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diff --git a/luaotfload.dtx b/luaotfload.dtx index b770a91..a6b1c1e 100644 --- a/luaotfload.dtx +++ b/luaotfload.dtx @@ -173,34 +173,32 @@ and the derived files % \maketitle % % \begin{abstract} -% This package is an adaptation of the \context font loading system, -% providing the ability to load \textsf{OpenType} fonts with extended font -% loading syntax supporting a large selection of OpenType font features. +% This package is an adaptation of the \context font loading system, providing +% the ability to load \textsf{OpenType} fonts with extended font loading syntax +% supporting a large selection of OpenType font features. % \end{abstract} % % \tableofcontents % % \section{Introduction} % -% Font management and installation has always been painful with \tex. -% A lot of files are needed for one font (tfm, pfb, map, fd, vf), and as -% \tex is 8-bit each font is limited to 256 characters. -% But the font world has evolved since \tex, and new font technologies have -% appeared, most notably the so called \emph{smart font} technologies like -% \textsf{OpenType} fonts. These fonts can contain a lot of characters, and -% additional functionalities like ligatures, old-style numbers, small capitals, -% etc., and support more complex writing systems like Arabic and -% Indic\footnote{Unfortunately, \textsf{luaotfload} doesn't support Indic -% scripts right now} scripts. -% They are widely deployed and available for all modern operating systems and -% are becoming the de facto standard fonts for advanced text layout. -% Until now the only way to use them directly in the \tex world was by using -% them with \xetex. +% Font management and installation has always been painful with \tex. A lot of +% files are needed for one font (tfm, pfb, map, fd, vf), and as \tex is 8-bit +% each font is limited to 256 characters. But the font world has evolved since +% \tex, and new font technologies have appeared, most notably the so called +% \emph{smart font} technologies like \textsf{OpenType} fonts. These fonts can +% contain a lot of characters, and additional functionalities like ligatures, +% old-style numbers, small capitals, etc., and support more complex writing +% systems like Arabic and Indic\footnote{Unfortunately, \textsf{luaotfload} +% doesn't support Indic scripts right now} scripts. They are widely deployed +% and available for all modern operating systems and are becoming the de facto +% standard fonts for advanced text layout. Until now the only way to use them +% directly in the \tex world was by using them with \xetex. % % Unlike \xetex, \luatex does not provide direct support for using these fonts -% by default, but it provides a way to hook Lua code in some points of the -% \tex processing; for instance, we can improve the font loading system, and -% text procession, which what this package is about. +% by default, but it provides a way to hook Lua code in some points of the \tex +% processing; for instance, we can improve the font loading system, and text +% procession, which what this package is about. % % \section{Loading fonts} % @@ -217,12 +215,12 @@ and the derived files % % \paragraph{Prefix} % -% The \meta{prefix} can be either |file:| or |name:|, which specify -% whether to use a select the font from its filename or font name, -% respectively. If no prefix is specified |name:| is assumed. +% The \meta{prefix} can be either |file:| or |name:|, which specify whether to +% use a select the font from its filename or font name, respectively. If no +% prefix is specified |name:| is assumed. % -% For compatibility with \xetex, surrounding the \meta{font name} -% with square brackets is synonymous to using the |file:| prefix. +% For compatibility with \xetex, surrounding the \meta{font name} with square +% brackets is synonymous to using the |file:| prefix. % % Accessing fonts by fontname allows loading system installed fonts as well as % \textsc{texmf} ones, and requires a font names database; see @@ -230,14 +228,13 @@ and the derived files % % \paragraph{Font name} % -% The \meta{font name} can be either a font filename or actual font name -% based on the \meta{prefix} as mentioned above. +% The \meta{font name} can be either a font filename or actual font name based +% on the \meta{prefix} as mentioned above. % % Fonts loaded by filename may either include their absolute path in the -% filesystem or consist of just the filename with a path. -% If no path is specified then \textsf{kpathsea} is used to locate the font -% (which will typically be in the \textsc{texmf} tree or the current -% directory). +% filesystem or consist of just the filename with a path. If no path is +% specified then \textsf{kpathsea} is used to locate the font (which will +% typically be in the \textsc{texmf} tree or the current directory). % % For example, % \begin{quote} @@ -251,11 +248,9 @@ and the derived files % % \paragraph{Font features} % -% \meta{font features} are a list of items separated by semi-colons, -% which are either -% |key=value| font parameters, or switches to enable/disable certain font -% features in the form of |+feat|/|-feat|. -% The supported keys are: +% \meta{font features} are a list of items separated by semi-colons, which are +% either |key=value| font parameters, or switches to enable/disable certain +% font features in the form of |+feat|/|-feat|. The supported keys are: % \begin{description} % \item [mode] \hfill \\ % \textsf{luaotfload} has two OpenType processing modes; |base| and |node|. @@ -277,11 +272,12 @@ and the derived files % OpenType language string, default value is |latn|. % % \item [featurefile] \hfill \\ -% feature files are textual representation of OpenType tables and can be used to -% extend OpenType features of the font on fly. The file name of the feature file -% is passed, then features defined in the file can be enabled/disabled like any -% other feature. The syntax is documented in Adobe's -% \href{http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype/afdko/topic_feature_file_syntax.html}{OpenType Feature File Specification}. +% feature files are textual representation of OpenType tables and can be used +% to extend OpenType features of the font on fly. The file name of the feature +% file is passed, then features defined in the file can be enabled/disabled +% like any other feature. The syntax is documented in Adobe's +% \href{http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype/afdko/topic_feature_file_syntax.html} +% {OpenType Feature File Specification}. % % For example, to set a |tkrn| feature from |mykern.fea| file: % @@ -289,8 +285,8 @@ and the derived files % % \item [color] \hfill \\ % font color, defined as a triplet of two-digit hexadecimal RGB values, with -% optionally another value for the transparency -% (where |00| is completely transparent and |FF| is opaque.) +% optionally another value for the transparency (where |00| is completely +% transparent and |FF| is opaque.) % % For example, to set text in semitransparent red: % @@ -298,10 +294,9 @@ and the derived files % % \item [protrusion \& expansion] \hfill \\ % Both keys control microtypographic features of the font, namely glyph -% protrusion and expansion. The value of the key is the name of predefined -% Lua tables of protrusion and expansion values; see the end of -% |otfl-font-dum.lua| file for an example of such tables. The only -% predefined value is |default|. +% protrusion and expansion. The value of the key is the name of predefined Lua +% tables of protrusion and expansion values; see the end of |otfl-font-dum.lua| +% file for an example of such tables. The only predefined value is |default|. % % For example, to enable default protrusion\footnote{You also need to set % |\pdfprotrudechars2 \pdfadjustspacing2| to activate protrusion and expansion, @@ -323,15 +318,15 @@ and the derived files % \end{itemize*} % % (For \xetex users: these last two are the equivalent of writing -% |mapping=text-tex| using \xetex's input remapping feature.) +% |mapping=text-tex| using \xetex's input remapping feature.) % % % \section{Font names database} % \label{sec:fontdb} % -% As introduced in the previous section, \textsf{luaotfload} uses a database -% to keep track of fonts available to \luatex. Using this database, fonts can -% be loaded by font name as well as filename. +% As introduced in the previous section, \textsf{luaotfload} uses a database to +% keep track of fonts available to \luatex. Using this database, fonts can be +% loaded by font name as well as filename. % % When \textsf{luaotfload} is asked to load a font by font name, it will check % if font names database exists and load it, or generate a new database if non @@ -343,26 +338,26 @@ and the derived files % However, it is sometimes desirable to update the database manually, so % \textsf{luaotfload} provides a |mkluatexfontdb| utility to manually update % the database. |mkluatexfontdb| is a lua script that can be either run -% directly or as an argument to |texlua|, depending on your system\footnote{ -% On MS Windows it can be run either by calling the wrapper application +% directly or as an argument to |texlua|, depending on your system\footnote{On +% MS Windows it can be run either by calling the wrapper application % |mkluatexfontdb.exe| or with |texlua.exe mkluatexfontdb.lua|}. % % The first time the database is generated may take quite some time to process -% every font on your computer. -% This is particularly noticeable if it occurs during a typesetting run. -% Subsequent runs to update the database will be quite fast, however. +% every font on your computer. This is particularly noticeable if it occurs +% during a typesetting run. Subsequent runs to update the database will be +% quite fast, however. % % \textsf{luaotfload} will parse standard places for fonts in your system to % build the font database. On Linux, it will read |fontconfig| configuration -% files to find the font locations; -% on Windows and Mac~OS~X, it will search in the standard font locations, -% |%WINDIR%\Fonts| in Windows and |~/Library/Fonts|, |/Library/Fonts|, -% |/System/Library/Fonts|, and |/Network/Library/Fonts| in Mac~OS~X. +% files to find the font locations; on Windows and Mac~OS~X, it will search in +% the standard font locations, |%WINDIR%\Fonts| in Windows and +% |~/Library/Fonts|, |/Library/Fonts|, |/System/Library/Fonts|, and +% |/Network/Library/Fonts| in Mac~OS~X. % % If you do not wish the standard font locations be searched by default but -% would rather specify the