October 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

mixed English and Arabic using Simplefonts?
by Talal Al-Azem 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

My apologies if I'm dumbing down the level of discussion here. But I'm trying to get my head around fonts and bidirectionality using ConTeXt MkIV (as a rather unsophisticated user, not as a developer). To begin with, since it's all bit much at once, I'm trying to use simplefonts. I am unclear how to establish English as my language and its font as my main font (using the default font), and Arabic as a secondary language (using Scheherazade). What would I change in the ara-sty environment found on wiki.contextgarden.net/Arabic_and_Hebrew? Or, if I don't need to use this, should I define my own macro in my tex document for directionality? I'm probably making a mess of some basic things here, but could use some help. I have working familiarity with Fontspec over on the XeLaTeX side of things, but the sparse documentation of simplefonts is leading to my uncertainty as how to proceed. Many thanks in advance. Kind regards, Talal

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Consolas
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi, several days ago I asked about companions to Cambria, and Wolfgang kindly gave me this: \definetypeface [mainface] [rm] [serif] [cambria] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [ss] [sans] [corbel] [default] [rscale=auto] \definetypeface [mainface] [tt] [mono] [consolas] [default] [rscale=auto] \definetypeface [mainface] [mm] [math] [cambria] [default] which works fine, except for consolas. Shouldn't consolas be defined like \starttypescript [mono] [consolas] [name] \setups[\s!font:\s!fallback:\s!sans] \definefontsynonym [\s!Mono] [\s!file:consola] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoBold] [\s!file:consolab] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoItalic] [\s!file:consolai] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoBoldItalic] [\s!file:consolaz] [\s!features=\s!default] \stoptypescript instead of Sans.... ? It's much more a monospace font then a Sans. Thanks Patrick

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typewriter text in formula
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi, how do I get typewriter text in formula? I've tried: \startformula r = \mono{foo} \stopformula but that gives mono from a different font. I'd like to have consolas, but it looks like courier new. And a related question: How do I get an underscore in this: \startformula r = \mono{foo_i} looks wrong (I need the underscore) and \mono{foo\_i} fails \stopformula Patrick ----- My setup: \usetypescriptfile[type-consolas] \definetypeface [mainface] [rm] [serif] [cambria] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [ss] [sans] [corbel] [default] [rscale=auto] \definetypeface [mainface] [tt] [mono] [consolas] [default] [rscale=auto] \definetypeface [mainface] [mm] [math] [cambria] [default] where type-consolas is this: \unprotect \starttypescript [mono] [consolas] [name] \setups[\s!font:\s!fallback:\s!sans] \definefontsynonym [\s!Mono] [\s!file:consola] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoBold] [\s!file:consolab] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoItalic] [\s!file:consolai] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoBoldItalic] [\s!file:consolaz] [\s!features=\s!default] \stoptypescript \protect

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one line caption
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi, how do I get the caption as wide as possible? -------------------------------------------- \starttext \placefigure [here] [foo] {A very long caption, isn't it?} {\externalfigure[cow][width=2cm]} \stoptext -------------------------------------------- I also tried without luck \setupcaptions[minwidth=fit] (no effect) and \setupcaptions[minwidth=\textwidth] (left aligned) Patrick

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Interline spacing in lists
by Elias Oltmanns 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi there, how can I change the interline space when placing the list of figures? before=\blank is not what I'm looking for since that won't help when a caption contains an explicit \crlf. Thanks in advance for your help, Elias

