[NTG-context] Fraktur fonts
Hello list members,
an only-a-few-days-fan of Context writes to you for the first time. I'm pleased
to have found a program closer to TeX and younger than LaTeX. In the last years
I used LaTeX for a bigger family project with good success, but experienced
some
difficulties in arranging minipages containing changing text and pictures
especially in series letters.
So I'm trying to do that using Context. Of course I cannot change hundreds of
files from LaTeX to Context, but newer tasks I'd like to do in Context.
There is a first question I have concerning Fraktur fonts which I'd like to use
typesetting a poem:
I found a 2-mail-discussion in your 2002-archiv concerning those fonts. But I
have to admit that I don't understand what is written there. So, I tried simply
\definefont[Gedichtfont][Fraktur]
\Gedichtfont{... poem ...}
both with context and texexec, but I don't achieve the desired result.
texexec displays a font somehow similar to Fraktur, but not a very nice one
and
much to broad; and it seems to have no different s (one inner-word and one
word-end
or syllable-end s) as needed in Fraktur. And, my texexec doesn't know
anything
about umlauts and sharp s.
Whereas my context (translating the same program), dosn't know Fraktur, but
knows
umlauts.
So I'm always using both of them, enjoying the partial success of both, though
I read somewhere, it should be better using texexec.
Well, a very nice Fraktur font is Yannis Haralambous' yfrak in his yfont
series, the nicest one I've found until now.
Could you please help me to formulate the correct commands to use a nice
Fraktur
font, be it yfrak or another one? But please remember, Context is still
rather
confusing to me. So, it should be simple enough.
Best regards,
Ruhmwolf
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Re: [NTG-context] Fraktur fonts
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Rudolf Bahr qu...@quasi.de wrote:
Hello list members,
an only-a-few-days-fan of Context writes to you for the first time. I'm
pleased
to have found a program closer to TeX and younger than LaTeX. In the last
years
I used LaTeX for a bigger family project with good success, but
experienced some
difficulties in arranging minipages containing changing text and pictures
especially in series letters.
So I'm trying to do that using Context. Of course I cannot change hundreds
of
files from LaTeX to Context, but newer tasks I'd like to do in Context.
There is a first question I have concerning Fraktur fonts which I'd like
to use
typesetting a poem:
I found a 2-mail-discussion in your 2002-archiv concerning those fonts.
But I
have to admit that I don't understand what is written there. So, I tried
simply
\definefont[Gedichtfont][Fraktur]
\Gedichtfont{... poem ...}
both with context and texexec, but I don't achieve the desired result.
texexec displays a font somehow similar to Fraktur, but not a very nice
one and
much to broad; and it seems to have no different s (one inner-word and
one word-end
or syllable-end s) as needed in Fraktur. And, my texexec doesn't know
anything
about umlauts and sharp s.
Whereas my context (translating the same program), dosn't know Fraktur,
but knows
umlauts.
So I'm always using both of them, enjoying the partial success of both,
though
I read somewhere, it should be better using texexec.
Well, a very nice Fraktur font is Yannis Haralambous' yfrak in his
yfont
series, the nicest one I've found until now.
Could you please help me to formulate the correct commands to use a nice
Fraktur
font, be it yfrak or another one? But please remember, Context is still
rather
confusing to me. So, it should be simple enough.
Best regards,
Ruhmwolf
Thinking to latex:
etex+latex format = latex
pdftex+latex format = pdflatex
luatex+latex format = lualatex
Probably you were/are using pdflatex or latex
We have now :
mkii: pdftex+mkii format
To run mkii you use texexec
mkii is frozen
and
from the pov of features
it's like latex and pdflatex
mkiv:luatex+mkiv format
luatex embeds the Lua language.
To run mkiv you use context
mkiv the current target of development
and is very advanced, while lualatex it's still behind .
It's the recommanded format: mkii is of course stable,
but every feature of mkii is now in mkiv and mkiv is more easy
(I should also add faster than mkii but not always , we are working on it...
oh well you can use luajiitex in case)
For fonts you can search and try
simplefonts
(works with mkiv only)
--
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Re: [NTG-context] Fraktur fonts
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:28:12AM +0200, Rudolf Bahr wrote: both with context and texexec, but I don't achieve the desired result. texexec displays a font somehow similar to Fraktur, but not a very nice one and much to broad; and it seems to have no different s (one inner-word and one word-end or syllable-end s) as needed in Fraktur. And, my texexec doesn't know anything about umlauts and sharp s. Whereas my context (translating the same program), dosn't know Fraktur, but knows umlauts. For context (ConTeXt MkIV), you may want to try an OpenType Fraktur font, like: http://unifraktur.sourceforge.net/ The long s versus rounded s distinction is a text input issue, you have to inter the correct s according the position in the word (the rules are complex, different from a country to country and from a period to another). Regards, Khaled ___ 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 ___
[NTG-context] how to print a simple booklet
Hi,
this is probably a question with very simple solution, but I cannot
figure it out or find a solution in wiki or manual.
