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I am typesetting a tufte-book document with XeLaTeX that has both English and Arabic text. The Tufte-style title pages consistently break, whether I use the package arabxetext or polyglossia. I suspect a clash with the underlying bidi package.

Here is a minimal example with arabxetex:

\documentclass[nols,justified]{tufte-book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{arabxetex}
\title{Some Book}
\author[Series]{\textit{ John Doe}}
\publisher{World Publisher}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Foo Bar}
\begin{arab}
بعد هامش وإقامة المتحدة و، أم السادس وبالرغم فقد.
\end{arab}
\lipsum[1-2]
\end{document}

Here is the minimal example with polyglossia:

\documentclass[nols,justified]{tufte-book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\usepackage{fontspec,xltxtra,xunicode}
\setdefaultlanguage{english}
\setotherlanguage{arabic}
\newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic,Scale=1.5] {Amiri Quran}
\title{Some Book}
\author[Series]{\textit{ John Doe}}
\publisher{World Publisher}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\newpage
\section{New Section}
\begin{Arabic}
بعد هامش وإقامة المتحدة و، أم السادس وبالرغم فقد.     
\end{Arabic}  

\lipsum[1-2]
\end{document}

Both give the following errors:

LaTeX Error: Command \XeTeX already defined.
XeLaTeX Error: Command \XeTeX already defined.

Is there a solution for using mixed English/Arabic text with the tufte-book document class? I have tried the biditufte class, but find that is designed for RTL text.

The title page compiles incorrectly. The following example demonstrates what the title page should look like:

\documentclass[nols,justified]{tufte-book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\title{Some Book}
\author[Series]{\textit{John Doe}}
\publisher{World Publisher}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Foo Bar}
\lipsum
\end{document}

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JohnW
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2 Answers2

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Haha!

% !TeX program = xelatex
\documentclass[nols,justified]{biditufte-book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\usepackage{fontspec,xltxtra,xunicode}
\setdefaultlanguage{english}
\setotherlanguage{arabic}
\newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic,Scale=1.5] {Amiri Quran}
\title{Some Book}
\author[Series]{\textit{ John Doe}}
\publisher{World Publisher}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\newpage
\section{New Section}
\begin{Arabic}
بعد هامش وإقامة المتحدة و، أم السادس وبالرغم فقد.     
\end{Arabic}  

\lipsum[1-2]
\end{document}
JPi
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  • Do you get an error message: LaTeX Error: Command \XeTeX already defined. and XeLaTeX Error: Command \XeTeX already defined.` – JohnW Feb 22 '17 at 04:10
  • As well, the title and pages are all shifted toward the margin. I have compiled with biditufte on overleaf.com with the same result, so I don't believe the problem is my configuration. Do you have the same result? – JohnW Feb 22 '17 at 04:33
  • No, I don't. Everything looks fine to me. – JPi Feb 22 '17 at 13:27
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\documentclass[nols,justified]{biditufte-book} does solve the problem, however the option [LTRgeometry] is needed if the document is primarily written in a left-to-right language like English. The [justified] option is also unnecessary with the biditufte-book class. Partial documentation for the biditufte-book document class book is found in the bidi documentation.

JohnW
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