February 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Vertical space after "tabulate"
by Procházka Lukáš 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Hello, just a brief question - - is it possible to affect the vertical space after [\starttabulate ...] \stoptabulate? In the example attached, the space after each "tabulate" is too wide. I'd like to achieve space closer to "normal spacing", i.e. distance between "B" and "a" (and between "b" and "U") "equal as much as possible" to that between "U" and "V". Is it possible somehow? Best regards, Lukas

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Symbola font glyph size
by Vianney le Clément 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Hello, I have some troubles using the Symbola font mentioned some time ago on the mailing list (http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/Symbola602.zip) It seems like the font metrics are loaded correctly, but the glyphs in the pdf appear approximately half the size, leaving white space above and next to it. Here is a minimal example: \starttext Gg {\definedfont[file:Symbola602.otf]Gg} Gg \stoptext If I use \definedfont[file:Symbola602.otf sa 2], the glyphs are more or less the good size, but the metrics are way too large. I have no problems with this font in OpenOffice. Any ideas? Vianney

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\blank[reset] in MkIV
by Ogam 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Hi, The command \blank[reset] works in MkII but not in MkIV. Is it a bug, or has the keyword "reset" been changed?

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Re: [NTG-context] Using fonts from multiple families
by Jeong Dalyoung 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Dear Wolfgang, It is nicely working. Chapter numbers and contents are look good. Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] Using fonts from multiple families
by Jeong Dalyoung 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Dear Wolfgang, I tested your example on the multiple families of fonts. It works nicely. I have a few question. There is no toc generated, just only head "Contents" appeared. Since Intro and dedication are counted as chapters, the first chapter numbered 3. How to start chapter number from 1 for the first chapter? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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disabling ligatures w/ simplefont
by Daniel Lyons 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Hi, I'm trying to change my monospace font with the simplefonts module. It's working, but I'm getting TeX ligatures, namely, -- is being transformed to – and --- to —. I like having this behavior in the body text, but for the code samples it's not acceptable. The default font doesn't do this, so I'm a bit confused. There must be an option I'm not aware of. Thanks! — Daniel Lyons

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Re: [NTG-context] Table of Contents issues
by Jeong Dalyoung 13 Feb '11

13 Feb '11

Dear Tom, I had the similar problem. You may consider Andrea's and Wolfgang's suggestion in ntg-context Digest mail, Vol 80, issue 24, 25. "chapter head and placelist" Enjoy ConTeXt. best regards, Dalyoung

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span figure
by Pau 12 Feb '11

12 Feb '11

Hello, I am trying to take as much place as possible for a centered figure on a page. For this, I am doing \placefigure [here] % Place [] % Label {} % Legend { \externalfigure[Figure.pdf] [factor=broad] % Also: max, fit %[width=10cm] % Does not work with factor } By playing with width I get something very close to what I need, but I can see that there's always an initial blank skip at the beginning of the page which is larger than the skip at the bottom. I have tried with \vskip-1.5cm and similar, but this does not move the figure up. How can I take as much place as possible in a page for a figure with identical empty spaces, at the top and the bottom? If I set it to [top] or [center] or [mid] I do not see any difference. thanks, Pau

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how to remove unwanted coordinate numbers(metafun)
by Jeong Dalyoung 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

Dear all. I try to draw a circle with points on it as following: path p; p:= fullcircle scaled 5cm; draw p; pickup pencircle scaled 2mm; k:=1; for i = 2.2,3,3.5,4.5,5,7,0,.7,1.3: drawpoint point i of p; label.lft(decimal k, point i of p); k:= k+1; endfor; It draws a circle, points, label, but unwanted coordinate numbers like (60.43535, 36.97691), too. I didn't see such numbers in any example in metafun document. If I use z[k] like z[k] = point i of P; draw z[k] Then such a long numbers disappeared. Is it the only way to surpress those numbers not using z? Thank you for reading. best regards, Dalyoung

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Iwona-Light error
by Tom 11 Feb '11

11 Feb '11

I get the following error message when trying to use the iwona-light font in MKII: Cannot find Iwona-CapsLight.mf. Iwona and Iwona-Heavy load OK. The following code demonstrates the problem: \usetypescriptfile[type-one] \usetypescript[iwona-light][ec] \setupbodyfont[iwona-light,12pt] \starttext \showbodyfont \showbodyfontenvironment \input knuth \stoptext BTW, the new chapter on typography helps immensely. However, I am a bit confused by table 1.7 which, among other things, states that "commercial fonts are typeset in bold." It might be my old eyes, but I don't see anything in that table typeset in bold. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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