I just want to print simple booklet and after and after picking papers
from printer do a single fold.
With the following code the TITLE PAGE is correctly placed to the right
of first sheet but all pages have backspace and page number on the right
edge. Is that correct behaviour or I'm missing some basic fact?
\setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape]
\setuparranging[2UP]
\setuplayout[
width=8cm,height=middle,
backspace=10mm,topspace=10mm,
footer=8mm,header=0mm,
alternative=doublesided]
\setuppagenumbering[location={footer,left},alternative=doublesided]
\showframe
\starttext
TITLE PAGE
\page[yes]
\dorecurse{15}{\input knuth}
\stoptext
Thanks
Jan
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Re: [NTG-context] how to print a simple booklet
Maybe I have not described my doubts clearly enough.
I see that on all arranged pages the backspace and page numbers
(specified as footer,left) are in the middle of A4 page, I would expect
them on outer edges...
Dne 13.6.2013 09:38, Jan Pohanka napsal(a):
Hi,
this is probably a question with very simple solution, but I cannot
figure it out or find a solution in wiki or manual.
I just want to print simple booklet and after and after picking papers
from printer do a single fold.
With the following code the TITLE PAGE is correctly placed to the
right of first sheet but all pages have backspace and page number on
the right edge. Is that correct behaviour or I'm missing some basic fact?
\setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape]
\setuparranging[2UP]
\setuplayout[
width=8cm,height=middle,
backspace=10mm,topspace=10mm,
footer=8mm,header=0mm,
alternative=doublesided]
\setuppagenumbering[location={footer,left},alternative=doublesided]
\showframe
\starttext
TITLE PAGE
\page[yes]
\dorecurse{15}{\input knuth}
\stoptext
Thanks
Jan
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Re: [NTG-context] how to print a simple booklet
On 06/13/2013 09:46 AM, Jan Pohanka wrote: Maybe I have not described my doubts clearly enough. I see that on all arranged pages the backspace and page numbers (specified as footer,left) are in the middle of A4 page, I would expect them on outer edges... Works here. Did you forget to compile with the --arrange flag? Thomas ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] how to print a simple booklet
Dne 13.6.2013 09:51, Thomas A. Schmitz napsal(a): On 06/13/2013 09:46 AM, Jan Pohanka wrote: Maybe I have not described my doubts clearly enough. I see that on all arranged pages the backspace and page numbers (specified as footer,left) are in the middle of A4 page, I would expect them on outer edges... Works here. Did you forget to compile with the --arrange flag? Hi, --arrange flag has no impact on the output. Please check the outputfile in attachment. Maybe it is just my misunderstanding but I think that page number should be placed on the left side of page 2, on the right side of page 3, etc. thanks Jan test.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] how to print a simple booklet
On Thu, Jun 13 2013, Jan Pohanka wrote:
Maybe it is just my misunderstanding but I think that page number
should be placed on the left side of page 2, on the right side of page
3, etc.
Did you try:
\setuppagenumbering[location={footer,right},alternative=doublesided] ?
--
Peter
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Re: [NTG-context] how to print a simple booklet
Dne 13.6.2013 10:03, Peter Münster napsal(a):
On Thu, Jun 13 2013, Jan Pohanka wrote:
Maybe it is just my misunderstanding but I think that page number
should be placed on the left side of page 2, on the right side of page
3, etc.
Did you try:
\setuppagenumbering[location={footer,right},alternative=doublesided] ?
Yes :) It helps with page number position, and everything is ok when
using \setuplayout[width=middle]. But when one use narrower width then
the backspace is on the opposite side.
I always thought that backspace is on the left side of single page, or
on the outer sides when the sheets are in a book.
thanks
Jan
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Re: [NTG-context] how to print a simple booklet
Dne 13.6.2013 10:25, Jan Pohanka napsal(a):
Dne 13.6.2013 10:03, Peter Münster napsal(a):
On Thu, Jun 13 2013, Jan Pohanka wrote:
Maybe it is just my misunderstanding but I think that page number
should be placed on the left side of page 2, on the right side of page
3, etc.
