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To Any Software Users: Collective Identity and Software-Based Creative Practitioners
by Riviera Taylor 24 Jun '25

24 Jun '25

Dear list, I am writing to you as I recently published a Master's thesis upon graduating from the Experimental Publishing degree programme at the Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy. 'To Any Software Users: Collective Identity and Software-Based Creative Practitioners' was written in ConTeXt and is licensed under a Cooperative Non-Violent Public License. The thesis puts forward the position that performance-oriented activities are integral to building positive sentiment amongst creative, software based collectives. I emphasise the importance of feminist and collaborative practices as a remedy against the deleterious effects that software can have on individuals. This stance is fleshed out in response to the apparent contradiction between the ideals of software on the one hand, and its susceptibility to offensive applications and violent appropriation on the other. The argument is re-iterated in the choice of a public license which prohibits aggressive, discriminatory and other malevolent uses of the text and source code. It occurs to me that such community building practices carry weight in this context. I am reminded, for example, of the placid atmosphere which arose during a soroban making workshop at the 18th Annual ConTeXt meeting last year. And I appreciated the conversation which ensued following the live coding x typesetting performance I gave at the same meeting. While I do not discuss these moments in the body of the text I found them thought-provoking. Structurally, the single-document algorithm was crafted over the course of several sleepless nights by me (another detrimental aspect of software which too many are familiar with: losing sleep...) It playfully refuses a \starttext ... \stoptext structure which generates a non-fatal error in the logs. The document is read by luametatex from top to bottom and utilises buffers in a reflexive, performance-oriented way. That is, the main.tex file passed to the luametatex programme gets overwritten during the runs; the buffers are saved to files and the computational medium is thus foregrounded. These actions demonstrate the ephemerality of the source code and invite a performative interpretation of ConTeXt- but enough about the workflow. I'm optimistic that parts of the source code could be useful to the ConTeXt distribution. For example, it was necessary to write code that might be useful as a basis for a Harvard referencing bibliographical style (based on London Southbank University's Harvard Referencing Style guidelines). To my understanding such a template is not a part of the distribution yet, but, for example, APA is. I think this would be a valuable contribution which could encourage or facilitate more arts-based researchers to engage with the ConTeXt software. I would like to offer my thanks to everyone involved in the development of ConTeXt! You can read the thesis here: https://project.xpub.nl/routers-are-computers/thesis.pdf and find the source code here: https://git.xpub.nl/XPUB/project.xpub.nl/raw/branch/master/routers-are-comp… Kind regards, Riviera

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SlideTitle font in Simpleslide module
by Jeong Dal 24 Jun '25

