xetex - extended TeX with native support for Unicode, OpenType, system fonts
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XeTeX (
xetex) is a TeX engine with native support for Unicode, OpenType,
and system-installed fonts, using third-party libraries (such as ICU,
HarfBuzz, and Freetype). It was developed by Jonathan Kew for SIL.
XeTeX includes the e-TeX extensions and many extensions from pdfTeX, sometimes
with different primitive names.
XeTeX is now released as part of TeX Live <
https://tug.org/texlive>.
XeTeX's handling of its command-line arguments is similar to that of the other
TeX programs in the Web2C implementation. Here we list only
additions/deletions of command line options which are specific to XeTeX; see
etex(1) for common options. Additions:
- -no-pdf
- Generate XeTeX's extended DVI (.xdv) output instead of
pdf.
-
-output-driver cmd
- Run cmd instead of xdvipdfmx to translate xdv to
pdf.
-
-papersize string
- Set pdf media size to string.
Removals:
-draftmode,
-enc,
-ipc,
-ipc-start,
-translate-file.
tex(1),
etex(1),
latex(1).
Home page: <
https://tug.org/xetex>
CTAN page: <
https://ctan.org/pkg/xetex>
Reference manual: <
https://ctan.org/pkg/xetexref>
XeTeX is maintained by Jonathan Kew and others.
Public discussion list: <
http://lists.tug.org/xetex>
Bug reports: <
http://sourceforge.net/p/xetex/bugs/>
This manual page was written by Karl Berry. It is released to the public
domain.