Did you try:
\setuppagenumbering[location={footer,right},alternative=doublesided] ?
Yes :) It helps with page number position, and everything is ok when
using \setuplayout[width=middle]. But when one use narrower width then
the backspace is on the opposite side.
I always thought that backspace is on the left side of single page, or
on the outer sides when the sheets are in a book.
thanks
Jan
So is the problem caused just by my total misunderstanding of page layout?
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Re: [NTG-context] how to print a simple booklet
On Thu, Jun 13 2013, Jan Pohanka wrote: I always thought that backspace is on the left side of single page, or on the outer sides when the sheets are in a book. So is the problem caused just by my total misunderstanding of page layout? Probably. Backspace is for the back of the book, i.e. the inner sides. -- Peter ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] Mtxrun.exe in minimals not working.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Peter Rolf wrote: Am 10.06.2013 10:40, schrieb Mojca Miklavec: On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:15 AM, DB wrote: I just downloaded the latest version of the standalone package (2013-06-08, 09:15). When I run first-setup.bat, mtxrun.exe crashes just as it's about to start downloading the files. It's impossible to get any further. How exactly does it crash? Is some dll missing? An error in lua code? (I don't have windows at hand to try.) Just tried to update and 'mtxrun.exe' crashes (APPCRASH) here too. Is it working again? I see that a new LuaTeX dll has been compiled by Akira Kakuto two days ago. Mojca ___ 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 ___
[NTG-context] Test example for problem
The context docment below shows two anomalies.
One is the occurrane of the unknown font latinmodernmath-regular, loading
aborted and
two is that the compilation process halts on the first 'D' in the word Dutch,
and no item bullet is typeset. The line \setmainfont[ipaexm] seems to cause
this irregular result.
-- Example document --
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[ipaexm]
\definesymbol[5][$\diamond$]
\starttext
世界、今日は!
\startitemize[5]
\item Dutch in English
\stopitemize
\stoptext
-- end example --
-- START REPORT --
mtx-context | run 1: luatex
--fmt=/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/210a96fef5fbab446fd11afa77acb026/formats/cont-en
--lua=/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/210a96fef5fbab446fd11afa77acb026/formats/cont-en.lui
--backend=pdf ./test.tex \stoptext
This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.2-2012062812 (TeX Live 2012)
\write18 enabled.
(test.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2012.05.30 11:26 MKIV fmt: 2013.3.17 int: english/english
system cont-new.mkiv loaded
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv
system beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv
)
system test.top loaded
(test.top)
fontslatin modern fonts are not preloaded
languageslanguage en is active
resolversmodules loaded: 'simplefonts'
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/context/third/simplefonts/t-simplefonts.mkiv
loading ConTeXt User Module / Simplefonts
+
/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/context/third/simplefonts/t-simplefonts.lua)
fontstypescripts unknown: library 'loc'
{/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}{/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map}
fontsdefining forced type otf of latinmodernmath-regular not
found
fontsdefining font with asked name 'latinmodernmath-regular' is
not found using lookup 'file'
fontsdefining unknown font latinmodernmath-regular, loading
aborted
fontsdefining unable to define latinmodernmath-regular.otf as
[simplefonts:1-12pt-mm-mr--3]
fontsdefining forced type otf of latinmodernmath-regular not
found
fontsdefining font with asked name 'latinmodernmath-regular' is
not found using lookup 'file'
fontsdefining unknown font latinmodernmath-regular, loading
aborted
fontsdefining unable to define latinmodernmath-regular.otf as
[simplefonts:1-12pt-mm-mr--2]
fontsdefining forced type otf of latinmodernmath-regular not
found
fontsdefining font with asked name 'latinmodernmath-regular' is
not found using lookup 'file'
fontsdefining unknown font latinmodernmath-regular, loading
aborted
fontsdefining unable to define latinmodernmath-regular.otf as
[simplefonts:1-12pt-mm-mr--1]
fontsdefining forced type otf of latinmodernmath-regular not
found
fontsdefining font with asked name 'latinmodernmath-regular' is
not found using lookup 'file'
fontsdefining unknown font latinmodernmath-regular, loading
aborted
fontsdefining unable to define latinmodernmath-regular.otf as
[simplefonts:1-12pt-mm-mb--3]
fontsdefining forced type otf of latinmodernmath-regular not
found
fontsdefining font with asked name 'latinmodernmath-regular' is
not found using lookup 'file'
fontsdefining unknown font latinmodernmath-regular, loading
aborted
fontsdefining unable to define latinmodernmath-regular.otf as
[simplefonts:1-12pt-mm-mb--2]
fontsdefining forced type otf of latinmodernmath-regular not
found
fontsdefining font with asked name 'latinmodernmath-regular' is
not found using lookup 'file'
fontsdefining unknown font latinmodernmath-regular, loading
aborted
fontsdefining unable to define latinmodernmath-regular.otf as
[simplefonts:1-12pt-mm-mb--1]
fontsmath: unset for global bodyfont simplefonts:1 at 12pt
! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set.
system tex error on line 11 in file test.tex: Math error:
parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set ...
