back.
\end
whilst
% !TeX Program=XeTeX
\font \cmr = "[cmr9.otf]"
\cmr
The quick brown fox jumps right over the laxy dog's back.
\end
reports an error as intended. Is XeTeX behaving as intended/documented
in interpreting \font \cmr = "cmr9.otf" (/or/ \font \cmr = "cmr9.xyz")
as semantically identical to \font \cmr = "cmr9" ?
--
/Philip Taylor/