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Two layer in a document
by Daniel Grycman 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi list, I am typesetting a template for internal documentation. In the header of the document I want to put two different figure. One on the left side and the other on the right side. When I compile the source the output shows only the figure on the left side. \enableregime[utf-8] \mainlanguage[de] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \usemodule [simplefonts,r,tikz,edtsnc,chart] \setmainfont [rubscalatz] \setsansfont [rubflama] \setuphead [chapter][number=no, style=bold, textcommand=\ss] \setuphead [section][number=no, style=bold, textcommand=\ss] \setuphead [subsection][number=no] \setuphead [subsubsection][number=no] \setuplayout [top=0cm,rightmargin=2.3cm,footer=1.0cm,header=5cm,topspace=0mm,height=29.9 577cm,width=16.25cm,leftmargindistance=0cm,rightmargindistance=0cm] \setupbackgrounds[footer][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray] \setupbackgrounds[text][rightmargin][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray] \setupbackgrounds[header][rightmargin][background=color,backgroundcolor=gra y] \definelayer[logo][width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight,state=repeat] \setupbackgrounds[page][righttop][background={foreground,logo}] \setlayer[logo][preset=righttop,hoffset=1cm,state=start] {\externalfigure[label][height=4cm,3.5cm]} \definelayer[marke][width=6.5cm,height=0.3cm,state=repeat] \setupbackgrounds[page][lefttop][background={foreground,marke}] \setlayer[marke][preset=lefttop,hoffset=1.3cm,voffset=1.4cm,state=repeat] {\externalfigure[wortmarke][height=0.3cm,width=6.5cm]} \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \starttext Bla Bla \page Bla Bla \page Bla \stoptext Can anybody find the possible mistake I did? Thanks. Daniel

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Problem with latest beta: \placepublications
by Alan BRASLAU 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Thanks to the course given by Taco, I now know all about 'nil'... However, I did not track down the error, as Hans will find it immediately! Alan ! LuaTeX error ...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua:195: bad argument #1 to 'gsub' (string expected, got nil) stack traceback: [C]: in function 'gsub' ...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua:195: in function <...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua:192> (tail call): ? ...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua:392: in function 'analyze' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > error on line 133 in file Livre.tex: LuaTeX error ... 133 >> \placepublications [criterium=all]

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No bleeding with 2UP arranging
by Vianney le Clément 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hello, When using 2UP arranging, the pages are clipped to their bounding box, loosing any bleeding. Example: \setuppapersize[A6][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \setuplayout[location=middle] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \showframe \startreusableMPgraphic{background} StartPage; fill fullcircle scaled 1cm; StopPage; \stopreusableMPgraphic \defineoverlay[background][\reuseMPgraphic{background}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=background] \starttext \dorecurse{4}{\page\input tufte} \stoptext There should be a circle centered in the lower-left corner of every page. With 2UP arranging, this circle is clipped. With no arranging or 2**2 arranging, everything works fine. Is there any way around this? Thanks, Vianney

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Computer Modern Unicode fonts
by Vladimir Lomov 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi. I want to use Computer Modern Unicode fonts in my document. I made a link from $TEXLIVE2010/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/cm-unicode to $CONTEXT_MINIMAL/tex/texmf-fonts/opentype/public but couldn't get CM-U font in the document. What should I do to use them? I'm using MkIV. --- WBR, Vladimir Lomov

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font sizes (again)
by Florian Wobbe 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi, please regard this minimal example: \setupbodyfont[10pt] \starttext \title{Title} \section{Section} {\switchtobodyfont[big] big} {\switchtobodyfont[small] small} {\tfxx tfxx} {\tfx tfx} {\tfa tfa} {\tfb tfb} {\tfc tfc} {\tfd tfd} \stoptext Latin Modern Regular is available in different optical sizes - lmroman{5,6,7,8,9,10,12,17}-regular.otf - and as context is aware of these sizes (configured in typescripts) I wonder why they are not correctly assigned. This table indicates what happens instead: \tfxx 6pt -> lmroman6 (as expected) \tfx 8pt -> lmroman8 (as expected) \tftf 10pt -> lmroman10 (as expected) \tfa 12.0pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman12) \tfb 14.4pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman12) \tfc 17.3pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman17) \tfd 20.7pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman17) \switchtobodyfont[small] 8pt -> lmroman8 (as expected) \switchtobodyfont[big] 12pt -> lmroman12 (as expected) \title 17.3pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman17) \section 12pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman12) The commands \title and \section and the font size switches \tfa, b, c, and d scale the font to the correct size, however, the wrong optical size is assigned. Note, this is not the case for \tfx, xx and \switchtobodyfont. Tested in MKIV and MKII (current beta). Is this a bug or a feature? Cheers Florian

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