24 Jun '25

Dear Wolfgang and Aditya, I’d like to ask about my problems since you know well about the fonts and the simpleslide module. I have used simpleslide module frequently without any problem, but not in this year. Today, I tried to make a slide using simple slide module again, but I have a problem. First, I define Noto CJK-KR as a bodyfont. Korean texts in the text has no problem. But Koreans used as a main Title and SlideTitles are not shown. The error messages are following: fonts > checking > char 실 (U+0C2E4) in font 'TeXGyrePagellaMath-Regular-2' with id 6: missing fonts > checking > char 용 (U+0C6A9) in font 'TeXGyrePagellaMath-Regular-2' with id 6: missing fonts > checking > char 적 (U+0C801) in font 'TeXGyrePagellaMath-Regular-2' with id 6: missing fonts > checking > char 수 (U+0C218) in font 'TeXGyrePagellaMath-Regular-2' with id 6: missing fonts > checking > char 학 (U+0D559) in font 'TeXGyrePagellaMath-Regular-2' with id 6: missing According to this log, it look for Korean characters in the math font which fails. If I set \definefont[BigFontOnehalf][NotoSansCJKkr-Bold sa 1.5] \definefont[BigFontTwo][NotoSansCJKkr-Bold sa 2] Then the following code has no problem. Of course, author, institution, and body texts are shown well as before. \setupTitle[title={\BigFontTwo 여기에도 수학이?}, author={정 달 영}, institution={숭실대학교}, date={}, ] \SlideTitle{\BigFontOnehalf 자주듣는 질문들} \leftaligned{\framed[]{\tfc 수학은 왜 배우나요?}}\vfill \midaligned{\framed[]{\tfc 수학은 누가 만들었나요?}}\vfill \rightaligned{\framed[]{\tfc 이거 어디다 써요?}}\vfill My question is that "Why it tries to use the math font for Title and SlideTitle?" Here is a simplified example. %font definition \definefontfamily[notoFont][rm][Noto Serif CJK KR] [ it={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}}, sl={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}}, bi={style:bold,features:{*,slanted}},force=yes] \definefontfamily[notoFont][ss][Noto Sans CJK KR] [ it={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}}, sl={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}}, bi={style:bold,features:{*,slanted}},force=yes] \definefontfamily[notoFont][tt][Noto Sans Mono CJK KR] [ it={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}}, sl={style:regular,features:{*,slanted}}, bi={style:bold,features:{*,slanted}},force=yes] %\definefontfamily[notoFont][math][Tex Gyre Termes Math] \definefontfamily[notoFont][math][Tex Gyre Pagella Math] \usemodule[simpleslides][style=Swoosh, font=, color=blue,] \setupTitle[color=darkblue] \setupbodyfont[notoFont,ss, \NormalSize] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \setupTitle[title={\BigFontTwo 여기에도 수학이? \crlf {\fancyOne Mathematics everywhere!}}, author={정 달 영}, institution={숭실대학교}, date={}, ] \setupfootertexts [\tfx FlexMath \hfill \pagenumber\ / \lastpage] \placeTitle \startcomponent \SlideTitle{\BigFontOnehalf 자주듣는 질문들} \null\vfill \leftaligned{\framed[]{\tfc 수학은 왜 배우나요?}}\vfill \midaligned{\framed[]{\tfc 수학은 누가 만들었나요?}}\vfill \rightaligned{\framed[]{\tfc 이거 어디다 써요?}}\vfill \stopcomponent

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Text depth
by John Was 23 Jun '25

23 Jun '25

Hello For some reason I'm having a lot of trouble getting the page to include precisely 40 lines of text (10.5 Baskerville with an interline depth of 12 points). On an experimental file with 6 full-depth pages and no footnotes, I find that the first three have 39 lines and the second three have the desired 40 lines. You will see from the code below that I have been tinkering a lot, but it ought to be a simple matter! Can someone let me know what I should be doing? Here's the code (and I have to desert my desk now till this afternoon so am not in a hurry for an answer!): \definepapersize[OUPoctavo][width=136mm, height=214mm]%should be 216! \setuppapersize[OUPoctavo][A4] % paper size, printed on A4 \definelayout[GHIL] [edge=48pt, edgedistance=6pt, margin=72pt, margindistance=6pt, topspace=48pt, header=12pt, headerdistance=3pt, textheight=480pt,%should be 480pt, height=522.6275pt, width=24pc, footerdistance=6pt, footer=12pt, % lines=40%this messes up position on the A4 page location=middle, marking=on, horoffset=0pt, veroffset=0pt, paper=OUPoctavo] \setuplayout[GHIL] Best wishes John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Processing time
by John Was 23 Jun '25

