CTAN update: fontspec

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Mon Sep 27 20:12:02 CEST 2010


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Jim Hef{}feron
Saint Michael's College

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Announcement: is requested
Update summary:
The latest version of fontspec (v2.1a) brings the following
fixes/changes:

  * Sync with latest expl3 version     
  * Fix for colours bug introduced in the last update     
  * Fix for for bad interaction with LuaLaTeX and fallback fonts       
(such as using \slshape when no slanted font specified)     
  * Behaviour/messaging improvement when scripts/languages are requested       
that do not exist in the font
  * Fix bug with detecting font features/scripts in some cases with:

      - `\fontspec_if_feature:n(TF)`         
      - `\fontspec_if_language:n(TF)`         
      - `\fontspec_if_current_script:n(TF)`         
      - `\fontspec_if_current_language:n(TF)`
  * Code for "visible space" fixed for LuaLaTeX use     
  * Some messages in the log file are improved     
  * Lots of internal changes to bring the implementation closer       
to being "native expl3".

Basic package information, as sent by the contributor.
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Location: /macros/latex/contrib/fontspec
Caption: Advanced font selection in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX.
Description: Fontspec is a package for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX. It
    provides an automatic and unified interface to feature-rich AAT and
    OpenType fonts through the NFSS in LaTeX running on XeTeX or LuaTeX
    engines.
Authors: Will Robertson; Khaled Hosny
License: lppl1.3
Name: fontspec
Version: v2.1
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