Using Cambria Math in XeLaTeX

Question

Take a look at the following images,

XeLaTeX typeset formula:

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Word generated formula:

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Note specifically the difference of the \hat implementations at g_i and g_i^2 in XeLaTeX. In Word the two implementations are the same. Also note that the hats in XeLaTeX are both larger than Word's.

A minimum working example is the following:

\documentclass{book}

\usepackage{unicode-math}
\setmathfont{Cambria Math}

\begin{document}
\[
V_{a_i}\left(\bar{x}_i,\hat{\theta},t\right) = -\frac{\hat{g}_i}{\hat{g}_i^2+\delta_{g_i}}V_{b_i}
\]
\end{document}

Why is this happening? Is there a way to make things better in XeLaTex?

we can also notice the distance between the V and a letters in V_{a_i} — pluton, May 02 '12 at 23:10

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '12 at 21:25

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This is a bug in XeTeX. It should be fixed by now, but the fix has not made its way into TeX Live (I don't know about MikTeX). Tex Live 2012 should have updated XeTeX binaries when it is released.

In the meantime, it works fine with LuaTeX.

answered May 02 '12 at 21:25

Caramdir

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You should be able to compile XeTeX yourself, but for how to do that better ask a separate question. – Caramdir May 02 '12 at 21:31
@niels: First update your MiKTeX installation (current MiKTeX is 2.9.4503 with XeTeX 0.9997.4) and try out. – Speravir May 02 '12 at 22:40
@Speravir: TL 2011 has 0.9997.5 and it doesn't work there. – Caramdir May 02 '12 at 23:58
@niels: you may want to get the new unicode-math from github, as it takes advantage of new features in XeTeX 0.9998 (plus other fixes). – خالد حسني May 03 '12 at 07:07
@Khaled Hosny: just tried, now hats look smaller and neater than with the older version :-) – niels May 03 '12 at 07:57

Using Cambria Math in XeLaTeX

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