Re: [NTG-context] Scaling down symbols and emojis

2019-01-19 Thread User 19087
As far as I can tell (by experimentation), bodyfont environment features resolve in this order: * matching size in the current file * default environment in the current file * matching size in 'font-pre.mkiv' * default environment in 'font-pre.mkiv' * default to 1.0 otherwise This applies to

Re: [NTG-context] Scaling down symbols and emojis

2019-01-19 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
User 19087 schrieb am 19.01.19 um 09:42: On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 4:44 PM User 19087 wrote: There must be some other method (at least via luatex) to obtain the 'x' and 'xx' sizes as workable dimensions. Why do you need this when you can just change the style of commands with use \tfx (e.g.

Re: [NTG-context] Scaling down symbols and emojis

2019-01-19 Thread User 19087
On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 4:44 PM User 19087 wrote: > There must be some other method (at least via luatex) to > obtain the 'x' and 'xx' sizes as workable dimensions. I've come up with the following macro and I'd like some feedback. Will it work consistently? Any suggestions for improvement? % A

Re: [NTG-context] Scaling down symbols and emojis

2019-01-18 Thread User 19087
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 6:29 PM User 19087 wrote: >> Or I use {\switchtobodyfont[...]\symbol[ShortForty]} in the document. >> At that point the body font may have been switched to a size whose >> environment defines different values for 'x' and 'xx'. Or perhaps the >> current or default body

Re: [NTG-context] Scaling down symbols and emojis

2019-01-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
User 19087 schrieb am 17.01.19 um 14:30: On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 4:24 PM Wolfgang Schuster wrote: % Which factor should I use to match \tfxx? \symbol[ShortForty] \scale[factor=4]{\symbol[ShortForty]} x = 0.8 xx = 0.6 That's what the ConTeXt Reference Manual also says, but that doesn't seem

Re: [NTG-context] Scaling down symbols and emojis

2019-01-17 Thread User 19087
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 4:24 PM Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > % Which factor should I use to match \tfxx? > > \symbol[ShortForty] > > \scale[factor=4]{\symbol[ShortForty]} > x = 0.8 > xx = 0.6 That's what the ConTeXt Reference Manual also says, but that doesn't seem to match what ConTeXt does.

Re: [NTG-context] Scaling down symbols and emojis

2019-01-17 Thread User 19087
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 4:24 PM Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > User 19087 schrieb am 16.01.19 um 21:56: > > I'm having trouble scaling down symbols and emojis. For a while I > > assumed these don't scale with the current font size. Then I scoured > > the mailing list and realized that while scaling

Re: [NTG-context] Scaling down symbols and emojis

2019-01-16 Thread User 19087
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 4:24 PM Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > When you need a switch for a smaller size which doesn’t has these > limitations you can just create them: > > \definefontsize [m] > \definefontsize [n] > > \setupbodyfontenvironment >[default] >[m=0.8, > n=0.6] In case the

Re: [NTG-context] Scaling down symbols and emojis

2019-01-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
User 19087 schrieb am 16.01.19 um 21:56: I'm having trouble scaling down symbols and emojis. For a while I assumed these don't scale with the current font size. Then I scoured the mailing list and realized that while scaling down seems broken, scaling up works as expected: \tx (or \tfx, \bfx