1 \usemodule[simplefonts]
2 \setmainfont[ipaexm]
3
4 \definesymbol[5][$\diamond$]
5
6 \starttext
7
8 世界、今日は!
9
10 \startitemize[5]
11 \item Dutch in English
12 \stopitemize
13
14 \stoptext
15
\47:5 -$\diamond $
\symb_place_indeed ...name \??symbol #1\endcsname
\relax \endgroup
\symb_place_retry ...name \symb_place_indeed {:#1}
\else #1\fi
\symb_place_normal_c ...lace_retry \currentsymbol
\fi
\symb_place_normal_b
Re: [NTG-context] Mtxrun.exe in minimals not working.
On 6/13/2013 1:04 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Peter Rolf wrote: Am 10.06.2013 10:40, schrieb Mojca Miklavec: On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:15 AM, DB wrote: I just downloaded the latest version of the standalone package (2013-06-08, 09:15). When I run first-setup.bat, mtxrun.exe crashes just as it's about to start downloading the files. It's impossible to get any further. How exactly does it crash? Is some dll missing? An error in lua code? (I don't have windows at hand to try.) Just tried to update and 'mtxrun.exe' crashes (APPCRASH) here too. Is it working again? I see that a new LuaTeX dll has been compiled by Akira Kakuto two days ago. yes, it started working the day after - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | 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/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Typefaces ... how does this work?
On 12-06-13 23:33, luigi scarso wrote: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Sander Maijers s.n.maij...@student.ru.nl mailto:s.n.maij...@student.ru.nl wrote: I want to adjust my document to have Lucida as main typeface, but with brief passages (a few words at most) in a typeface that has the IPA glyphs like Gentium. I've skimmed the manual and the ConTeXt garden Wiki but I do not yet understand which commands I should use where and with which options to achieve this -- preferably in a concise way. Could someone please explain and point out what most current documentation I should read and in which order to fully understand how to work with typography in ConTexT? (Obviously I am not a typographer or typesetter, I just write documents.) I am in a hurry now to complete my document so I would appreciate concrete hints to help with my current need. Still, I am interested to learn a lot about this functionality in the long term. Do you know the simplefonts module ? I had read about it some time ago, but I had not yet noticed this Wiki page : http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX#How_LuaTeX_handles_system_fonts How can I select a different typeface (that can be found by simplefonts) for a specific region of text, like a few words? -- luigi ___ 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 ___ ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] Typefaces ... how does this work?
If you are not using all predefined font styles, you could set your monospace, sans, serif, or whichever style you aren't using to the font you want to use and use the predefined command (e.g. \sf) to access that font. Severin On 6/13/13, Sander Maijers s.n.maij...@student.ru.nl wrote: On 12-06-13 23:33, luigi scarso wrote: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Sander Maijers s.n.maij...@student.ru.nl mailto:s.n.maij...@student.ru.nl wrote: I want to adjust my document to have Lucida as main typeface, but with brief passages (a few words at most) in a typeface that has the IPA glyphs like Gentium. I've skimmed the manual and the ConTeXt garden Wiki but I do not yet understand which commands I should use where and with which options to achieve this -- preferably in a concise way. Could someone please explain and point out what most current documentation I should read and in which order to fully understand how to work with typography in ConTexT? (Obviously I am not a typographer or typesetter, I just write documents.) I am in a hurry now to complete my document so I would appreciate concrete hints to help with my current need. Still, I am interested to learn a lot about this functionality in the long term. Do you know the simplefonts module ? I had read about it some time ago, but I had not yet noticed this Wiki page : http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX#How_LuaTeX_handles_system_fonts How can I select a different typeface (that can be found by simplefonts) for a specific region of text, like a few words? -- luigi ___ 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 ___ ___ 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 ___ ___ 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 ___
Re: [NTG-context] Typefaces ... how does this work?