exact locations in which to find your fonts, set -% the |OSFONTDIR| environment variable instead. When this variable is set, -% only the specified directories will be searched. +% would rather specify the exact locations in which to find your fonts, set the +% |OSFONTDIR| environment variable instead. When this variable is set, only the +% specified directories will be searched. % % |mkluatexfontdb.lua --help| provides a brief summary of the functionality of % the script and includes some advanced options that we have not mentioned @@ -381,9 +376,9 @@ and the derived files % can find. You can either use the base name or the full path. Any thing after % a |%| sign is ignored. \textsf{luaotfload} reads all files named named % |otfl-blacklist.cnf|, so you can add your own fonts to the global blacklist -% by creating a local file |otfl-blacklist.cnf| with the entries you need. -% You can also remove a font from this blacklist by prepending the name with -% a dash (|-|). +% by creating a local file |otfl-blacklist.cnf| with the entries you need. You +% can also remove a font from this blacklist by prepending the name with a dash +% (|-|). % % \begin{verbatim} % % example otf-blacklist.cnf @@ -396,12 +391,12 @@ and the derived files % % This package is a wrapper for several files taken from the \context macro % package. The philosophy is to let \context do all the implementation and -% update these files from time to time. So we try not to modify the files -% taken from \context as far as possible, but we changed their names to -% prevent name clashes. +% update these files from time to time. So we try not to modify the files taken +% from \context as far as possible, but we changed their names to prevent name +% clashes. % -% The \context files are renamed by adding the prefix |otfl-| to them -% (|otfl| as |OTF L|oad). The files are: +% The \context files are renamed by adding the prefix |otfl-| to them (|otfl| +% as |OTF L|oad). The files are: % % \begin{multicols}{3} % \begin{itemize*} @@ -441,11 +436,10 @@ and the derived files % version of this package before reporting a bug, as this package is under % active development. % -% A very common problem is the lack of features for some OpenType fonts -% even when specified. It can be related to the fact that some fonts do not -% provide features for the |dflt| script, which is the default one in this -% package, so you may have to specify the script in the command line, for -% example: +% A very common problem is the lack of features for some OpenType fonts even +% when specified. It can be related to the fact that some fonts do not provide +% features for the |dflt| script, which is the default one in this package, so +% you may have to specify the script in the command line, for example: % % |\font\myfont = MyFont.otf:script=latn;+liga;| % @@ -473,11 +467,11 @@ luaotfload.module = { local error, warning, info, log = luatexbase.provides_module(luaotfload.module) % \end{macrocode} % -% This is a necessary initalization in order not to rebuild an existing font. -% Maybe 600 should be replaced by |\pdfpkresolution| or |texconfig.pk_dpi| -% (and it should be replaced dynamically), but we don't have access (yet) to -% the |texconfig| table, so we let it be 600. Anyway, it does still work -% fine even if |\pdfpkresolution| is changed. +% This is a necessary initalization in order not to rebuild an existing +% font. Maybe 600 should be replaced by |\pdfpkresolution| or +% |texconfig.pk_dpi| (and it should be replaced dynamically), but we don't +% have access (yet) to the |texconfig| table, so we let it be 600. Anyway, +% it does still work fine even if |\pdfpkresolution| is changed. % % \begin{macrocode} kpse.init_prog("", 600, "/") @@ -524,8 +518,7 @@ end % \subsection{Module loading} % % We load the \context files with this function. It automatically adds the -% |otfl-| prefix to it, so that we call it with the actual \context -% name. +% |otfl-| prefix to it, so that we call it with the actual \context name. % % \begin{macrocode} function luaotfload.loadmodule(name) @@ -599,11 +592,11 @@ luaotfload.loadmodule("font-clr.lua") % % \subsection{Post-processing TFM table} % -% Here we do some final touches to the loaded TFM table before passing it -% to the \tex end. +% Here we do some final touches to the loaded TFM table before passing it to +% the \tex end. % -% First we create a callback for patching fonts on the fly, to be used by -% other packages. +% First we create a callback for patching fonts on the fly, to be used by +% other packages. % \begin{macrocode} luatexbase.create_callback("luaotfload.patch_font", "simple", function() end) % \end{macrocode} @@ -616,8 +609,8 @@ local function def_font(...) if type(fontdata) == "table" and fontdata.shared then % \end{macrocode} % -% Then we populate |MathConstants| table, which is required for -% OpenType math. +% Then we populate |MathConstants| table, which is required for OpenType +% math. % % \begin{macrocode} local otfdata = fontdata.shared.rawdata @@ -640,7 +633,7 @@ local function def_font(...) end % \end{macrocode} % -% Execute any registered font patching callbacks. +% Execute any registered font patching callbacks. % % \begin{macrocode} luatexbase.call_callback("luaotfload.patch_font", fontdata) |