Re: [NTG-context] bug in font size switches?

On 10/17/2016 8:07 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: Dear list, from the previous message from Csikos, I have generated the following sample: \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][a=5, x=8, xx=6] \starttext Default {\tfa Larger} {\tfx Smaller1} {\tfxx Smaller1} \\ Default \tfa Larger

Re: [NTG-context] font size switching

Pablo Rodriguez írta: >On 10/17/2016 06:15 PM, Csikos Bela wrote: >> Dear context users: >> >> It seems to me that some of the the font size switching commands do not work >> as described in the context reference manual (contextref.pdf, 27/09/2013), >> e.g. >> \tfx. The manual writes on page

Re: [NTG-context] font size switching

On 10/17/2016 07:58 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > On 10/17/2016 07:31 PM, Csikos Bela wrote: >> [...] >> then I have Smaller1 in (x) size and Smaller2 in default size. Why? >> I would expect Smaller2 to be in (x) size too (as the manual implies). >> > I'm not sure where you found the sentence you

Re: [NTG-context] bug in font size switches?

On 10/17/2016 8:24 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: On 10/17/2016 08:10 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Pablo Rodriguez 17. Oktober 2016 um 20:07 [...] If this isn’t a bug, what am I missing here? The default sizes (12pt, 11pt etc.) have fixed values for x and xx, you can see them in font-pre.mkiv:

Re: [NTG-context] font size switching

On 10/17/2016 07:31 PM, Csikos Bela wrote: > Pablo Rodriguez írta: >> [...] >> BTW, font (and language) commands are switches, so they don’t require >> text enclosed in parentheses (such as \emph{} in LaTeX). I would >> discourage the use of \tfn, but you’re on your own. > > Do you mean it's

Re: [NTG-context] Becoming a TeX/ConTeXt poweruser

On 10/17/2016 7:19 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: On 10/17/2016 05:46 AM, Jamie Macbeth wrote: Hello, I was fed up with LaTeX, and became a newbie user of ConTeXt, and I think it's great and I really agree with the philosophy. Hi Jamie, I’m also another newbie (I switched to ConTeXt years ago

Re: [NTG-context] font size switching

On 10/17/2016 8:14 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: On 10/17/2016 07:58 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On 10/17/2016 07:31 PM, Csikos Bela wrote: [...] then I have Smaller1 in (x) size and Smaller2 in default size. Why? I would expect Smaller2 to be in (x) size too (as the manual implies). I'm not

[NTG-context] font size switching

Dear context users: It seems to me that some of the the font size switching commands do not work as described in the context reference manual (contextref.pdf, 27/09/2013), e.g. \tfx. The manual writes on page 109 that "Note that these commands select font sizes relative to the default, not

Re: [NTG-context] font size switching

On 10/17/2016 06:15 PM, Csikos Bela wrote: > Dear context users: > > It seems to me that some of the the font size switching commands do not work > as described in the context reference manual (contextref.pdf, 27/09/2013), > e.g. > \tfx. The manual writes on page 109 that "Note that these

Re: [NTG-context] Becoming a TeX/ConTeXt poweruser

On 10/17/2016 05:46 AM, Jamie Macbeth wrote: > Hello, > > I was fed up with LaTeX, and became a newbie user of ConTeXt, and I > think it's great and I really agree with the philosophy. Hi Jamie, I’m also another newbie (I switched to ConTeXt years ago ;-)), although I cannot code myself :-(.

Re: [NTG-context] font size switching

On 10/17/2016 07:31 PM, Csikos Bela wrote: Do you mean it's better to use e.g. {\bf some text} then \bf{some text}? The latter is not valid syntax. You want to read the wiki section on font switching: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Font_Switching >x and xx are different font sizes, not x

Re: [NTG-context] bug in font size switches?

Pablo Rodriguez 17. Oktober 2016 um 20:07 Dear list, from the previous message from Csikos, I have generated the following sample: \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][a=5, x=8, xx=6] \starttext Default {\tfa Larger} {\tfx Smaller1} {\tfxx Smaller1} \\ Default \tfa Larger

[NTG-context] bug in font size switches?

Dear list, from the previous message from Csikos, I have generated the following sample: \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][a=5, x=8, xx=6] \starttext Default {\tfa Larger} {\tfx Smaller1} {\tfxx Smaller1} \\ Default \tfa Larger \tfx Smaller2 \tfxx Smaller2 \stoptext I can

Re: [NTG-context] bug in font size switches?

On 10/17/2016 08:10 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> Pablo Rodriguez 17. Oktober 2016 um 20:07 >> [...] >> If this isn’t a bug, what am I missing here? > > The default sizes (12pt, 11pt etc.) have fixed values for x and xx, you > can see them in font-pre.mkiv: > > \definebodyfontenvironment >

[NTG-context] Hanging hyphen in the left margin in Portuguese

Dear list, In Portuguese many times we have words with one or two explicit hyphens; for example: “tornar-nos-emos” (we shall become). When at the end of a line, it is mandatory to repeat the explicit hyphen both at the end and in the beginning of the next line. I managed to do this using:

Re: [NTG-context] font size switching

On 10/17/2016 08:28 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 10/17/2016 8:14 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: >> [...] >> I must confess, I haven’t checked the manual. But why doesn’t it happen >> the same with other commands? >> >> \starttext >> \startTEXpage[offset=1em] >> Default {\tfb Larger} {\tfd

Re: [NTG-context] bug in font size switches?

On 10/17/2016 08:33 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >> [...] >> If this isn’t a bug, what am I missing here? > > that the x/xx sized are automatic adaptions of tf bf sl it ..., so: \bf > \tx is the same as \bfx: > > test {\bf \tx test} test {\bfx test} > > but using \tx is more flexible (as it

Re: [NTG-context] bug in font size switches?

On 10/17/2016 08:30 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 10/17/2016 8:24 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: >> [...] >> I know that a simple workaround would be to set the font size another >> value, but why do x and xx fixed values and not a, b, c and d? >> >> I mean (I’m only trying to understand), why are only