23 Jun '25

Hello I am using a very short experimental file of five pages to acquaint myself with ConTexT, and find that processing takes a long time (over a minute or sometimes over two minutes) because at every run it is checking on paths etc. - mainly verifying and searching for fonts. Is there some way to prevent this, either by a command within the file or by giving something after -- when I invoke ConText (which I do from the Windows command line)? I shall paste below a short section of a very long log (1452 lines) so that ConTexperts can see what I mean. Best wishes John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* system > system > ConTeXt ver: 2025.02.28 18:12 LMTX fmt: 2025.6.8 int: english/english system > system > 'cont-new.mkxl' loaded open source > level 1, order 1, name 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl' system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv close source > level 1, order 1, name 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkxl/cont-new.mkxl' system > 'cont-sys.mkxl' loaded open source > level 1, order 2, name 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/context/texlive/cont-sys.mkxl' close source > level 1, order 2, name 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/context/texlive/cont-sys.mkxl' system > files > jobname './GHILexp', input './GHILexp.tex', result './GHILexp' fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language 'en' is active open source > level 1, order 3, name './GHILexp.tex' fonts > checks > registering extra script 'auto' fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern rm 12pt' is loaded backend > profiles > setting format 'pdf/ua-2' to 'pdf/ua-2' backend > profiles > forcing pdf version 2.0, compression level 3, object compression level 3 backend > profiles > permitted colorspaces: rgb 'yes', cmyk 'yes' colors > defining > supported models: gray 'true', rgb 'true', cmyk 'true', spot 'true' transparencies > support > transparency is supported viewerlayers > viewerlayers are not supported backend > xmp > using file 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/lpdf-pua.xml' open source > level 2, order 4, name 'D:/TEXFILES/TEXINPUT/TEXDOCS/UNIDEFS/uhyphens.tex' close source > level 2, order 4, name 'D:/TEXFILES/TEXINPUT/TEXDOCS/UNIDEFS/uhyphens.tex' structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> The rain in Spain... fonts > defining > font 'BaskervilleMTPro-Regular', feature 'locl', script 'latn', no language 'dflt' fonts > names > font database has mismatching configuration and file hashes fonts > names > warnings are disabled (tracker 'fonts.warnings') fonts > names > identifying tree font files with suffix 'otf' fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-config' for otf files fonts > names > 0 otf files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var' for otf files fonts > names > 0 otf files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/../texmf-local' for otf files fonts > names > 0 otf files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist' for otf files fonts > names > 2156 otf files checked, okay fonts > names > identifying tree font files with suffix 'OTF' fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-config' for OTF files fonts > names > 0 OTF files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var' for OTF files fonts > names > 0 OTF files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/../texmf-local' for OTF files fonts > names > 0 OTF files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist' for OTF files fonts > names > 2156 OTF files checked, okay fonts > names > 4312 tree files identified, 10 skipped, 10 duplicates, 4302 hash entries added, runtime 5.048 seconds fonts > names > identifying tree font files with suffix 'ttf' fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-config' for ttf files fonts > names > 0 ttf files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var' for ttf files fonts > names > 0 ttf files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/../texmf-local' for ttf files fonts > names > 0 ttf files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist' for ttf files fonts > names > 554 ttf files checked, okay fonts > names > identifying tree font files with suffix 'TTF' fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-config' for TTF files fonts > names > 0 TTF files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var' for TTF files fonts > names > 0 TTF files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/../texmf-local' for TTF files fonts > names > 0 TTF files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist' for TTF files fonts > names > 554 TTF files checked, okay fonts > names > 1108 tree files identified, 0 skipped, 0 duplicates, 1108 hash entries added, runtime 3.188 seconds fonts > names > identifying tree font files with suffix 'ttc' fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-config' for ttc files fonts > names > 0 ttc files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var' for ttc files fonts > names > 0 ttc files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/../texmf-local' for ttc files fonts > names > 0 ttc files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist' for ttc files fonts > names > 1 ttc files checked, okay fonts > names > identifying tree font files with suffix 'TTC' fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-config' for TTC files fonts > names > 0 TTC files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var' for TTC files fonts > names > 0 TTC files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/../texmf-local' for TTC files fonts > names > 0 TTC