Any #xelatex experts out there? I am having a VERY weird experience with fontspec.

I write

\setsansfont{NameOfFont}

And everything works as it should. Except when "NameOfFont" is the font I actually want, when everything *except* \textbf works correctly. Then it just renders normal weight text instead.

Nothing in the log file suggests any weirdness.

If I explicitly spell out the path and the filenames for all the weights then it works correctly; but I want other people to use this so that's not really a viable option.

The most confounding thing is that it *was* working, and I do not know what changed. My best guess is that some cache somewhere needs to be blown away... but Xelatex doesn't use a font cache.... I think?

Any ideas?

p.s. using a Mac.

#latex #fonts #fontspec #xetex

L'#éditeur #Markdown @zettlr est passé en version 4.2.0 récemment. C'est l'occasion de dire tout le bien que je pense de cette application qui m'est devenue incontournable :

- Intégration parfaite de #Pandoc, #XeLaTeX et #Zotero.
- Utilisation des en-tête #Yaml.
- gestion des fichiers dans #Nextcloud Notes sous @zaclys (via la synchro de l'ordi)

Et Donc, mis à part le nom #Zettlr imprononçable : 😘

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These are the new features the LaTeX #multilingual support (with #babel) has brought us this 2025. Remember that, unlike some AI chats mistakenly claim, babel provides comprehensive support for #LuaLaTeX and #XeLaTeX, as well as for #Unicode and #OpenType (with fontspec).

Revised and completed the page on language naming with babel, the multilingual framework for latex, lualatex and xelatex. Names are based on modern standards, particularly the Unicode CLDR.
https://latex3.github.io/babel/guides/locale-naming.html

#texlatex #multilingual #localization #lualatex #xelatex

Locale naming

The multilingual framework to localize LaTeX, LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX

babel

Hello,
#question #aide #these #latex #xelatex #redaction #shs
[EDIT] : Trouvé ! (grâce à un ami finalement). Mais merci pour vos réponses et suggestions ! Et si ça intéresse quelqu'un je peux toujours partager la solution ;)

Où est-ce que je peux trouver un forum bien pour de l'aide sur la rédaction LaTeX ? Je précise que je suis en SHS et peu de maîtrise de cet outil... Problèmes de mise en forme en pleine fin de rédaction de thèse. Trois tentatives infructueuses d'inscription sur trois forums ça me gonfle...
Si y'a des connaisseurs ici : j'ai une question sur la gestion des flottants avec le paquet Fancyhdr...
Hésitez pas à partager...!
Merci !!

New Pathfinder 2E character idea, new `git` repo...really works well managing all the stuff associated with my characters. Unfortunately, I still need to finish up her character background.

#pathfinder2e #git #tex #xelatex

In 2025, many digital typesetting systems still have problems with automated italic correction: https://polytype.dev/italic-correction/

#sile #xelatex #typst #digitalTypesetting

... not to mention WYSIWYG office suites, but that would a whole other topic. I don't know any passing that test, is there?

Polytype – Automated Italic Correction

Busy week. #k12 state testing coming up next week, not looking forward to that. #AdultESOL classes going well. Redid the writing rubric from a vague table ("some errors", "mostly correct" type language) to a much more specific checklist type. #ChatGPT translated it to the languages my students use, and I learned a bit about using #XeLaTeX for non-western languages.

Big fan of #HTML and #SVG, love #XeLaTeX (specifically, because it's native unicode, unlike plain #LaTeX), but:

If you can get the point across in plain #unicode text, use plain unicode text. The best information is information that doesn't need an interpreter to be made understandable.