Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2011-08-16 um 22:55 schrieb Cecil Westerhof: Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would like to use something like \smiley, \grin, \cool, … Why don’t you just define these commands yourself? You could include pictures or use a

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello Wolfgang, Apples new emoji font is also very interesting but you can’t use it with ConTeXt. Why is that? Is this a ConTeXt or a LuaTeX limitation? Patrick ___ If your question is of interest to others as

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/16 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would like to use something like \smiley, \grin, \cool, … You need a font with the symbol, there are also fonts available where you

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread luigi scarso
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com wrote: I am still quite inexperienced with ConTeXt. I found the following document:     http://statweb.calpoly.edu/jdoi/web/reference/symbols-a4.pdf It is for LaTeX, but I can not find ConTeXt specific stuff. In table 188

Re: [NTG-context] punk is dead

2011-08-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-8-2011 1:26, Khaled Hosny wrote: BTW, the latest release of the fonts have slanted versions, so no need for auto-slanting. Attached a patch for type-otf.mkiv. ok, patched Mojca, can we have the fonts in minimals (they are on CTAN), I think Hans likes them ;) That would be nice

[NTG-context] Two rotates on the same line

2011-08-17 Thread Cecil Westerhof
I am still expanding my knowledge of ConTeXt. At the moment I am playing with \rotate. When using: \rotate[rotation=42]{Tekst kan ook worden geroteerd.} \rotate[rotation=-42]{In elke richting die je maar wilt.} This is displayed as: / \ I would like it displayed as: /\ How

[NTG-context] [punknova][PATCH] README.md: Fix typos

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Menzel
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:41:03 +0200 1. No dots are used for »et al« according to Merriam Webster [1]. 2. Use capitalization consitently. [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/et%20al --- You can apply this patch saving this message as an mbox file and using `git am

[NTG-context] [punknova][PATCH] README.md: Add link to article from Hans and Taco in MAP 37 [1]

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Menzel
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:46:52 +0200 [1] http://www.ntg.nl/maps/37/ --- Somehow the README on CTAN [2] is not converted to HTML. So the links which would be created by Markdown cannot be used usable. [2] http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/mirror/ctan/fonts/punknova/README ---

Re: [NTG-context] Two rotates on the same line

2011-08-17 Thread Peter Rolf
Am 17.08.2011 12:40, schrieb Cecil Westerhof: I am still expanding my knowledge of ConTeXt. At the moment I am playing with \rotate. When using: \rotate[rotation=42]{Tekst kan ook worden geroteerd.} \rotate[rotation=-42]{In elke richting die je maar wilt.} This is displayed as:

Re: [NTG-context] Two rotates on the same line

2011-08-17 Thread Peter Rolf
Am 17.08.2011 12:51, schrieb Peter Rolf: Am 17.08.2011 12:40, schrieb Cecil Westerhof: I am still expanding my knowledge of ConTeXt. At the moment I am playing with \rotate. When using: \rotate[rotation=42]{Tekst kan ook worden geroteerd.} \rotate[rotation=-42]{In elke richting die je

[NTG-context] Apple Emoji (was: Smileys)

2011-08-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 09:12, Patrick Gundlach wrote: Hello Wolfgang, Apples new emoji font is also very interesting but you can’t use it with ConTeXt. Why is that? Is this a ConTeXt or a LuaTeX limitation? LuaTeX. Actually, it is a limitation of 99.9% of software out there. I wasn't able

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 22:55, Cecil Westerhof wrote: 2011/8/16 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would like to use something like \smiley, \grin, \cool, …

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.08.2011 um 13:14 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 22:55, Cecil Westerhof wrote: 2011/8/16 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/17 Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com Is it possible to work with smileys in ConTeXt? Instead of using something like ;-}, what looks nice, but is not the highpoint of typography, I would like to use something like \smiley, \grin, \cool, … My suggestion would be to

Re: [NTG-context] Two rotates on the same line

2011-08-17 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/17 Peter Rolf indi...@gmx.net Am 17.08.2011 12:51, schrieb Peter Rolf: Am 17.08.2011 12:40, schrieb Cecil Westerhof: I am still expanding my knowledge of ConTeXt. At the moment I am playing with \rotate. When using: \rotate[rotation=42]{Tekst kan ook worden geroteerd.}

[NTG-context] Centering 'clipping' text logo

2011-08-17 Thread Cecil Westerhof
I like the last example on: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphical_text_manipulation This creates a left aligned 'logo'. I would like it to be centered. I tried several things, but until now to no avail. How can I get it centered? -- Cecil Westerhof

Re: [NTG-context] Two rotates on the same line

2011-08-17 Thread Peter Rolf
Am 17.08.2011 13:30, schrieb Cecil Westerhof: 2011/8/17 Peter Rolf indi...@gmx.net mailto:indi...@gmx.net Am 17.08.2011 12:51, schrieb Peter Rolf: Am 17.08.2011 12:40, schrieb Cecil Westerhof: I am still expanding my knowledge of ConTeXt. At the moment I am playing

