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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label xetex</title>
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<h3>The XeTeX project</h3>
<p>XeTeX (by Jonathan Kew) is a successor to the shareware TeX/GX
program. It is a Unicode-based (UTF-8) TeX implementation which
is able to make use of Mac OS X AAT (Apple Advanced Typography)
<code>.dfonts</code> and OpenType fonts. It uses Apple's Quartz system
(which facilitates the afore-mentioned font access) to generate
PDF output.
<p>XeTeX requires Mac OS {X} 10.3 "Panther" or later (although
there has been some success using earlier versions). It is
especially oriented towards multi-lingual typography, taking advantage
of Apple's keyboard input systems and system font support for various
languages.
<p>The system is able to make use of Gerben Wierda's TeX for
Mac OS X setup, but a minimal set of TeX support files is
also available, making an attractive proposition for those with
limited bandwidth who are inclined to use Plain TeX. It can be
installed using Apple's Installer, or as an i-Installer package.
<p>The project has a <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/xetex">web site</a> for
the user who wants more than this simple answer, and you can also sign
up to a <a href="http://www.tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex">mailing list</a>.
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<p><p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=xetex">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=xetex</a>
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