3

If I use SmallCapsFeatures={Renderer=Basic} as an option when setting the main font of the document, I get an obviously wrong ligature in the small caps shape. In the MWE the letters T and h are not typeset as separate glyphs in small caps but as a Th-ligature in regular upright shape. This is the case also with other ligature combinations, such as fl.

MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[SmallCapsFeatures={Renderer=Basic}]{Linux Libertine O}
\begin{document}
\textsc{Thomson} \textsc{T\/homson}
\end{document}

MWE of wrong small caps

Removing SmallCapsFeatures={Renderer=Basic} makes the problem go away. But I need this option in order to make use of the tracking feature of the microtype package.

How to circumvent this behaviour? Am I doing something wrong?

EDIT: Using the following makes the mentioned problem go away:

\setmainfont[SmallCapsFeatures={Renderer=Basic,Ligatures={NoCommon}}]{Linux Libertine O}

However, I wonder what I might be missing by this workaround...

FredFisch
  • 883
  • 1
    If I use xelatex rather than lualatex (TeX Live 2016) there is no preoblem. – Herb Schulz Jul 15 '16 at 18:23
  • @HerbSchulz, thanks for narrowing it down, but I can't use XeLaTeX. – FredFisch Jul 15 '16 at 18:28
  • According to the change log in §30 of the microtype documentation, Renderer=Basic is no longer required. – Thérèse Jul 15 '16 at 19:31
  • 1
    @Thérèse that's great news, thank you. Unfortunately I'm stuck with TeX Live 2014 for this project, as the support for custom Feature Files with fontspec has been removed. But now I see that you figured out how to do most of the stuff I need the new way: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/315635/46683 -- so maybe I can switch to Tex Live 2016... – FredFisch Jul 15 '16 at 20:25

0 Answers0