Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-22 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Aditya, Thanks for the hints: actually what I wanted to do was to use a calligraphic font which is a little bit more « script-y » as you put it (in particular for the letters A, B, D, S, U). Indeed using Khaled Hosny’s setup of xits one may get what I wanted to do. The solution suggested

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-22 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Otared Kavian ota...@gmail.com wrote: \definefontfamily [mainface] [rm] [Palatino] \definefontfamily [mainface] [math] [Latin Modern Math] What if you change those lines to \definefontfamily [mainface] [rm] [TeX Gyre Pagella] \definefontfamily [mainface]

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-22 Thread Otared Kavian
Thanks Mikael! That’s it: the real name of palatino in mkiv is TeX Gyre Pagella, and in math mode one has to use TeX Gyre Pagella Math… I am going to update the page on the wiki about calligraphic math. Another question (maybe Wolfgang has more to say about it): is the word « mainface » is a

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-22 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 22.05.2014 um 11:02 schrieb Otared Kavian ota...@gmail.com: Thanks Mikael! That’s it: the real name of palatino in mkiv is TeX Gyre Pagella, and in math mode one has to use TeX Gyre Pagella Math… I am going to update the page on the wiki about calligraphic math. Another question

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 21.05.2014 um 14:15 schrieb Otared Kavian ota...@gmail.com: Hi all, It seems that the rsfs fonts (Ralph Smith’s Formal Script fonts) do not work: the procedure explained at the page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/rsfs works fine with mkii, but not in mkiv. Is it possible

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Otared Kavian
On 21 May 2014, at 15:55, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com wrote: […] No, simplefonts won’t help you because the fallback mechanism for math works only with another opentype math font and truetype/opentype text fonts. Thanks for the answer. Is there another script font for

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Otared Kavian ota...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the answer. Is there another script font for LM, or for Palatino, which looks a little bit more readable than \cal in those fonts, and which can be used with the simplefonts mechanism? Best regards: OK

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Mikael, Thanks for your quick answer! Actually I used probably an inappropriate word when speaking about readability of the standard \cal in LM. Indeed they are readable, but for the particular case of ${\cal D}$, or ${\cal U}$ or ${\cal S}$, they do not correspond to the corresponding

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Otared Kavian ota...@gmail.com wrote: Since other people may benefit from it, I would like to update the wiki on the matter. But actually I do not understand what does the « range » mean in the example

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Hans Hagen
On 5/21/2014 8:10 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Otared Kavian ota...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the answer. Is there another script font for LM, or for Palatino, which looks a little bit more readable than \cal in those fonts, and which can be used with the

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 21.05.2014 um 21:10 schrieb Mikael P. Sundqvist mic...@gmail.com: On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Otared Kavian ota...@gmail.com wrote: Since other people may benefit from it, I would like to update the wiki on the matter. But actually I do not understand what does the « range » mean in

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Mikael, I created a page on the wiki where it is explained how to change calligraphic fonts in math: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/math_calligraphic I’ll add more comments and correct things on that page each time I learn something new in this regard… Thanks again: OK On 21 May

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Otared Kavian
On 21 May 2014, at 21:54, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com wrote: This does already exist, take a look into math-act.lua. Thanks Wolfgang: indeed one may use \definefallbackfamily[mainface][math][Asana Math][range={uppercasescript,lowercasescript}] so what Mikael

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Hans Hagen
On 5/21/2014 10:38 PM, Otared Kavian wrote: Hi Mikael, I created a page on the wiki where it is explained how to change calligraphic fonts in math: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/math_calligraphic I’ll add more comments and correct things on that page each time I learn something new

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Otared Kavian
On 21 May 2014, at 21:39, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: you can run s-math-repertoire.mkiv and compare shapes (you might want to comment some at the end) Thanks for the hint! I did run that file and then I thought my Mac was going to die since mkiv kept running and running… After

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 21 May 2014, Otared Kavian wrote: Hi all, It seems that the rsfs fonts (Ralph Smith’s Formal Script fonts) do not work: the procedure explained at the page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/rsfs works fine with mkii, but not in mkiv. I do not have the time to look into this in

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Otared Kavian
On 21 May 2014, at 23:08, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 5/21/2014 10:38 PM, Otared Kavian wrote: Hi Mikael, I created a page on the wiki where it is explained how to change calligraphic fonts in math: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/math_calligraphic I’ll add more comments

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Hans Hagen
On 5/21/2014 11:11 PM, Otared Kavian wrote: On 21 May 2014, at 21:39, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: you can run s-math-repertoire.mkiv and compare shapes (you might want to comment some at the end) Thanks for the hint! I did run that file and then I thought my Mac was going to die since

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-21 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 21 May 2014, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Wed, 21 May 2014, Otared Kavian wrote: Hi all, It seems that the rsfs fonts (Ralph Smith’s Formal Script fonts) do not work: the procedure explained at the page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/rsfs works fine with mkii, but not in mkiv.