Re: [NTG-context] MnSymbol (math) support in ConTeXt

2011-12-15 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 19:08, Peter Park Nelson wrote: If adding MnSymbol support were only a matter of tedious manual labor, I That is more or less the case. There is no reason why it should not work with ConTeXt. The main reason why I never looked into it is that the font offers different

Re: [NTG-context] MnSymbol (math) support in ConTeXt

2011-12-15 Thread Peter Park Nelson
Thanks Mojca, I will study the source and see if I can understand it enough to proceed further. For my purposes, I think a single optical size would be sufficient (at least that would be a good start and enough of a challenge). What happens when --font=mnsymbol is used -- is there some level of

Re: [NTG-context] MnSymbol (math) support in ConTeXt

2011-12-15 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 18:54, Peter Park Nelson wrote: What happens when  --font=mnsymbol is used -- is there some level of font support added, or does it just download the font files? It just downloads font files, it doesn't add any support for them. (I have tried and --fonts=mnsymbol

Re: [NTG-context] MnSymbol (math) support in ConTeXt

2011-12-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 23:32, Peter Park Nelson wrote: Hello, Also, any recommendations of other math fonts suitable for use with Minion Pro would be welcome. Minion Math by the same author as MnSymbol: http://www.typoma.com/en/fonts.html Mojca

Re: [NTG-context] MnSymbol (math) support in ConTeXt

2011-12-14 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 06:16:29PM +0100, Mojca Miklavec wrote: the same author as MnSymbol: Is he? Regards, Khaled ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist

Re: [NTG-context] MnSymbol (math) support in ConTeXt

2011-12-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.12.2011 um 18:38 schrieb Khaled Hosny: On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 06:16:29PM +0100, Mojca Miklavec wrote: the same author as MnSymbol: Is he? No, MnSymbol is from Achim Blumensath and Minion Math from Johannes Küster. Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] MnSymbol (math) support in ConTeXt

2011-12-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 18:44, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 14.12.2011 um 18:38 schrieb Khaled Hosny: On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 06:16:29PM +0100, Mojca Miklavec wrote: the same author as MnSymbol: Is he? No, MnSymbol is from Achim Blumensath and Minion Math from Johannes Küster. Shame on me.

Re: [NTG-context] MnSymbol (math) support in ConTeXt

2011-12-14 Thread Peter Park Nelson
Minion Math does appear to be ideal for this application. However, given current budget constraints, it is unlikely that my department can purchase Minion Math for this project (an open-access academic journal). We already own Minion Pro. Thus my interest in MnSymbol. If adding MnSymbol support

[NTG-context] MnSymbol (math) support in ConTeXt

2011-12-11 Thread Peter Park Nelson
Hello, I have been developing a new layout environment using Adobe Minion Pro for the main body font. My document will include a significant number of math formulas. I found a thread from earlier this year on the possibility of adding support for the LaTeX MnSymbol font package in ConTeXt, and