zs wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> while getting context/luatex to work, I experiment with fonts.
>
> I play with DejaVu fonts. I found that when I use DejaVuSerif.ttf I get
> what I want, but when I use DejaVuSans.ttf context produces nothing.
> It seems to process document without any error message and gives no
> pdf.
>
> I made some investigation and I guess it has something to do with file
> size of the font (DejaVuSerif.ttf-242KB, DejaVuSans.ttf-557KB).
> Result is the same for fonts from collection with similar size.
> Conversions with fontforge do not help.
>
>
> Is there any limit for size of font?
> Any other possible reason why?
% engine=luatex
\def\testfont#1%
{\blank
\hbox \bgroup
{\tttf#1:}
{\tttf \font\test=#1*default \test effe fietsen 1234}
{\tttf (sc) \font\test=#1*smallcaps \test effe fietsen 1234}
{\tttf (os) \font\test=#1*oldstyle \test effe fietsen 1234}
\egroup
\blank}
\starttext
% \testfont{dejavusans}
% \testfont{dejavusansboldoblique}
% \testfont{dejavusanscondensed}
% \testfont{dejavusanscondensedboldoblique}
% \testfont{dejavusanscondensedoblique}
% \testfont{dejavusansextralight}
% \testfont{dejavusansmono}
% \testfont{dejavusansmonobold}
% \testfont{dejavusansmonoboldoblique}
% \testfont{dejavusansmonooblique}
% \testfont{dejavusansoblique}
\testfont{dejavuserif}
% \testfont{dejavuserifbolditalic}
\testfont{dejavuserifcondensed}
% \testfont{dejavuserifcondensedbolditalic}
% \testfont{dejavuserifcondenseditalic}
% \testfont{dejavuserifitalic}
\stoptext
only a few fonts seem to be okay, some crash luatex, some are not loaded
Hans
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