Comment on Essential LaTeX packagesparentComments−dfc12yFor anyone new coming to latex instead of messing with unicode bandaids and worrying about fonts they can just use xelatex/lualatex and fontspec.−contingencies12yYes. I use LyX and XeTeX for a book I am writing that features at least five or ten different non-western script based languages (Chinese, Sanskrit, Tai, etc.) It's a pain to set up but works very well once you get going. Nothing else worked.
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For anyone new coming to latex instead of messing with unicode bandaids and worrying about fonts they can just use xelatex/lualatex and fontspec.
Yes. I use LyX and XeTeX for a book I am writing that features at least five or ten different non-western script based languages (Chinese, Sanskrit, Tai, etc.) It's a pain to set up but works very well once you get going. Nothing else worked.