On Wednesday 27 February 2002 00:53, Hans Hagen wrote:
> At 06:36 PM 2/26/2002 +0100, Frans Goddijn wrote:
> > ...
>
> Remind me that i provide you a better solution for this, something:
>
> \definefontsynonym [OldStyleSerif] [....]
> \definefontsynonym [OldStyleSerifItalic] [....]
> \define....
>
> \def\oldstylenumerals#1{{\getglyph{OldStyle}{#1}}}
>
> will give you a cleaner interface to this as well automatically adapt
> itself to the styles.
>
> Some day i will buy a couple of those fonts and give them a try
Is this feature already supposed to work somehow? I tried the following
\starttypescript [serif] [...] [name]
\definefontsynonym [Serif] [...]
\definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [...]
...
\definefontsynonym [OldStyleSerif] [..]
\definefontsynonym [OldStyleSerifBold] [...]
...
\stoptypescript
While experimenting with this, I made the experience that
\def\oldstylenumerals#1{{\getglyph{OldStyle}{#1}}}
does not lead to any oldstyle numbers, whereas
\def\oldstylenumerals#1{{\getglyph{\fontclass OldStyle}{#1}}}
does. The results seem ok. \oldstylenumerals adpts to the font family and
shape. Does this mean that I am on the right track??
Moreover, I discovered a pitfall (bug?). The oldstyle numerals I get this way
have the wrong size, if the typeface has been defined using the
rscale=<number> feature. In other words, my numbers aren't "rscaled."
What is needed to circumvent this?
Oliver
