Re: [NTG-context] basic fontsizes question

2016-06-08 Thread Thomas Fehige 
Thank you Wolfgang, that solves the mystery. (As the poster is for a 
philosophical association, "few words" is not applicable here.)


Am 08.06.2016 um 11:11 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:

Thomas Fehige 
8. Juni 2016 um 10:35
Nevertheless, I prefer to keep all the font and fontsize definitions
and tweaks together in the preamble. This poster is not the only work
I'm planning to do in ConTeXt, and I need to learn to swim while
already in the water ;) .

For short texts where you want a certain style and size (e.g. a title
page or a poster with few words) \definedfont is the recommended method,
for larger amounts of the text (e.g. the abstract of a book) you can use
\switchtobodyfont to change the size.

Meanwhile I found the command \definebodyfontswitch and defined
switches like \normalsize, \scriptsize, \large, \Large etc.

The \definebodyfontswitch creates only a command which uses
\switchtobodyfont with a fixed number of arguments.

But this doesn't explain why \definebodyfontenvironment did not do
anything in my MNWE. The fonts book is not very clear on its intended
use.

You put spaces before and after = which aren’t allowed there.

\definebodyfontenvironment
   [24pt]
   [ small=22pt,
   big=28pt,
 x=22pt,
xx=16pt,
 a=30pt,
 b=40pt,
 c=50pt,
 d=60pt,
interlinespace=30pt,
em=italic]

\setupbodyfont[palatino,24pt]

\starttext

\startlines
  \tf   tf
{\tfa  tfa}
{\tfb  tfb}
{\tfc  tfc}
{\tfd  tfd}
{\tfx  tfx}
{\tfxx tfxx}
\stoplines

\stoptext

Wolfgang


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Re: [NTG-context] basic fontsizes question

2016-06-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster 

Thomas Fehige 
8. Juni 2016 um 10:35
Nevertheless, I prefer to keep all the font and fontsize definitions 
and tweaks together in the preamble. This poster is not the only work 
I'm planning to do in ConTeXt, and I need to learn to swim while 
already in the water ;) .
For short texts where you want a certain style and size (e.g. a title 
page or a poster with few words) \definedfont is the recommended method, 
for larger amounts of the text (e.g. the abstract of a book) you can use 
\switchtobodyfont to change the size.
Meanwhile I found the command \definebodyfontswitch and defined 
switches like \normalsize, \scriptsize, \large, \Large etc.
The \definebodyfontswitch creates only a command which uses 
\switchtobodyfont with a fixed number of arguments.
But this doesn't explain why \definebodyfontenvironment did not do 
anything in my MNWE. The fonts book is not very clear on its intended 
use.

You put spaces before and after = which aren’t allowed there.

\definebodyfontenvironment
  [24pt]
  [ small=22pt,
  big=28pt,
x=22pt,
   xx=16pt,
a=30pt,
b=40pt,
c=50pt,
d=60pt,
   interlinespace=30pt,
   em=italic]

\setupbodyfont[palatino,24pt]

\starttext

\startlines
 \tf   tf
{\tfa  tfa}
{\tfb  tfb}
{\tfc  tfc}
{\tfd  tfd}
{\tfx  tfx}
{\tfxx tfxx}
\stoplines

\stoptext

Wolfgang
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Re: [NTG-context] basic fontsizes question

2016-06-08 Thread Thomas Fehige 

Am 06.06.2016 um 22:48 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:

Hi Thomas,


[Thanks for the hint re starting a new thread, I didn't know that, sorry.]


Thomas Fehige 
6. Juni 2016 um 16:05

In the fonts book I found the \definebodyfont command, but it does not
to do what I expected. What I need (for a poster) is a set of absolute
font sizes. I tried the code below. I put some quirks in, like the
huge value for "a", to see if it works, but it doesn't. It just uses
the preset proportions relative to the preceding fontsize command (in
the example, \tfx is bigger than \tf).

\definebodyfontenvironment[palatino][24pt][
   text = 24pt,
   small = 22pt,
   x = 22pt,
   scriptscript = 16pt,
   xx = 16pt,
   big=28pt,
   a = 80pt, % 28pt
   b = 40pt,
   c = 50pt,
   d = 50pt,
   interlinespace = 3ex,
   em = italic
]

\setupbodyfont[palatino,24pt]

\starttext
   \tf tf\\
   \tfa tfa\\
   \tfb tfb\\
   \tfx tfx\\
   \tfx tfx
\stoptext



When you have only a small amount of text the use of
\definebodyfontenvironment is overkill because you can use the
\definedfont command to set a certain font size.

\starttext

\start \definedfont[Serif at 20pt]
\input ward
\stop

\startfont[SansBoldItalic at 18pt]
\input ward
\stopfont

\stoptext

Wolfgang


Nevertheless, I prefer to keep all the font and fontsize definitions and 
tweaks together in the preamble. This poster is not the only work I'm 
planning to do in ConTeXt, and I need to learn to swim while already in 
the water ;) .


