Minimizing preamble needed with fontspec

Question

I use xetex and fontspec to work with custom fonts like this:

\usepackage{fontspec}

\setmainfont{AGaramondPro}[Path = fonts/garamond/,%
  BoldFont = *-Bold.otf,
  BoldItalicFont = *-BoldItalic.otf,
  ItalicFont = *-Italic.otf,
  UprightFont = *-Regular.otf,
  RawFeature={%
    +onum  % odd style figures
}]
\newfontfamily{\special}[Path = fonts/garamond/,%
  BoldFont = *-Bold.otf,
  BoldItalicFont = *-BoldItalic.otf,
  ItalicFont = *-Italic.otf,
  UprightFont = *-Regular.otf,
  RawFeature={+c2sc,+scmp}]{AGaramondPro}

I keep asking myself if i can DRY it, so i define the font only once.

The font above is just an example. I have other fonts, where i would like to enable/disable certain RawFeatures for all instances without copy-pasting everywhere...

So the goal is that i can do something like

lorem {\ttfamily ipsum \special{dolor} amet}

and dolor is then set in Garamond small capitals, and not in mono.

Why do you do this definition of \Mono? You can use \ttfamily instead. Specific settings can be changed later on using \addfontfeatures. — TeXnician, Aug 09 '17 at 12:33
Could you please make some example which features you actually try to enable/disable? Have you looked into the documentation (including the points on \addfontfeatures)? — TeXnician, Aug 09 '17 at 13:51
Welcome to TeX.SX! Please provide a compilable document, not just a fragment. — Bobyandbob, Dec 13 '17 at 10:22
Do not redefine the command \special! That is a very important TeX primitive. — Henri Menke, Jan 29 '19 at 22:04
my googlefu is insufficient. Havent been able to find the implications of redefineing \special. @HenriMenke what happens though? — helt, Jan 30 '19 at 12:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 30 '18 at 21:06

You could move the repetitious code into a file such as GaramondPro.fontspec and then load that more than once with modifications. The documentation gives the example of My Charis.fontspec containing the lines:

\defaultfontfeatures[My Charis]
{
  Extension = .ttf ,
  UprightFont = CharisSILR,
  BoldFont = CharisSILB,
  ItalicFont = CharisSILI,
  BoldItalicFont = CharisSILBI,
  % <any other desired options>
}

Minimizing preamble needed with fontspec

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