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 13:26, Cecil Westerhof wrote: 2011/8/17 Mojca Miklavec wrote:  \def\smiley{\externalfigure[img/smilies/smiley.png][height=\lineheight]} Of course you can also use fonts (even marvosym), but they will only show ugly black-and-white strokes which is probably not what

Re: [NTG-context] Centering 'clipping' text logo

2011-08-17 Thread Peter Rolf
Am 17.08.2011 13:50, schrieb Cecil Westerhof: I like the last example on: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphical_text_manipulation This creates a left aligned 'logo'. I would like it to be centered. I tried several things, but until now to no avail. How can I get it centered? my first

Re: [NTG-context] Two rotates on the same line

2011-08-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-8-2011 12:40, Cecil Westerhof wrote: I am still expanding my knowledge of ConTeXt. At the moment I am playing with \rotate. When using: \rotate[rotation=42]{Tekst kan ook worden geroteerd.} \rotate[rotation=-42]{In elke richting die je maar wilt.} This is displayed as: /

Re: [NTG-context] Centering 'clipping' text logo

2011-08-17 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/17 Peter Rolf indi...@gmx.net Am 17.08.2011 13:50, schrieb Cecil Westerhof: I like the last example on: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Graphical_text_manipulation This creates a left aligned 'logo'. I would like it to be centered. I tried several things, but until now to no

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Jaroslav Hajtmar
Hello Cecil ... Here is my simple tip. All you need is a font set, which are needed emoticons ... \def\numcharacter#1{\char#1{}} \let\dochar\numcharacter \definefont[wingding][wingding.ttf at 12pt] \starttext {\wingding \dochar{74}\dochar{75}\dochar{76}} \stoptext With greeting Jaroslav

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/17 Jaroslav Hajtmar hajt...@gyza.cz Hello Cecil ... Here is my simple tip. All you need is a font set, which are needed emoticons ... \def\numcharacter#1{\char#1{}} \let\dochar\numcharacter \definefont[wingding][**wingding.ttf at 12pt] \starttext {\wingding

Re: [NTG-context] [punknova][PATCH] README.md: Add link to article from Hans and Taco in MAP 37 [1]

2011-08-17 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:51:18PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:46:52 +0200 [1] http://www.ntg.nl/maps/37/ Thanks for both patches, it'd be better to open issues in github or send me mails directly, to not bother the list with offtopic mails. Regards, Khaled --

Re: [NTG-context] Apple Emoji (was: Smileys)

2011-08-17 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 01:08:18PM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: As far as LuaTeX support is concerned, here was the latest answer: On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 20:20, Hartmut Henkel wrote: On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: (Hartmut, if you're interested in this funny font thread Mojca

Re: [NTG-context] Apple Emoji (was: Smileys)

2011-08-17 Thread Patrick Gundlach
It is a bitmap format, a sort of quick and dirty hack by Apple to please certain markets and it shouldn't concern a typesetting system I think we should leave it up to the users what they think about using a font like this in typesetting. 640k ought to be enough for anybody… :) I'd like to

Re: [NTG-context] Apple Emoji (was: Smileys)

2011-08-17 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 05:29:43PM +0200, Patrick Gundlach wrote: It is a bitmap format, a sort of quick and dirty hack by Apple to please certain markets and it shouldn't concern a typesetting system I think we should leave it up to the users what they think about using a font like this

Re: [NTG-context] OT: [punknova][PATCH] README.md: Add link to article from Hans and Taco in MAP 37 [1]

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 17.08.2011, 16:48 +0200 schrieb Khaled Hosny: On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:51:18PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:46:52 +0200 [1] http://www.ntg.nl/maps/37/ Thanks for both patches, it'd be better to open issues in github I have no account at GitHub.

Re: [NTG-context] OT: [punknova][PATCH] README.md: Add link to article from Hans and Taco in MAP 37 [1]

2011-08-17 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 07:20:31PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: Just one question. Can you give me the reason why you did not use `git am`? Because you are the first to send me a git patch by mail and `git am` is not something I use regularly :) Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Egyptian Arab

Re: [NTG-context] Smileys

2011-08-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.08.2011 um 16:20 schrieb Cecil Westerhof: 2011/8/17 Jaroslav Hajtmar hajt...@gyza.cz Hello Cecil ... Here is my simple tip. All you need is a font set, which are needed emoticons ... \def\numcharacter#1{\char#1{}} \let\dochar\numcharacter \definefont[wingding][wingding.ttf at

Re: [NTG-context] Apple Emoji (was: Smileys)

2011-08-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 18:17, Khaled Hosny wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 05:29:43PM +0200, Patrick Gundlach wrote: I'd like to have my typesetting system to be capable of what users demands and not what I think is good for them. If you have a typesetting system, you can still extract all

[NTG-context] Should \setupinterlinespace work in \setupmargindata?

2011-08-17 Thread Raymond LeClair
The following fails, badly: \definefont[MarginFont][Serif sa 0.5] \setupmargindata[style=\MarginFont\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt]] \starttext \inmargin{abc\\def}\input tufte \stoptext Have I got the wrong syntax? ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.13 int: english/english