Re: XeTeX encoding problem

[Masamichi HOSODA]

>     > For example, if you want to use Japanese characters,
>     > I think that it is possible to set the Japanese font in txi-ja.tex.
> 
> To reiterate: as far as I know, it is not possible to set the font for
> Japanese only in texinfo[.tex].  Thus the ja font, wherever it is
> specified, would be used for every character.  That sounds like just
> shunting the problem off in another direction, not actually solving it.
> 
> Really solving it is not a trivial matter and there is no simple
> dozen-line patch that will overcome it.

These packages can be set independently Japanese fonts and alphabetic fonts.

LuaTeX-ja
https://osdn.jp/projects/luatex-ja/wiki/FrontPage%28en%29

ZXjatype
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/zxjatype

I think it is *possible* to set the font for Japanese only.
For example, alphabetic fonts are set to Computer Modern or Latin Modern,
and Japanese fonts are set to IPA Mincho and IPA Gothic.