[xep-support] Bug or Limitation in Font Configuration Processing?

[David Tolpin]

> 
> Given this font configuration:
> 
>     <alias name="ja-short" font="KozMinPro"/>
>     <alias name="ja" font="KozMinPro-Regular-Acro"/>
>     <font name="KozMinPro-Regular-Acro"
>           ttf="CIDFont/KozMinPro-Regular-Acro.otf"
>           adobe-encoding="UniJIS-UCS2-H"
>           adobe-ordering="Japan1"
>           adobe-supplement="2"
>           embed="false">
>       <alias name="KozMinPro"/>
>     </font>
> 
> My expectation was that the font name "ja-short" would, through the 
> aliases, map to KozMinPro-Regular-Acro. However, it does not appear to 
> do so. That is, if I specify "ja-short" in font-family the font is not 
> found, if I specify "ja", it is (of course). I couldn't find anything 
> about this in the font configuration documentation.

font is a font's name, not an alias. A limitation indeed. Will be extended.

David
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