Text Formatting ⇒ italics in different font

[Laurentius]

Is it possible to make the italics of font A be the font B?

(in XeLaTeX)

[Stefan Kottwitz]

What exactly do you mean, and for which purpose? Of course you may use a roman font and a different italic font.

Stefan

[Laurentius]

The problem is that I am using a computer at the university where I am not allowed to install fonts. (I use a portable MiKTeX.) So I have to refer directly to font files, with, e.g.

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\setmainfont[Numbers=Lowercase, Mapping=tex-text]{[caslon.otf]}

But now, \emph doesn't work. Redefining \it is cumbersome and gives no italic correction.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You can use the ItalicFont option for configuring a specific italic font, such as:

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\setmainfont[
    ItalicFont={Font name of an italic font},
    BoldFont={Font name of a bold font}, 
    BoldItalicFont={Font name of a bold italic font}
  ]{A font name}

Stefan

[Laurentius]

Great! Thank you!