Thank you, Pablo, for the information about the Microtype package. And after a bit more searching (and getting an answer from Hans Hagen :-) ), I am considering MkIV, instead of MkII, now. But I have another question: How can I identify the files that are only required for MkII, and not needed for MkIV? Would it be safe to delete them? Actually I want to reduce the size of ConTeXt as much as possible.
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote: > On 10/28/2016 9:06 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > >> On 10/28/2016 08:35 PM, Asim ConTeXt wrote: >> >>> Thank you. >>> I want to use MkII because, as far as I know, MkII uses pdfTeX; which is >>> stable. While MkIV uses LuaTeX; which is yet in development. Further, >>> pdfTeX is better at microtypography. >>> >> > In what respect better? The mechanism in Luatex is mostly the same as in > pdftex but has been improved a bit (cleaner pdf code, more efficient font > usage i.e. no duplicate fonts, etc.) and the mkiv support is probably a bit > better than mkii too. > > Am I correct at these two points? I would like to hear from you. >>> >> >> Hi Asim, >> >> I’m only an average user. But I guess LuaTeX is pretty stable (version 1 >> was released recently). >> >> I have no complain about LuaTeX microtypography. I mean, I use both font >> expansion and character protrusion, and they work fine for me. >> >> But I’m not a LaTeX user. If you took the data from >> http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/microtype/ >> microtype.pdf#page=7, >> please don’t forget that the LuaTeX version included in that table is old. >> >> Maybe you find interesting this thread about microtypography in ConTeXt: >> https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2016/084990.html. >> >> I found that my system fonts are located at c:\windows\fonts, so I added >>> this address in front of OSFONTDIR in texmf.cnf file. But it still is >>> not working, although the previous warning message has now gone. ConTeXt >>> now silently stops the processing and does not give any output file. >>> >> >> I’d rather use MkIV. But if you want to stick to MkII, consider the >> following variants: >> >> OSFONTDIR = $SystemRoot/Fonts >> OSFONTDIR = c:/Windows/Fonts >> >> I cannot remember, but I think using "\" is problematic with TeX (even >> for path names). >> >> Just in case it might help, >> >> >> Pablo >> >> > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ____________________________________________________________ > _______________________ > 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/list > info/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ____________________________________________________________ > _______________________ >
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