On 10/28/2016 08:35 PM, Asim ConTeXt wrote:
> Thank you.
> I want to use MkII because, as far as I know, MkII uses pdfTeX; which is
> stable. While MkIV uses LuaTeX; which is yet in development. Further,
> pdfTeX is better at microtypography.
> Am I correct at these two points? I would like to hear from you.

Hi Asim,

I’m only an average user. But I guess LuaTeX is pretty stable (version 1
was released recently).

I have no complain about LuaTeX microtypography. I mean, I use both font
expansion and character protrusion, and they work fine for me.

But I’m not a LaTeX user. If you took the data from
http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/microtype/microtype.pdf#page=7,
please don’t forget that the LuaTeX version included in that table is old.

Maybe you find interesting this thread about microtypography in ConTeXt:
https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2016/084990.html.

> I found that my system fonts are located at c:\windows\fonts, so I added
> this address in front of OSFONTDIR in texmf.cnf file. But it still is
> not working, although the previous warning message has now gone. ConTeXt
> now silently stops the processing and does not give any output file.

I’d rather use MkIV. But if you want to stick to MkII, consider the
following variants:

    OSFONTDIR = $SystemRoot/Fonts
    OSFONTDIR = c:/Windows/Fonts

I cannot remember, but I think using "\" is problematic with TeX (even
for path names).

Just in case it might help,


Pablo
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http://www.ousia.tk
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