XƎTEX
Unicode-based TEX
XƎTEX is an extension of TEX that integrates TEX's typesetting
capabilities with (a) the Unicode text encoding standard (supporting
most of the world’s scripts) and (b) modern font technologies (TrueType
and OpenType) and text layout services (AAT, OpenType layout, SIL
Graphite) provided by the host operating system and available libraries.
With XƎTEX, the advanced typographic features provided by OpenType
fonts become available for all TEX users, as well as support for
complex non-roman scripts. XƎTEX also eliminates the complex task of
managing a TEX font installation. XƎTEX is now part of the standard TEX
distribution TEX Live and works well with TEX macro packages like LATEX
and ConTEXt.
Getting started
XƎTEX is included in TEX Live (since its 2007 release) and other distributions that are based on the same sources. With these distributions, no additional XƎTEX installation is required. To get TEX Live go here. Mac users may prefer to install MacTEX.
Examples
Some documentation and examples provided by the developer can be found here.
Bugs and features
We try to collect bugs and features requests in an ordered manner, so...
Source code
The source code for the current development version of XƎTEX is hosted in a GIT repository, check the instructions on SourceForge page.