Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts with ConTeXt

2014-01-30 Thread Fabrice
If you have the type1 fonts How do we know? Sorry, but I'm not at all an expert font ! ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl /

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts with ConTeXt

2014-01-30 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/29/2014 10:23 PM, Fabrice wrote: If you have the type1 fonts How do we know? Sorry, but I'm not at all an expert font ! just buy the open type versions from tug ... less hassle and more complete Hans -

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts with ConTeXt

2014-01-30 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
Hi, Thank you to you for your answers. As I have to write text with math formulas, I'll probably buy them. Fabrice 2014-01-30 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl On 1/29/2014 10:23 PM, Fabrice wrote: If you have the type1 fonts How do we know? Sorry, but I'm not at all an expert font ! just buy

[NTG-context] Lucida fonts with ConTeXt

2014-01-29 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
Hi, I want to use the Lucida fonts. I understand that these are commercial fonts that I must buy. What should buy and where ? In the meantime, I tried to test the following file : \setuppapersize[A4] \setuplayout [backspace=15mm, width=middle, topspace=15mm, height=middle,

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts with ConTeXt

2014-01-29 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/29/2014 8:04 PM, Fabrice Couvreur wrote: Hi, I want to use the Lucida fonts. I understand that these are commercial fonts that I must buy. What should buy and where? https://www.tug.org/store/lucida/opentype.html -

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts with ConTeXt

2014-01-29 Thread H. van der Meer
On 29 jan. 2014, at 20:04, Fabrice Couvreur fabrice1.couvr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I want to use the Lucida fonts. I understand that these are commercial fonts that I must buy. What should buy and where ? Available from lucida-ad...@tug.org. Hans van der Meer

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts with ConTeXt

2014-01-29 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014, Fabrice Couvreur wrote: Hi, I want to use the Lucida fonts. I understand that these are commercial fonts that I must buy. What should buy and where ? In the meantime, I tried to test the following file : \loadtypescriptfile[lucida-typeone]

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts with ConTeXt

2014-01-29 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
If you have the type1 fonts How do we know ? Sorry, but I'm not at all an expert font ! 2014-01-29 Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu On Wed, 29 Jan 2014, Fabrice Couvreur wrote: Hi, I want to use the Lucida fonts. I understand that these are commercial fonts that I must buy. What should

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts with ConTeXt

2014-01-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.01.2014 um 21:33 schrieb Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu: On Wed, 29 Jan 2014, Fabrice Couvreur wrote: Hi, I want to use the Lucida fonts. I understand that these are commercial fonts that I must buy. What should buy and where ? In the meantime, I tried to test the following file

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts with ConTeXt

2014-01-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.01.2014 um 22:28 schrieb Fabrice Couvreur fabrice1.couvr...@gmail.com: If you have the type1 fonts How do we know ? Sorry, but I'm not at all an expert font ! The opentype version of the fonts have otf as files extension while the type 1 version consists of files with afm and pub as

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts

2012-09-13 Thread Hans Hagen
On 12-9-2012 22:24, Troy Henderson wrote: yes, but the fonts are relatively cheap (esp for members) and you get a lot relatively is the keyword here as they are the same price that I paid for the Type 1 fonts 3 years ago. So, according to the store website, I essentially have to buy them

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts

2012-09-13 Thread Troy Henderson
I was able to get the Type 1 versions working. It seems that the problem the whole time was an orphan kpsewhich living in /usr/bin. After removing it, TL2012's kpsewhich took over and everything is fine. Troy ___ If

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts

2012-09-13 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Troy Henderson wrote: yes, but the fonts are relatively cheap (esp for members) and you get a lot relatively is the keyword here as they are the same price that I paid for the Type 1 fonts 3 years ago. So, according to the store website, I essentially have

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts

2012-09-13 Thread Troy Henderson
I guess I will take responsibility for my own actions then. ;) Actually, as long as the Type 1 fonts continue to work, I presume I have no need for anything more. Perhaps I'm just somewhat ignorant about fonts and have no idea what more complete (as Hans said) means when comparing the OpenType

