Am Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:17:19 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen:
>>>> The question I have: How can I correct the fontdata after I have >>>> loaded the font? >>> >>> in context it is possible to 'patch' a font before it gets cached but >>> that's just a hack; in luaotf I can imagine that you intercept the font >>> just before it gets passed to tex, but anyway, it's asking for problems >>> with respect to future proof processing >> >> Well I don't want to patch the font system. But why can't I change >> the font data after the \font\test=... line? Is the data somewhere >> in the memory where it can't be touched? If yes is it possible to >> copy the data, change it and then use the changed data to define a >> new font \testb? > > as direct manipulation at that level is doomed to fail in the future > (nothing is written in stone till we have luatex 1.0) the best I can > think of is to provide a function that does the job Hm. I do have a bit the impression as if we have here a context and latex philosophy clash. I'm not asking you to provide a funktion incorporated in the context code which does the job. _I_ want to write support files for the chess ttf-fonts. If I get something working I will perhaps add it to my package. And if something changes in luatex or the underlying luaotfload/context code, well then I will have to adjust my code. Couldn't you give some examples how to manipulate a font after it has been defined with \font\test (if it is possible) and then let me play around? -- Ulrike Fischer ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
