\documentclass[a5paper,12pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{fontspec}
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\setmainfont
  [Numbers=Lining,
   BoldFont={TeX Gyre Pagella Bold},
   BoldItalicFont={TeX Gyre Termes BoldItalic}]
  {EB Garamond}
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%% excerpt from samples/knuth.tex
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\def\knuth{%
  Thus, I came to the conclusion that the designer of a new
  system must not only be the implementer and first
  large--scale user; the designer should also write the first
  user manual.

  The separation of any of these four components would have
  hurt \TeX\ significantly. If I had not participated fully in
  all these activities, literally hundreds of improvements
  would never have been made, because I would never have
  thought of them or perceived why they were important.

}

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%% main
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\begin{document}

  \section{regular}     {\rmfamily\upshape\knuth}
  \section{bold face}   {\rmfamily\bfseries\knuth}
  \section{italic}      {\rmfamily\itshape\knuth}
  \section{slanted}     {\rmfamily\slshape\knuth}
  \section{bold italic} {\rmfamily\bfseries\itshape\knuth}

\end{document}