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts

2012-09-12 Thread Troy Henderson
best is to upgrade the lucida to opentype .. way less hassle and also more complete Would I have to pay for the OpenType versions since I have already purchased the Type1 versions? Troy ___ If your question is of

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts

2012-09-12 Thread Hans Hagen
On 12-9-2012 14:05, Troy Henderson wrote: best is to upgrade the lucida to opentype .. way less hassle and also more complete Would I have to pay for the OpenType versions since I have already purchased the Type1 versions? yes, but the fonts are relatively cheap (esp for members) and you

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida fonts

2012-09-12 Thread Troy Henderson
yes, but the fonts are relatively cheap (esp for members) and you get a lot relatively is the keyword here as they are the same price that I paid for the Type 1 fonts 3 years ago. So, according to the store website, I essentially have to buy them again. Troy

[NTG-context] Lucida fonts

2012-09-11 Thread Troy Henderson
I have recently installed TeXLive 2012, and my Lucida (Type 1) fonts from TUG are installed in the texmf-local tree and function properly when using TeXLive 2011, but it seems that ConTeXt cannot find the fonts for 2012. The instuctions on the wiki do not seem to add a solution for me. I would

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-20 Thread luigi scarso
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 19.02.10 15:45, schrieb luigi scarso: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Troy Hendersonthend...@gmail.com  wrote: I am a LaTeX user for about 15 years, but I am very new ConTeXt.  I am having

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-20 Thread Hans Hagen
On 20-2-2010 5:06, Mojca Miklavec wrote: I don't know how Hans' metric files look like, but: - texfont --ve=yandy ... doesn't do anything here - texfont --ve=bh ... creates a bunch of files, however *not* the T1 files which are of crucial importance to me; T1 (=ec) is only supported via virtual

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-20 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:51, Hans Hagen wrote: On 20-2-2010 5:06, Mojca Miklavec wrote: I don't know how Hans' metric files look like, but: - texfont --ve=yandy ... doesn't do anything here - texfont --ve=bh ... creates a bunch of files, however *not* the T1 files which are of crucial

[NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Troy Henderson
I am a LaTeX user for about 15 years, but I am very new ConTeXt. I am having trouble using the complete set of Lucida fonts purchased from TUG. http://www.tug.org/store/lucida/ I have followed the first set of instructions at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Lucida and the fonts work great for

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Troy Henderson
When building the same document (that works for MKIV) Typo. I mean that work for MKII with MKIV (context), the text fonts are ... Troy ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread luigi scarso
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Troy Henderson thend...@gmail.com wrote: I am a LaTeX user for about 15 years, but I am very new ConTeXt.  I am having trouble using the complete set of Lucida fonts purchased from TUG. http://www.tug.org/store/lucida/ I have followed the first set of

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 19-2-2010 14:50, Troy Henderson wrote: I am a LaTeX user for about 15 years, but I am very new ConTeXt. I am having trouble using the complete set of Lucida fonts purchased from TUG. http://www.tug.org/store/lucida/ I have followed the first set of instructions at

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 19-2-2010 14:50, Troy Henderson wrote: I am a LaTeX user for about 15 years, but I am very new ConTeXt. I am having trouble using the complete set of Lucida fonts purchased from TUG. http://www.tug.org/store/lucida/ I have followed the first set of instructions at

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Mikael Persson
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 19-2-2010 14:50, Troy Henderson wrote: I am a LaTeX user for about 15 years, but I am very new ConTeXt.  I am having trouble using the complete set of Lucida fonts purchased from TUG. http://www.tug.org/store/lucida/ I

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Troy Henderson
how did you set up your lucida fonts in mkiv? First of all, I did not setup Lucida for MKIV (specifically). The following fonts come with the complete Lucida set from TUG: 46 AFM's 41 PFB's 42 PFM's 164 TFM's 63 VF's I placed all 356 of these font files into the same directory (ignoring

