[xep-support] using Japanese fonts

[W. Eliot Kimber]

Susan Korgen wrote:

> Can anyone send a sample of a fonts.xml file that they are using to work 
> with Japanese fonts on Windows? I have been trying to follow the 
> instructions in the XEP documentation for font configuration and have 
> not been able to get very far. I think that looking at an example of a 
> successful fonts.xml file would help. I am using XEP version 3.8 Thank 
> you very much, Susan

Here's an entry from a working XEP font configuration file:

    <!-- Japanese Gothic font (serif) -->
    <font name="HGGothicB"
          ttf="japanese.st/typefaces/hgrgb98.ttf"
	 embed="true">
	 <alias name="Gothic"/>
    </font>

In this case, the font is located relative to the location of the font 
configuration file (I ship the fonts and the configuration file together 
as part of a cross-platform production support package).

If you're just working off one machine you would normally use an 
absolute path the font file, e.g. "C:\windows\fonts\myfont.ttf"

Cheers,

Eliot
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W. Eliot Kimber
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(512) 372-8122

eliot at innodata-isogen.com
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