[Tex/LaTex] Linux Biolinum O messes up moderncv Package

fontsfontspecluatexmoderncvrules

Take the template.tex example file from http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/examples and add these two lines:

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setsansfont{Linux Biolinum O}

Then run it with lualatex. Suddenly these thick bars get really slim. Why is that?

change in line thickness

Example:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}  
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setsansfont[Ligatures=TeX]{Linux Biolinum O}

\moderncvstyle{casual}        
\moderncvcolor{blue}          
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}


% personal data
\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\title{Resum√© title (optional)}               
\address{street and number}{postcode city}   

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\section{Education}
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{\textit{Grade}}{Description}  
\cventry{year--year}{Degree}{Institution}{City}{\textit{Grade}}{Description}


\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{publications}             

\end{document}

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Here's a more minimal example. The problem is that LuaTeX and XeTeX use different methods for finding fonts, and as a result, LuaTeX is finding the version of the font which is in /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/libertine/ while XeLaTeX is finding the font in /Library/Fonts. If we load the font using its actual filename (which is possible with LuaTeX) the correct behaviour can be seen depending on the name of the font:

Given that the version in TeXLive is newer than the one (that I have) in /Library/Fonts/, it seems that the newer font is the one with the incorrect behaviour.

% !TEX TS-program = LuaLaTeX


\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\begin{document}    
\fontspec{LinBiolinum_Re-0.6.4}
Biolinum in \texttt{/Library/Fonts}

\rule{1in}{1ex}
\rule{1in}{4.5pt}

\fontspec{LinBiolinum_R}
Biolinum in \texttt{/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/libertine/}

\rule{1in}{1ex}
\rule{1in}{4.5pt}
\end{document}

output of code

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[Tex/LaTex] Linux Libertine Biolinum xelatex and lualatex

Your document doesn't compile with XeLaTeX on my system, so I can't compare LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX.

There is a tiny problem in the code, but I am not the expert here:

\setmainfont[SmallCapsFont={Linux Libertine Capitals O}]{Linux Libertine O}

With OpenType fonts the small caps are included in the main font. So there is no reason to explicitly mention a different one. Linux Libertine at least has them built in. Then there is no font Linux Libertine Capitals O on my system and I don't think that I have removed them explicitly.

Linux Libertine does not have a small caps ā in the font as far as I can see. And thus there is no way to display it. (You could fake it though.)

The problem with the small tt does not exist here, so I can't comment on that either. But I guess the correct answer is what Herbert commented:

Why didn't you simply use \usepackage{libertineotf}? It does all the font setting.

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}

\defaultfontfeatures{Ligatures=TeX,Numbers=OldStyle}% ,Scale=MatchLowercase} bug in current Biolinum
\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
\setsansfont{Linux Biolinum O}

\begin{document}

\noindent Linux Libertine serif text followed by {\scshape Sans serif Small Caps text.} {\scshape Small Caps disappear when diacritics are used like a macron above a in anāchron: note the small letter for the ā instead of a Small Caps version.}

\medskip

\sffamily
\noindent Linux Biolinum sans serif text followed by {\scshape Sans serif Small Caps text.} {\scshape Small Caps disappear when diacritics are used like a macron above a in anāchron: note the small letter for the ā instead of a Small Caps version.}

\end{document}

gives:

libertinesmallcaps

[Tex/LaTex] Linux Libertine O and Linux Biolinum O not found

I use the following code to help with supporting xetex and pdftex with Linux Libertine and Latin Modern Mono along with Biolinum. You need to use fontspec, and you don't need to load the libertine package at all with xetex unless you want some of the libertine-specific glyph commands, so you can remove it.

\usepackage{ifxetex}
\usepackage{ifthen}

\ifxetex
    \usepackage{libertine}
    \usepackage[log-declarations=false]{xparse} % same as below
  \usepackage[quiet]{fontspec} % remove quiet option to check for errors
  \setromanfont[Ligatures={Common,TeX}]{Linux  Libertine O}
  \setmainfont[Ligatures={Common,TeX}]{Linux  Libertine O}
    \setmonofont[SmallCapsFont={Latin Modern Mono Caps}]{Latin Modern Mono Light}
    \setsansfont{Linux Biolinum O}
    \usepackage{xunicode}
\else
    \usepackage{sansmath}
    %\usepackage{lmodern}
    \usepackage{libertine}
    \usepackage{DejaVuSansMono}
  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
  \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
  \usepackage{textcomp}
  \usepackage{epstopdf}
  \usepackage[final,expansion=true,protrusion=true,spacing=true,kerning=true]{microtype}
\fi

TeX Live should have the fonts installed already, but I use miktex, so I can't help with distribution specific troubles. Remember to rehash your db.

Update: disregard DejaVuSansMono and update the pdftex code accordingly.

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