On 13/06/13 19:41, Sander Maijers wrote:
On 12-06-13 23:33, luigi scarso wrote:
Do you know the simplefonts module ?
How can I select a different typeface (that can be found by simplefonts)
for a specific region of text, like a few words?
Hi Sander,
\definesimplefont is what you're looking for.
Here is a minimal sample:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[Times]
\definesimplefont[myfont][Palatino Linotype]
\starttext
This is the standard font.
But here comes {\myfont another font.}
\stoptext
I hope it helps,
Pablo
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Re: [NTG-context] Typefaces ... how does this work?
On 13/06/13 20:02, Pablo Rodríguez wrote:
On 13/06/13 19:41, Sander Maijers wrote:
How can I select a different typeface (that can be found by simplefonts)
for a specific region of text, like a few words?
Hi Sander,
this an extension to my previous reply.
\definesimplefonttypeface enables a typeface, instead of a font. As you
might already know (and I tend to mix) Times Italic and Times Bold are
two different fonts, but the same typeface.
Here is another sample:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[Times]
\definesimplefonttypeface[mytypeface][TeX Gyre Pagella]
\definesimplefont[myfont][TeX Gyre Pagella]
\starttext
\startTEXpage[offset=1em]
This is the standard font.
But here comes {\mytypeface another {\em typeface}.}
And here comes {\myfont another {\em font}.}
\stopTEXpage
\stoptext
I guess I should wikify this.
I hope it helps now,
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Re: [NTG-context] Fraktur fonts
On 6/13/2013 9:36 AM, Khaled Hosny wrote: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:28:12AM +0200, Rudolf Bahr wrote: both with context and texexec, but I don't achieve the desired result. texexec displays a font somehow similar to Fraktur, but not a very nice one and much to broad; and it seems to have no different s (one inner-word and one word-end or syllable-end s) as needed in Fraktur. And, my texexec doesn't know anything about umlauts and sharp s. Whereas my context (translating the same program), dosn't know Fraktur, but knows umlauts. For context (ConTeXt MkIV), you may want to try an OpenType Fraktur font, like: http://unifraktur.sourceforge.net/ The long s versus rounded s distinction is a text input issue, you have to inter the correct s according the position in the word (the rules are complex, different from a country to country and from a period to another). these fonts look quite ok .. i can even read the samples Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | 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/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Typefaces ... how does this work?
This approach works well for me, no modules required:
(this is NOT a complete working example!)
...
\setupbodyfont[mainface,12pt]
...
\definefont[alt][fontname sa 1.0]
\starttext
Blah blah blah
Blah blah {\alt boo hoo hoo}
Blah blah blah
\stoptext
The sa 1.0is optional but if you want to adjust the alternate font
so the x heights match you'll need it.
fontname comes from running mtxrun --script fonts --list --all
--pattern=fontname
I use this approach extensively and never had a hiccup but, as
always, your mileage may vary.
-Original Message-
I want to adjust my document to have Lucida as main typeface, but
with brief passages (a few words at most) in a typeface that has the
IPA glyphs like Gentium.
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[NTG-context] Learning ConTeXt from the Ground Up
Hello Everyone, I have been using ConTeXt for over a year now and worked out how to do most things I need to do. Every now and then, though, I need to do something that I cannot find any information about and in most cases I post a question here on the forum. I have received great help here over the months and like to thank everyone who took the time to answer my questions. The other day, however, I had a problem, posted a message here, got an answer and the answer did not quite work; I went back to the forum, got more help... In the process I realised that I should have been able to work this out myself; I was not even able to tweak the first answer and make it work. I am an IT engineer myself, but with little time (I guess I am not unique here) and even less experience in TeX. I guess what I am saying is, that I would like to gain a much deeper understanding of ConTeXt which will allow me to program in ConTeXt rather than just using the documented command. To gather information about ConTeXt I have - read the ConTeXt Reference Manual (http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf) - bought a couple of the published books by Hans Hagen - started reading the TeX book by Donald Knuth I have even briefly flirted with the idea of switching to LaTeX mainly because it would mean having a lot more literature and a broader community at my disposal. However, I just prefer the command structure and output of ConTeXt. Can anyone relate to my problem? Am I on the right track? What else should I be doing or reading to really break into ConTeXt? Regards, Malte. PS: Just to be clear; I don't mean for the above to be conceived as shortcomings of ConTeXt, rather I think of them as shortcomings of myself. The developers of ConTeXt have done a fantastic job and I really enjoy writing in ConTeXt and looking at the output. -- “The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe.” ― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ___ 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 ___
