On 16/07/2015 17:54, Stephan Hennig wrote: > Hi, > > the following example, which uses a \fontspec statement in a tabular > column declaration as per >{} > Hmm. Will's call really but the lookahead for optional argument is what's causing the problem, so a workaround is \listfiles \documentclass{article} \usepackage{fontspec} \usepackage{array} \begin{document} % \begin{tabular}{>{\sffamily}l}% works % \begin{tabular}{>{\fontfamily{lmss}\selectfont}l}% works \begin{tabular}{>{\fontspec{Latin Modern Sans}\relax}l}% fails/works text \end{tabular} \end{document} David ________________________________ The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 1249803. The registered office is: Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill Road, Oxford OX2 8DR, United Kingdom. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Microsoft Office 365. ________________________________