Re: [NTG-context] simplefonts or Typecripts
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:58:55 +0200 Hans == Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: Hans it depends ... simplefonts uses some heuristics and therefore can Hans make it easier but not all fonts fit into a systematic approach I see. Hans for a long time project making a few typescripts (just use those Hans defined at the end of type-otf.mkiv as template) and using file: Hans is more robust esp as it will nicely fail when something Hans fundamental has changed (names or so) Thanks for the hint. By inspecting type-otf.mkiv from texlive context-minimals, I see that the latter is almost 4x bigger - probably it includes most of the interesting free fonts available. For now, it can be enough considering that atm we'll mostly write markdown/reST and convert to ConTeXt via pandoc, but later we'll go into final production and then there will be another question relevant - whether there are some affordable commercial quality fonts which could enhance the free collection and which cover extended Unicode range (we need to use Sanskrit diacritics that were created via TeX accent mechanism when we worked in old LaTeX). Sincerely, Gour -- Gour | Hlapicina, Croatia | GPG: CDBF17CA -- signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] simplefonts or Typecripts
On 13-8-2010 1:03, Gour D. wrote: Hello! I'd like to (finally) dive into ConTeXt (MkIV) using it for everything and stop using LyX/LaTeX...ConText is installed via context-minimals-git package on Archlinux (thank you Aditya). The 'Using fonts' section on wiki says: Handling fonts in LuaTeX can be done * in a simple but limited way, using the simplefonts module; * in the standard way, using TypeScripts and I've tried example with Delicious font (too bad there is no Croatian characters available) and it works. Considering I never learnt TypeScripts mechanism (and managed to forget most of ConteXr I knew when fiddling with it some years ago), I wonder if 'simplefonts' is THE way to go with fonts in MkIV and/or is there something one may miss by not using TypeScripts mechanism? it depends ... simplefonts uses some heuristics and therefore can make it easier but not all fonts fit into a systematic approach for a long time project making a few typescripts (just use those defined at the end of type-otf.mkiv as template) and using file: is more robust esp as it will nicely fail when something fundamental has changed (names or so) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] simplefonts or Typecripts
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:58:55 +0200 Hans == Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: Hans it depends ... simplefonts uses some heuristics and therefore can Hans make it easier but not all fonts fit into a systematic approach I see. Hans for a long time project making a few typescripts (just use those Hans defined at the end of type-otf.mkiv as template) and using file: Hans is more robust esp as it will nicely fail when something Hans fundamental has changed (names or so) Thanks for the hint. By inspecting type-otf.mkiv from texlive context-minimals, I see that the latter is almost 4x bigger - probably it includes most of the interesting free fonts available. For now, it can be enough considering that atm we'll mostly write markdown/reST and convert to ConTeXt via pandoc, but later we'll go into final production and then there will be another question relevant - whether there are some affordable commercial quality fonts which could enhance the free collection and which cover extended Unicode range (we need to use Sanskrit diacritics that were created via TeX accent mechanism when we worked in old LaTeX). Sincerely, Gour -- Gour | Hlapicina, Croatia | GPG: CDBF17CA -- -- Gour | Hlapicina, Croatia | GPG: CDBF17CA -- signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
