April 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

RE: [NTG-context] Encoding and mapping glyphs from an expert font
by Idris Samawi Hamid 10 Apr '05

10 Apr '05

Hi Adam, Thank you so much for your help... >===== Original Message From "Adam Lindsay" <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> ===== >Idris Samawi Hamid said this at Sat, 9 Apr 2005 15:02:51 -0600: > >>By the way, I still don't understand how placing, e.g., /zerooldstyle in the >>respective /zero position in an encoding file will instruct LatinModern to >>pick up the glyph from cmmi10. In, for example, >> >>==================================================== >>texnansi-lmb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regular <texnansi-os-lm.enc <lmb10.pfb >>==================================================== >> >>How does ConTeXt know that /zerooldstyle is to be mapped to cmmbi10? >>I must be missing something.... > >I think I'm missing something from your description. What markup are you >using in your source in order to ascribe these magical properties to OldStyle? >Are you aware of the default mapping of OldStyle to MathItalic? Well, Hans claimed this could be done without virtual fonts, and I was trying to follow his implementation. Could you tell me where the default mapping of OldStyle to MathItalic is documented/implemented in the sources? Maybe I could make a similar mechanism for my normal-expert dyad. Best and thnx a million Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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good-looking tables in context
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 10 Apr '05

10 Apr '05

Hi all, I have to present a lot of numerical data in tables. However, I don't know how to achieve aesthetically pleasing results in context. (Ex)-Latex users may know the booktabs package which is a great help in this respect. I would like to achieve the same in context now. I have attached a small example file (source and pdf). Let me draw your attention to the most important points: - There are rules of different thickness for top, bottom, and middle rules. - The spacing between rows before / after / around the rules is nicely adjusted automatically. - Rules not spanning all columns, like the one in the header, can be trimmed at the left and the right so that they do not extend entirely to the start/end oft the first/last column. I think all three features are essential for convenient typesetting of tables with acceptable output. How can I produce this in context? I am aware of the different table mechanisms. As far as I have seen in the available documentation, none of them is currently suited for what I want. Or am I wrong? I hope so, and I am grateful for your hints and comments. Regards, Eckhart

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can't get table to work
by Paul Tremblay 10 Apr '05

10 Apr '05

I am trying to create a table with the middle cell merged vertically. I am trying to draw bottom lines for the left and right columns: Alabama 13.3 13.5 ------- ----- Alaska 17.8 18.8 Here is my table: \placetable[here][tab:insurance]{Percentage of People without health insurance in US} \starttable[|l w(30mm)|l|l|] \HL \VL State \VL 3-year average(2001-2003) \VL 2-year average(2001-2002) \VL\SR \HL[4] \VL Alabama \VL 13.3 \VL 13.5 \VL\FR \DL \DC \DL \DR \VL Alaska \VL 17.8 \VL 18.8 \VL\MR \HL \VL Arizona \VL 17.3 \VL 16.9 \VL\LR \HL \stoptable \stoptext I am getting the following error message: ! Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr. <template> \endtemplate \!ttLongHrule ->\omit \span \omit \span \!ttShortHrule \next ->&\normalTABLElongrule & \complexTableDL ...handleTABLEerror \fi \fi \next \fi \complexorsimpleTable ...fi \c!Table #1\endcsname #2 l.14 \DL \DC \DL \DR What am I doing wrong? Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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RE: [NTG-context] Encoding and mapping glyphs from an expert font
by Idris Samawi Hamid 09 Apr '05

09 Apr '05

Thank you very much for responding, Thomas. >===== Original Message From "Thomas A.Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> ===== >I am not sure I have understood everything you write, but here's a very >brief outline of what I think you need to do. There are two cases you >need to consider: I am in case 1: pfb-normal + pfb-expert >1. You have more than one font (this seems to be your case), normally >these will be postscript type1 fonts (extensions .pfb or .pfa). If you >want to mix characters from two fonts (say, normal letters from font A, >oldstyle numerals and maybe small caps from font B), you can most >easily do this via a virtual font. It's not too hard; I wrote a small >how-to which you can find on CTAN >(http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/virtualfontshowto/?action=/tex- >archive/info/) <snip> >So there is no simple answer to your question. TeX knows to pick up >zerooldstyle instead of zero either >1. because you have a virtual font that says MAPFONT 1, so it knows it >will have to use a different pfb than for the rest, or >2. because the encoding file points to character zerooldstyle within >the ttf. Ok, but Hans explicitly claimed to have done this for Latin Modern without virtual fonts, only encoding trickery (I'll c if I can find that message). Actually, I was really surprised when Hans said he could do this without virtual fonts, and have always been eager to learn the trick;-> With Alan Hoenig's help almost 2 years ago I contructed a complete virtual font for old style cmr using virtual fonts; I guess I can do that again (though with a non-TeX font I'm scared;-> I'll read your how-to). On the other hand, how will TeXFont handle virtual fonts? What does TeXfont need to do this correctly? Or do we just forget about TeXFont? Thanks again! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Encoding and mapping glyphs from an expert font
by Idris Samawi Hamid 09 Apr '05

09 Apr '05

[To all the font experts out there: I really need your help!! I have spent at least 12 hours (!) trying to make this work but to no avail.] Dear gang, I have two fonts (actually, lots more but let's keep it simple), one normal and one expert. I did the following: 1. installed the regular font with texnansi encoding. It works fine. It uses, say, texnansi-myfont.map, texnansi-lm.enc with lines like ==================================================== texnansi-raw-myfont MyFont 4 <texnansi-lm.enc <myfont.pfb ==================================================== 2. also installed the expert font with a private encoding. Basically the same as texnansi where they share characters in common. It uses, say, myfontx.map, myencoding.enc with lines like ==================================================== myencoding-raw-myfontx MyFontX 4 < myfont.pfb myencoding.enc ==================================================== 3. With a view to getting characters from my expert font, I carefully studied as best as I could the implementation of old style figures in lmr, which involves mappings to cmmi10. This is what I could figure out: Activating old style is done by ==================================================== \usetypescript [modern][texnansi] \usetypescript [map] [latin-modern-os] [texnansi] \usetypescript[latin-modern][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[latin-modern] ==================================================== There appear to be two main things going on (but I think I'm missing something): a. loading a map file: ==================================================== \starttypescript [map] [latin-modern-os] [ec,texnansi,qx,t5,pl0,il2] \loadmapfile[\typescriptthree-os-public-lm.map] \stoptypescript ==================================================== Since I'm using texnansi, I looked at texnansi-os-public-lm.map . It contains lines like ==================================================== texnansi-lmb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regular <texnansi-os-lm.enc <lmb10.pfb ==================================================== So I designed an encoding file myfont-plus.enc almost identical to texnansi-os-lm.enc, containing, e.g., old style numerals from my expert font. I edited the myfont map files to exactly match the syntax of both texnansi-os-public-lm.map and texnansi-public-lm.map So for my fonts I have a total of three map files: \loadmapfile[texnansi-myfont.map] % for regular font \loadmapfile[myencoding-myfontx.map] % for expert font \loadmapfile[texnansi-x-myfont.map] % for mapping minion reg to minion ex >From this point I am lost. I set up my type-myfont.tex to load these maps. I can get myfont to work alone, and myfontx to work alone, but I cannot map characters from myfontx to myfont. By the way, I still don't understand how placing, e.g., /zerooldstyle in the respective /zero position in an encoding file will instruct LatinModern to pick up the glyph from cmmi10. In, for example, ==================================================== texnansi-lmb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regular <texnansi-os-lm.enc <lmb10.pfb ==================================================== How does ConTeXt know that /zerooldstyle is to be mapped to cmmbi10? I must be missing something.... Thnx in advance for your help Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] Activating urls
by Idris Samawi Hamid 09 Apr '05

09 Apr '05

Thank you Nikolai (and Patrick too!) The following outputs the url but I don't get a hyperlink: ================================================= % output=pdf interface=en \useURL [Adobe] [http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/font/5091.Design_MM_Fonts.pdf] \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \url[Adobe]. \stoptext ================================================= Am I missing yet something else? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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space between tabulate
by Paul Tremblay 09 Apr '05

