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When I use unicode-math, I found that there is no default performance of \mathcal in the 6 fonts given in texdoc unimath-symbols.

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
    $ \mathcal{DBFT} $
\end{document}

The code above will output

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I found that unicode-math gives same performance of \mathcal and \mathscr

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\begin{document}
    $ \mathcal{DBFT}, \mathscr{DBFT} $
\end{document}

enter image description here

I found a solution on TeX.SE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathcal}{OMS}{cmsy}{m}{n}
\begin{document}
$ \mathcal{DBFT}, \mathscr{DBFT} $
\end{document}

enter image description here

However that leads to a new problem. I can't put \tilde accent on \mathcal characters:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathcal}{OMS}{cmsy}{m}{n}
\begin{document}
$ \tilde{\mathcal{B}} $

% $ \hat{\mathcal{B}} $
\end{document}

After compiling with XeLaTeX, it gave an error:

! Internal error: bad native font flag in `map_char_to_glyph'

Now I can use \tilde{\text{$ \mathcal{B} $}} to solve the problem, but this solution seems weird.

My requests:

  1. I want to use the default \mathcal style of Computer Modern when I use unicode-math package (the first figure in this Question);

  2. I want to use \tilde{\mathcal{B}} straight to put accent on \mathcal{B}.

Here is the same issue on GitHub (https://github.com/CTeX-org/forum/issues/179)

Werner
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Syvshc
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1 Answers1

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You found a solution for legacy fonts that isn’t compatible with unicode-math.

Since Unicode maps \mathcal and \mathscr to the same characters, you can only set them to different alphabets if you load a new font with the range= option of \setmathfont. For example, this uses New Computer Modern Book for everything but \mathscr and \mathbfscr, which it takes from a stylistic set of STIX Two Math:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{unicode-math}

\setmainfont{NewComputerModernBook}
\setmathfont{NewCMMath-Book}
\setmathfont{STIX Two Math}[
  range={scr,bfscr},
  Scale=MatchUppercase,
  StylisticSet=1 ]


\begin{document}
[ \tilde{\mathcal{B}} ; \hat{\mathcal{B}} ; \mathscr{B} ]
\end{document}

Script font sample

Since it’s now loading all its alphabets from an OpenType math font, math accents work correctly.

Davislor
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  • Well, I'd like to use the font of \mathcal like the style which the first figure displays. I don't know what font is it , I use \DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathcal}{OMS}{cmsy}{m}{n} can make the character performs what I want, but can't have accent on it. – Syvshc Jan 11 '21 at 09:36
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    @Syvshc I don’t think any OpenType font exactly duplicates the default \mathcal. Both Latin Modern and New Computer Modern base theirs on Hermann Zapf’s AMS Euler. – Davislor Jan 11 '21 at 13:05