On 09/09/2012 01:30 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> The only Free Software font family I can think of that can use the >> 'size' feature is Computer Modern. And I don't think any of its >> OpenType renditions have that feature set. > > OK. However, LilyPond's Emmentaler font (containing musical glyphs) > also provides various design sizes and would be a good candidate. > >> At any rate, it can easily go into Fontconfig. We just need to add >> an element for design size, perhaps one for the design range, >> possibly for design name, and then make the matcher match the font >> with design size closest to requested size... > > If I have understood correctly how the `size' feature works, it goes > one step further: Let's assume that I request emmentaler-13 while > using 19pt, and emmentaler-18 covers the range 17pt<=size<20pt. After > applying the `size' feature, the application will use emmentaler-18. > BTW, XeLaTeX supports this, and the `fontspec' package for XeLaTeX > provides a nice emulation interface of it. Why would you request 'emmentaler-13'? I assume the fonts have the same Preferred Family name. So you request by family name and size, and fontconfig gives you the right one. behdad > Would this possible with fontconfig also? _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig
