On 09/09/2012 06:12 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >>> 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'? > > Because the user doesn't know it better? > >> I assume the fonts have the same Preferred Family name. > > Yes, but for example fc-list (version 2.8.0) gives the following for > lmroman12-regular.otf: > > Latin Modern Roman,LM Roman 12:style=12 Regular,Regular > > Both `Latin Modern Roman' and `LM Roman 12' should work IMHO as the > input for the `size' feature. That would be extremely confusing. Imagine in a design app, if you specifically choose the 12 variant, you really don't want another one to be used. As for what gets listed and what doesn't, we do scan-level surgery in Fedora using fontconfig rules, combining various Droid Sans families, etc. Nicolas Mailhot can tell you if you are interested. b > Werner > _______________________________________________ Fontconfig mailing list Fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/fontconfig
