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xetex - extended TeX with native support for Unicode, OpenType, system fonts

xetex [/options/] [/*&*format/] [/file/|/*\*commands/]

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.