[XeTeX] Problem with leading with Charis SIL or Doulos SIL

Will Robertson will at guerilla.net.au
Tue Mar 7 01:26:14 CET 2006


Hi Richard,

Jonathan has answered your question regarding the leading between  
lines; I just wanted to make a quick remark about the commands you're  
using. While there is nothing that should give you errors with this  
line:

> \newcommand{\basetext}{\fontspec{Gentium}\fontsize{12}{14pt} 
> \selectfont}

it would be better in the long run to use

   \newfontinstance\fonta{Gentium}
   \newcommand\basetext{\fonta\fontsize{12}{14}\selectfont}

(replace \fonta with a more descriptive name, like \sectionfont or  
\greekfont)
This saves a lot of overhead, since the Gentium font processing is  
only performed once. Again, it's unlikely to cause errors for you  
*not* to do this, but better to be safe than sorry, eh?

Best wishes,

Will



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