09 Apr '05

Is there a way to put space between cells in a tabluate table? \starttabulate[|p(6cm) |p(6cm)|] \NC American Community Survey \NC Current Population Survey \NC\NR \HL \NC All dollar values for income are adjusted to latest calendar year of estimates using the Consumer Price Index for the date collected versus the average for the year. \NC None \NC\NR \stoptabulate Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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RE: [NTG-context] Defining new font switches (solved?)
by Idris Samawi Hamid 09 Apr '05

09 Apr '05

Hi Adam, Thank you very much for explaining this. After some more research, I actually finally figured it out a few hours ago (including the examination of type-ini), but felt embarrased at bothering the list yet again about it;-) At least I'm "back in business" once again:-) Hopefully my hours of struggling with things like this will pay off in the end... Thnx again, Adam and my best to all Idris >===== Original Message From "Adam Lindsay" <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> ===== >Idris Samawi Hamid said this at Fri, 8 Apr 2005 15:43:49 -0600: > >> \definetypeface [mytest] [rm] [serif] [mystyle] >> %[mystyle] [encoding=default] > >>Consider the \definetypeface line. If we leave the comment in place, >>then the >>\tf switch will work (and give us small caps) while the \mv switch will give >>an undefined control sequence. If we uncomment the last two options in >>\definetypeface, then \mv will also work. > >this is absolutely consistent! >The second mystyle argument, the one that you commented out, is the >argument for the "size" typescripts. As you only define the mv >alternative in [serif] [mystyle] [size], that makes perfect sense. > >For further details, look at the definition in type-ini, which reduces >down to: >\def\definetypeface[#1][#2][#3][#4][#5][#6] > {\usetypescript[#3,map][#4][name,default,\typefaceencoding,special] > \usetypescript[#3][#5][size]} > >In the commented out version, there's no #5, so it defaults to the >[serif] [default] [size] typescript. There's no \mv definition there, so >ConTeXt complains. When you correctly tell ConTeXt where to look, all is >right with the world. ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] Defining new font switches (solved?)
by Idris Samawi Hamid 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

Ok, I think I have come closer to understanding the \definestyle problem. The problem (bug?) is in \definetypeface. Consider the following test typescript: ==============type-testlm.tex=============== \definestyle [mvmystyle] [\mv] [] \starttypescript [serif] [mystyle] [name] \definefontsynonym [MySerif] [cmcsc10] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [MySerif] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [mystyle] [size] \definebodyfont [20.7pt,17.3pt,14.4pt,12pt,11pt,10pt, 9pt,8pt,7pt,6pt,5pt,4pt] [rm] [tf=Serif sa 1, mv=Serif sa 1] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [MYTest] \definebodyfontenvironment [mytest] [default] [interlinespace=2.8ex] \definetypeface [mytest] [rm] [serif] [mystyle] %[mystyle] [encoding=default] \stoptypescript ============================================== Now consider the following test file: ===========test.tex================ % output=pdf interface=en \usetypescriptfile[type-testlm] \usetypescript[MYTest] \setupbodyfont[mytest,12pt] \starttext {\tf This is a test.} {\normal This is a test.} {\mv This is a test.} {\mvmystyle This is a test.} \stoptext ================================= Consider the \definetypeface line. If we leave the comment in place, then the \tf switch will work (and give us small caps) while the \mv switch will give an undefined control sequence. If we uncomment the last two options in \definetypeface, then \mv will also work. Why do predefined switches like \tf work with 4 options while user-defined style options fail? Is this a bug or feature (seems inconsistent)? Thnx in advance as always, and happy weekend Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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natural tables flaw: extra space
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 08 Apr '05

08 Apr '05

Hi, consider the following example \starttext \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[row][first][topframe=on,rulethickness=1mm] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD 1,1 \eTD \bTD 2,1 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1,2 \eTD \bTD 2,2 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext In the first cell, extra space is added before the entry. I guess it's 1mm from the left frame which should be off, so the space shouldn't be there. Or is it a feature? Greetings, -- Eckhart

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