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I am using both \mathscr and \mathcal to different meanings and expecting different characters to appear.

I recently switched to XeTeX and started using new fonts (TeX Gyre Pagella in this example) with the packages fontspec and unicode-math. As suggested by the answer to this question, I override \mathcal and \mathscr with characters coming from a different font (XITS-math).

Unfortunately this has the effect of mangling the setting of a (seemingly) unrelated math symbol : the nth root.

\documentclass{minimal} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella} \setmathfont{TeX Gyre Pagella Math} % Math font overrides ---- \setmathfont[range={\mathcal,\mathbfcal}, StylisticSet=1,Extension=.otf,BoldFont=*bold]{xits-math} \setmathfont[range=\mathscr,Extension=.otf,BoldFont=*bold]{xits-math} \begin{document} Some math letters: \[ \mathbb{C} \mathcal{C} \mathscr{C} \mathfrak{C} \] Here's a big $n$-th root: \[ F_k(x,y,z) = \sqrt[n]{\sum_{i=1}^{k} f_i^n} \,. \] \end{document}

This code produces the following result: Mangled nth root All Cs are different, but the n is too close from the radical symbol (√).

Commenting out the math font overrides yield the correct result for the nth root (but \mathcal and \mathscr now produce identical characters): correct nth root

My questions are then

  • Why does overriding \mathscr and \mathcal affects the setting of the nth root ?
  • How can I avoid this problem ? (or do I have to change fonts ?)
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    while waiting for experts you can use \sqrt[n\;] to improve the looks... Commented Oct 26, 2017 at 13:43
  • \setmathfont overwrites the math fontdimens, and the one from xits are not suitable for pagella. There is no good solution for this problem, see e.g. tex.stackexchange.com/a/375243/2388. Commented Oct 26, 2017 at 14:02
  • @UlrikeFischer is it theoretically envisionable that unicode-math avoids overriding math fontdimens not relevant for \mathcal, \mathscr range? Commented Oct 26, 2017 at 15:05
  • This particular situation will be fixed in the next version of unicode-math. (Assuming that the first maths font loaded is the one that drives the majority of the formatting.) Commented Jan 3, 2018 at 6:53

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Imho with a current unicode-math (2/2018) this is no longer needed.

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It looks as if it could work if you reset the fontdimens:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{unicode-math} \setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella} \setmathfont{TeX Gyre Pagella Math} \ExplSyntaxOn %store the values \int_step_inline:nnnn {1}{1}{65}{\tl_set:cx{l_tmp_fontdimen_#1_tl}{\the\fontdimen #1 \l__um_font }} \ExplSyntaxOff % Math font overrides ---- \setmathfont[range={\mathcal,\mathbfcal}, StylisticSet=1,Extension=.otf,BoldFont=*bold]{xits-math} \setmathfont[range=\mathscr,Extension=.otf,BoldFont=*bold]{xits-math} \ExplSyntaxOn %restore the values \int_step_inline:nnnn {1}{1}{65}{\fontdimen #1 \l__um_font =\tl_use:c{ l_tmp_fontdimen_#1_tl}} \ExplSyntaxOff \begin{document} Some math letters: \[ \mathbb{C} \mathcal{C} \mathscr{C} \mathfrak{C} \] Here's a big $n$-th root: \[ F_k(x,y,z) = \sqrt[n]{\sum_{i=1}^{k} f_i^n} \,. \] \end{document}

But this is quite experimental ... and only tested with xelatex. (And probably they are still wrong for the other math styles).

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  • This seems to work, thanks ! Additionally LuaLaTeX did not have this problem, so another solution could be using LuaLaTeX instead of XeTeX Commented Oct 26, 2017 at 15:48
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    The root is defined differently in both engines but with lualatex you can get similar problems. See e.g. tex.stackexchange.com/a/364328/2388. Commented Oct 26, 2017 at 16:03

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