Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-18 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/17 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com The filename of the font is “windings.ttf”. I now have: \def\numcharacter#1{\char#1{}} \let\dochar\numcharacter \definefont[wingding][windings.ttf at 12pt] \starttext windings: {\wingding \dochar{74}\dochar{75}\dochar{76}}

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 18.08.2011 um 09:40 schrieb Cecil Westerhof: 2011/8/17 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com The filename of the font is “windings.ttf”. I now have: […] But it just gives: windings: JKL It’s “wingdings” with a “g” in the name!

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-18 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/18 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com It’s “wingdings” with a “g” in the name! \definefontsynonym[Wingdings][file:wingdings] \def\WingdingsSymbol{\getglyphdirect{Wingdings}} \definesymbol[smiley:1][\WingdingsSymbol{74}] \definesymbol[smiley:2][\WingdingsSymbol{75}]

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-18 Thread Jaroslav Hajtmar
Hello ... I note that I am using Windows 7. I looked into the directory c:\windows\fonts and there are files with names wingding.ttf, WINGDNG2.TTF and WINGDNG3.TTF. I think that these fonts are a standard part of Windows or even MS Office File wingdings.ttf I do not see there ... Jaroslav

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 18.08.2011 um 22:19 schrieb Jaroslav Hajtmar: Hello ... I note that I am using Windows 7. I looked into the directory c:\windows\fonts and there are files with names wingding.ttf, WINGDNG2.TTF and WINGDNG3.TTF. I think that these fonts are a standard part of Windows or even MS Office

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2011-08-16 um 22:55 schrieb Cecil Westerhof: Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would like to use something like \smiley, \grin, \cool, … Why don’t you just define these commands yourself? You could include pictures or use a

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello Wolfgang, Apples new emoji font is also very interesting but you can’t use it with ConTeXt. Why is that? Is this a ConTeXt or a LuaTeX limitation? Patrick ___ If your question is of interest to others as

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/16 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would like to use something like \smiley, \grin, \cool, … You need a font with the symbol, there are also fonts available where you

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread luigi scarso
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com wrote: I am still quite inexperienced with ConTeXt. I found the following document:     http://statweb.calpoly.edu/jdoi/web/reference/symbols-a4.pdf It is for LaTeX, but I can not find ConTeXt specific stuff. In table 188

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 22:55, Cecil Westerhof wrote: 2011/8/16 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would like to use something like \smiley, \grin, \cool, …

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.08.2011 um 13:14 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 22:55, Cecil Westerhof wrote: 2011/8/16 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/17 Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would like to use something like \smiley, \grin, \cool, … My suggestion would be to

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 13:26, Cecil Westerhof wrote: 2011/8/17 Mojca Miklavec wrote:  \def\smiley{\externalfigure[img/smilies/smiley.png][height=\lineheight]} Of course you can also use fonts (even marvosym), but they will only show ugly black-and-white strokes which is probably not what

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Jaroslav Hajtmar
Hello Cecil ... Here is my simple tip. All you need is a font set, which are needed emoticons ... \def\numcharacter#1{\char#1{}} \let\dochar\numcharacter \definefont[wingding][wingding.ttf at 12pt] \starttext {\wingding \dochar{74}\dochar{75}\dochar{76}} \stoptext With greeting Jaroslav

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/17 Jaroslav Hajtmar hajt...@gyza.cz Hello Cecil ... Here is my simple tip. All you need is a font set, which are needed emoticons ... \def\numcharacter#1{\char#1{}} \let\dochar\numcharacter \definefont[wingding][**wingding.ttf at 12pt] \starttext {\wingding

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.08.2011 um 16:20 schrieb Cecil Westerhof: 2011/8/17 Jaroslav Hajtmar hajt...@gyza.cz Hello Cecil ... Here is my simple tip. All you need is a font set, which are needed emoticons ... \def\numcharacter#1{\char#1{}} \let\dochar\numcharacter \definefont[wingding][wingding.ttf at

[NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-16 Thread Cecil Westerhof
Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? -- Cecil Westerhof ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl /

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-16 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2011-08-16 um 21:46 schrieb Cecil Westerhof: Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? Why not? But perhaps you could specifiy what you'd like to achieve. Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-16 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/16 Henning Hraban Ramm hra...@fiee.net Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? Why not? But perhaps you could specifiy what you'd like to achieve. Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would like to use something

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 16.08.2011 um 22:55 schrieb Cecil Westerhof: 2011/8/16 Henning Hraban Ramm hra...@fiee.net Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? Why not? But perhaps you could specifiy what you'd like to achieve. Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the