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 19-2-2010 18:13, Troy Henderson wrote: Now, by following these steps, I am able to successfully create ConTeXt documents with Lucida fonts (with and without math) using MKII (texexec). However, using the same document with MKIV (context), the document builds fine, all text and math is

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 19-2-2010 17:25, Mikael Persson wrote: This is a bit funny, because the problem that Troy has with upright math seems to be exactly the same problem I have with mathdesign, described in the post http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20100217.211052.21a3f6f3.en.html depends ... as long

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Martin Schröder
2010/2/19 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl: Maybe the minimals should ship those lucida math tfm files (i don't know if there are vf files too). I'm not going to buy new lucida math fonts. You get the new fonts for free if you already have the old ones (I must find these discs :-).

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 19-2-2010 19:57, Martin Schröder wrote: 2010/2/19 Hans Hagenpra...@wxs.nl: Maybe the minimals should ship those lucida math tfm files (i don't know if there are vf files too). I'm not going to buy new lucida math fonts. You get the new fonts for free if you already have the old ones (I

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hello, Here are some of my observations about Lucida fonts (font part for now; math part comes later). I made a detailed check of files that are present on CTAN. I don't know how Hans' metric files look like, but: - texfont --ve=yandy ... doesn't do anything here - texfont --ve=bh ... creates a

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Troy Henderson
I've also noticed that some of the math kerning seems a little off. For example, with $y(x)$ the y seems to be way too close to the (. I'm not sure how much of this is a difference in LaTeX (that I am used to) and ConTeXt's spacing and how much is due to ConTeXt+Lucida. Another example similar to

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts with MKIV

2010-02-19 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 19.02.10 15:45, schrieb luigi scarso: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Troy Hendersonthend...@gmail.com wrote: I am a LaTeX user for about 15 years, but I am very new ConTeXt. I am having trouble using the complete set of Lucida fonts purchased from TUG.

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts

2005-11-24 Thread Hans Hagen
David Arnold wrote: All, Now that YandY is defunct, where would one now purchase the Lucida font. We used to be able to get the entire set from YandY, math included. Does that set still exist and where can it be purchased? http://www.tug.org/yandy/ says that tug is negotiating ...

[NTG-context] Lucida Fonts

2005-11-23 Thread David Arnold
All, Now that YandY is defunct, where would one now purchase the Lucida font. We used to be able to get the entire set from YandY, math included. Does that set still exist and where can it be purchased? David ___ ntg-context mailing list

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida Fonts

2005-11-23 Thread Steve Peter
On Nov 23, 2005, at 9:47 PM, David Arnold wrote: Now that YandY is defunct, where would one now purchase the Lucida font. We used to be able to get the entire set from YandY, math included. Does that set still exist and where can it be purchased? The set with math will soon be available

[NTG-context] lucida fonts

2005-07-06 Thread Arun Swarup
Hi, do i have to buy the lucida font for ConTeXt? im using TeXLive 2003 ConTeXt installation, and ConTeXt gives me rough (T3) fonts in the pdf file ... dont even ask about the .dvi ... it cant find some font files i've stopped trying to use lucida have contended myself with CM :( -arun

Re: [NTG-context] lucida fonts

2005-07-06 Thread Hans Hagen
Arun Swarup wrote: Hi, do i have to buy the lucida font for ConTeXt? im using TeXLive 2003 ConTeXt installation, and ConTeXt gives me rough (T3) fonts in the pdf file ... dont even ask about the .dvi ... it cant find some font files i've stopped trying to use lucida have contended myself

[NTG-context] lucida fonts

2005-02-21 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, Now that yandy has gone into a more fancy business (www.yandy.com, looking at the menu it looks like they now also sell special latex stuff -) i wonder where one can get the usual bunch of lucida fonts needed for tex; any ideas? Hans

Re: [NTG-context] lucida fonts

2005-02-21 Thread Taco Hoekwater
It seems that nothing is known yet, you should subscribe/ask on the yandytex support mailing list, I guess. It is linked from http://tug.org/yandy Greetings, Taco Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, Now that yandy has gone into a more fancy business (www.yandy.com, looking at the menu it looks like