[NTG-context] Re: chronological TOC

2024-01-30 Thread BPJ
Den tis 30 jan. 2024 09:06Henning Hraban Ramm skrev: > Am 29.01.24 um 21:45 schrieb jbf: > > And indeed this is the best solution I could find, though it obviously > > meant that something like '29 April 2017' was no good for sorting on... > > it has to be the US date format YY-MM-DD > > How did

[NTG-context] Re: Modernizing Parametric type design A case study of Nupuram Malayalam typeface

2023-11-04 Thread BPJ
I have created fonts for my "fictional scripts"[1] using MF[2] and "converted" them to TTF by importing the bitmap font into the background layer in Fontforge and tracing it with potrace. It was a long time ago, I used little metaness beyond setting weight through pen/path width and/or a general

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-02 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
Den tors 1 juni 2023 11:48Hans Hagen via ntg-context skrev: > Hi, > > Probably some on this list already checked how well chatgpt answers > questions about domains one knows well and then probably noted that in > spite of impressive wording, one can run into quite incorrect answers. > > One can

Re: [NTG-context] Ajami script

2023-01-01 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
It's a bit confusing because the word ʿajamī simply means anything written in a non-Arabic language with Arabic script. Africa is certainly not the only place where that term has been used. It is also the case that Arabic script has been used to write West African languages for very many

Re: [NTG-context] IBM Plex updates

2022-09-26 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
renamed (Semi > Bold and Medium to SmBld and Medm). > > Hraban > Thank you for bringing this interesting type family to my attention! /bpj ___ > If your question is of interest to others as wel

Re: [NTG-context] Merging two lua tables

2022-08-30 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
v: > >> On 8/29/2022 7:33 PM, BPJ via ntg-context wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I use the attached Lua function to merge array, map and mixed tables >> alike >> > (but differently! :-) The trick is to check if each key is numeric or >> not,

Re: [NTG-context] Merging two lua tables

2022-08-30 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
Den mån 29 aug. 2022 20:13Hans Hagen via ntg-context skrev: > On 8/29/2022 7:33 PM, BPJ via ntg-context wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I use the attached Lua function to merge array, map and mixed tables > alike > > (but differently! :-) The trick is to check if each key i

Re: [NTG-context] Merging two lua tables

2022-08-29 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
Hi, I use the attached Lua function to merge array, map and mixed tables alike (but differently! :-) The trick is to check if each key is numeric or not, append if it is and overwrite if it isn't. This function just ignores non-table arguments because that is what I usually want. You may want to

Re: [NTG-context] OT world history: other measuring systems?

2022-01-26 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
Den ons 26 jan. 2022 09:44Otared Kavian via ntg-context skrev: > > > On 26 Jan 2022, at 00:17, Hans Hagen via ntg-context > wrote: > > […] > > times (clocks) were definitely different per city > > Regarding the issue of the absolute necessity of defining a standard time > the book by Peter

Re: [NTG-context] Fonts for transliteration (was: Critical Editions?)

2022-01-10 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
although that may be unwarranted geek paranoia! :-) BTW Doulos SIL is their Times clone, although it at least used to lack italics, which makes it a no-starter for most comparatists who use italics for object language. > > *Von:* ntg-context *Im Auftrag von *BPJ via > ntg-context > *Gese

[NTG-context] Fonts for transliteration (was: Critical Editions?)

2022-01-09 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
Den sön 9 jan. 2022 13:22Robert via ntg-context skrev: > Dear list, > > I am currently working on a critical edition as well, and follow the > discussion with interest. For the time being, I prefer Latex over Context > for this project. > > In addition to Jürgen's remarks on transcription fonts,

Re: [NTG-context] Critical Editions?

2022-01-08 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
Den lör 8 jan. 2022 12:44Jean-Pierre Delange via ntg-context < ntg-context@ntg.nl> skrev: > Luigi, > > Thank you for the link. > > Unfortunately this site mentions some typesetting work for research on > Stoicism (and other stuff) and on uploading the manuscripts of the English > philosopher John

Re: [NTG-context] typescripts and variants

2021-06-24 Thread BPJ
> > And, what about adding more styles so that you could have Light, Medium, > SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, Black etc. all defined in a single fontfamily? > If that was available each font family would then define all the styles for > one variant (SemiCondensed, ExtraCondensed, Condensed, each with

[NTG-context] Migrating from LaTeX (was: A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV)

2021-01-04 Thread BPJ
mån 4 jan. 2021 00:02Henning Hraban Ramm skrev: > > > Am 03.01.2021 um 22:24 schrieb Hans Hagen : > > > > On 1/3/2021 10:02 PM, BPJ wrote: > >> I understand that and it is all well and good. I am wondering if there > already is *another* text which presupp

Re: [NTG-context] A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

2021-01-03 Thread BPJ
do not know if I have been able to do this, but although there are some > references to LaTeX, I have tried to write a totally independent text, > which does not require knowledge of LaTeX or TeX to be understood. > El 3/1/21 a las 19:42, BPJ escribió: > > This is a great r

Re: [NTG-context] A not so short introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

2021-01-03 Thread BPJ
This is a great resource which I am at the moment enjoying to read but I can't help wondering if there is a text aimed at those who already know LaTeX and know the basics of TeX describing ConTeXt in terms of differences (and similarities) between the two, and in particular the gotchas. --

Re: [NTG-context] A Spanish introduction to ConTeXt Mark IV

2020-10-15 Thread BPJ
Den ons 14 okt. 2020 06:14Joaquín Ataz López skrev: > Good morning to everyone. > > Although I guess it will not be of interest to most of the list members, > I wanted to communicate that I have written an introduction to ConTeXt > Mark IV in Spanish, which can be downloaded at >

Re: [NTG-context] using modeset

2020-06-11 Thread BPJ
Den tors 11 juni 2020 10:45Jan Willem Flamma skrev: > > > Dear list members, > > > > I write training manuals and use the Modes mechanism a lot to create > documents at various competency levels using a single set of source files. > So far the manuals have been written in English but now a

Re: [NTG-context] Setting up macvim in mac os catalina to work with LMTX

2020-04-22 Thread BPJ
You may want to put this in your .vimrc so that you get error messages in English. Personally I hate it when partly localized programs give me a mixture of Swedish and English! :-) (You may of course want to just include "messages" and leave out "language".) " force English menus & messages

Re: [NTG-context] bibliography again: “von” and “van”

2015-01-29 Thread BPJ
How is a prefix identified as such with this technique? Is there a hardcoded list somewhere or is it name begins with a 'word' in lowercase. IMHO it would be desirable that the prefix itself could be specified in a field. onsdag 28 januari 2015 skrev Ulrike Fischer ne...@nililand.de: Am Tue, 27