[Tex/LaTex] XeLaTeX fonts don’t work well on Windows

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I have recently downloaded the template for a CV from http://www.latextemplates.com/template/plasmati-graduate-cv. It is supposed to be compiled using XeLaTeX, with previous installation of the Fontin font which can be downloaded from http://www.exljbris.com/fontin.html.

In Linux everything works great, but under Windows it is a catastophe: all letters are written in small caps. The problem is in this line:

\setmainfont[SmallCapsFont = Fontin SmallCaps]{Fontin} % Main document font

I have contacted the author of the template and he has suggested that I use Fontin Regular instead of Fontin SmallCaps:

\setmainfont[SmallCapsFont = Fontin Regular]{Fontin} % Main document font

But, if I do that I am unable to use \textsc at all. Does anyone have any suggestion?

Addendum: One other thing. I have noticed that within this enviroment I cannot use some accents, e.g.\v{c}, \'{c} etc. Is this normal?

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Use \setmainfont{Fontin Regular}[SmallCapsFont = Fontin SmallCaps] (newer syntax), or
\setmainfont[SmallCapsFont = Fontin SmallCaps]{Fontin Regular} (older syntax).

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Of course you can only use fonts that are actually installed on your system. Under Linux, fonts are (I think) usually under /usr/share/fonts/ and $HOME/.fonts. Also try locate .ttf and locate .otf.

Fonts that are installed with your TeX distribution (like the TeX Gyre fonts; look in .../texmf-dist/fonts) need to be called with their file name (in XeTeX, LuaTeX accepts the font name). For example,

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Yes, it is possible. You can write a mapping and compile it with teckit-compile to get a .tec file which you can then use with the "Mapping" option of fontspec. (like the "tex-text" which maps -- to an en-dash) http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=TECkitDownloads. You can find example of map-files in your tex installation.

But I would suggest at first to report the problem to the font author. It is certainly better if they decide first if this problem can be solved e.g. by an open type feature.

Btw: You are not really consistent when describing your font. Your example uses Linux Libertine C (which doesn't exist), in the text you are using the names Linux Libertine O C (which you meant) and Linux Libertine O (which is another font).

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