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I'm using XeLateX, Unicode math, and the Latin Modern fonts (Latin Modern and Latin Modern Math). To me, it looks like subscripts in mathematical expressions are being properly (optically) scaled -- they are not merely small-size versions of regular characters, they are wider and have fatter strokes.

Here's some code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\setmainfont{Latin Modern Roman}
\setmathfont{Latin Modern Math}
\begin{document}
Here is some math: $x_2=2$.
\end{document}

and the output

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In traditional TeX, the subscript scaling would be done by using a completely different font, like cmmi7. But the Latin Modern Math font only comes in one design size (10 pt, I suppose). So how is the subscript scaling achieved?

bubba
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1 Answers1

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In OpenType math fonts, the optically scaled glyphs for script and script script sizes are included in the same font file (usually ununcoded) and are mapped using ssty feature, which unicode-math enables as appropriate.

خالد حسني
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  • Ok. Thanks. So, if these glyphs are " not encoded", I guess that explains why they don't appear in the Windows Character Map utility? So, how do I refer to these glyphs (in code, for example)? – bubba Nov 10 '14 at 12:49
  • In XeTeX you can use \XeTeXglyph to access any glyph in the font (encoded or otherwise) by its index. – خالد حسني Nov 10 '14 at 18:07