Meanwhile I found the command \definebodyfontswitch and defined switches 
like \normalsize, \scriptsize, \large, \Large etc.


But this doesn't explain why \definebodyfontenvironment did not do 
anything in my MNWE. The fonts book is not very clear on its intended use.


BTW, I have no idea how all the strange line breaks crept into my code 
sample again. It seems tabs in a html mail are converted into line 
breaks somewhere along the line. I'll stick to plain text in the future.


Cheers -- Thomas
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[NTG-context] basic fontsizes question

2016-06-07 Thread Thomas Fehige 
In the fonts book I found the \definebodyfont command, but it does not 
to do what I expected. What I need (for a poster) is a set of absolute 
font sizes. I tried the code below. I put some quirks in, like the huge 
value for "a", to see if it works, but it doesn't. It just uses the 
preset proportions relative to the preceding fontsize command (in the 
example, \tfx is bigger than \tf).


\definebodyfontenvironment[palatino][24pt][

text = 24pt,

small = 22pt,

x=22pt,

scriptscript = 16pt,

xx = 16pt,

big=28pt,

a = 80pt, % 28pt

b = 40pt,

c = 50pt,

d = 50pt,

interlinespace = 3ex,

em = italic

]

\setupbodyfont[palatino,24pt]

\starttext

\tf tf\\

\tfa tfa\\

\tfb tfb\\

\tfx tfx\\

\tfx tfx

\stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] basic fontsizes question

2016-06-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster 

Hi Thomas,

please the following article when you have your next question: 
http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/netiquette/email/start-new-thread.html

Thomas Fehige 
6. Juni 2016 um 16:05

In the fonts book I found the \definebodyfont command, but it does not 
to do what I expected. What I need (for a poster) is a set of absolute 
font sizes. I tried the code below. I put some quirks in, like the 
huge value for "a", to see if it works, but it doesn't. It just uses 
the preset proportions relative to the preceding fontsize command (in 
the example, \tfx is bigger than \tf).


\definebodyfontenvironment[palatino][24pt][

text = 24pt,

small = 22pt,

x=22pt,

scriptscript = 16pt,

xx = 16pt,

big=28pt,

a = 80pt, % 28pt

b = 40pt,

c = 50pt,

d = 50pt,

interlinespace = 3ex,

em = italic

]

\setupbodyfont[palatino,24pt]

\starttext

\tf tf\\

\tfa tfa\\

\tfb tfb\\

\tfx tfx\\

\tfx tfx

\stoptext


When you have only a small amount of text the use of 
\definebodyfontenvironment is overkill because you can use the 
\definedfont command to set a certain font size.


\starttext

\start \definedfont[Serif at 20pt]
\input ward
\stop

\startfont[SansBoldItalic at 18pt]
\input ward
\stopfont

\stoptext

Wolfgang
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Re: [NTG-context] basic fontsizes question

2016-06-06 Thread Thomas Fehige 
edit: Sorry, I meant the command \definebodyfontenvironment, of course, 
like in the code sample.


Am 06.06.2016 um 16:05 schrieb Thomas Fehige:


In the fonts book I found the \definebodyfont command, but it does not 
to do what I expected. What I need (for a poster) is a set of absolute 
font sizes. I tried the code below. I put some quirks in, like the 
huge value for "a", to see if it works, but it doesn't. It just uses 
the preset proportions relative to the preceding fontsize command (in 
the example, \tfx is bigger than \tf).


\definebodyfontenvironment[palatino][24pt][

text = 24pt,

small = 22pt,

x=22pt,

scriptscript = 16pt,

xx = 16pt,

big=28pt,

a = 80pt, % 28pt

b = 40pt,

c = 50pt,

d = 50pt,

interlinespace = 3ex,

em = italic

]

\setupbodyfont[palatino,24pt]

\starttext

\tf tf\\

\tfa tfa\\

\tfb tfb\\

\tfx tfx\\

\tfx tfx

\stoptext



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[NTG-context] basic fontsizes question

2016-06-06 Thread Thomas Fehige 
In the fonts book I found the \definebodyfont command, but it does not 
to do what I expected. What I need (for a poster) is a set of absolute 
font sizes. I tried the code below. I put some quirks in, like the huge 
value for "a", to see if it works, but it doesn't. It just uses the 
preset proportions relative to the preceding fontsize command (in the 
example, \tfx is bigger than \tf).


\definebodyfontenvironment[palatino][24pt][

text = 24pt,

small = 22pt,

x=22pt,

scriptscript = 16pt,

xx = 16pt,

big=28pt,

a = 80pt, % 28pt

b = 40pt,

c = 50pt,

d = 50pt,

interlinespace = 3ex,

em = italic

]

\setupbodyfont[palatino,24pt]

\starttext

\tf tf\\

\tfa tfa\\

\tfb tfb\\

\tfx tfx\\

\tfx tfx

\stoptext

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