files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist' for TTC files fonts > names > 1 TTC files checked, okay fonts > names > 2 tree files identified, 0 skipped, 0 duplicates, 2 hash entries added, runtime 2.267 seconds fonts > names > identifying tree font files with suffix 'afm' fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-config' for afm files fonts > names > 0 afm files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var' for afm files fonts > names > 0 afm files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/../texmf-local' for afm files fonts > names > 0 afm files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist' for afm files fonts > names > 3190 afm files checked, okay fonts > names > identifying tree font files with suffix 'AFM' fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-config' for AFM files fonts > names > 0 AFM files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var' for AFM files fonts > names > 0 AFM files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/../texmf-local' for AFM files fonts > names > 0 AFM files checked, okay fonts > names > scanning path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist' for AFM files fonts > names > 3190 AFM files checked, okay fonts > names > 6380 tree files identified, 14 skipped, 14 duplicates, 6366 hash entries added, runtime 11.204 seconds fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'otf' fonts > names > variable 'OSFONTDIR' specifies path 'c:/windows/fonts' fonts > names > variable 'fontconfig file' specifies path 'C:/WINDOWS/fonts' fonts > names > variable 'fontconfig file' specifies path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype' fonts > names > variable 'fontconfig file' specifies path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/**.otf' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/**.otf' fonts > names > globbing path 'c:/windows/fonts/**.otf' fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'OTF' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/**.OTF' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/**.OTF' fonts > names > globbing path 'c:/windows/fonts/**.OTF' fonts > names > 2302 system files identified, 6 skipped, 6 duplicates, 2296 hash entries added, runtime 0.312 seconds fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'ttf' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/**.ttf' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/**.ttf' fonts > names > globbing path 'c:/windows/fonts/**.ttf' fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'TTF' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/**.TTF' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/**.TTF' fonts > names > globbing path 'c:/windows/fonts/**.TTF' fonts > names > 1167 system files identified, 1 skipped, 1 duplicates, 1166 hash entries added, runtime 0.500 seconds fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'ttc' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/**.ttc' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/**.ttc' fonts > names > globbing path 'c:/windows/fonts/**.ttc' fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'TTC' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/**.TTC' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/**.TTC' fonts > names > globbing path 'c:/windows/fonts/**.TTC' fonts > names > 19 system files identified, 0 skipped, 0 duplicates, 19 hash entries added, runtime 0.219 seconds fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'afm' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/**.afm' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/**.afm' fonts > names > globbing path 'c:/windows/fonts/**.afm' fonts > names > identifying system font files with suffix 'AFM' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/**.AFM' fonts > names > globbing path 'C:/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/fonts/truetype/**.AFM' fonts > names > globbing path 'c:/windows/fonts/**.AFM' fonts > names > 0 system files identified, 0 skipped, 0 duplicates, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.187 seconds fonts > names > 1160 files rejected due to clashes fonts > names > 1461 double lookups in 'mappings' fonts > names > 145 double lookups in 'fallbacks' fonts > names > fonts > names > statistics: fonts > names > fonts > names > weights fonts > names > fonts > names > black=68 | bold=1138 | demi=37 | extrabold=62 | extralight=58 | heavy=39 | light=249 | medium=1167 | normal=2560 | semi=14 | semibold=133 | ultrabold=2 | ultralight=2 fonts > names > fonts > names > styles fonts > names > fonts > names > italic=1354 | normal=4111 | slanted=64 fonts > names > fonts > names > widths fonts > names > fonts > names > condensed=48 | expanded=19 | normal=5456 | thin=6 fonts > names > fonts > names > variants fonts > names > fonts > names > normal=5447 | oldstyle=33 | smallcaps=49 fonts > names > fonts > names > angles fonts > names > fonts > names > -1.10=1 | -10.00=1 | -10.30=1 | -10.50=1 | -11.00=1 | -11.15=1 | -11.25=1 | -11.30=1 | -11.31=1 | -11.50=1 | -11.60=1 | -11.96=1 | -11.97=1 | -12.00=1 | -12.04=1 | -12.07=1 | -12.23=1 | -12.35=1 | -12.40=1 | -12.70=1 | -125.00=1 | -13.00=1 | -13.42=1 | -14.00=1 | -14.04=1 | -14.10=1 | -14.40=1 | -15.00=1 | -15.20=1 | -15.30=1 | -15.50=1 | -15.60=1 | -15.90=1 | -16.00=1 | -16.20=1 | -16.30=1 | -16.33=1 | -16.40=1 | -16.50=1 | -17.00=1 | -17.20=1 | -17.40=1 | -17.70=1 | -18.00=1 | -2.96=1 | -20.00=1 | -21.80=1 | -22.00=1 | -23.00=1 | -23.10=1 | -25.00=1 | -28.00=1 | -3.06=1 | -37.00=1 | -41.00=1 | -5.71=1 | -6.00=1 | -6.40=1 | -6.67=1 | -6.87=1 | -7.00=1 | -7.50=1 | -7.60=1 | -7.77=1 | -7.80=1 | -8.00=1 | -8.05=1 | -8.10=1 | -8.13=1 | -8.50=1 | -9.00=1 | -9.10=1 | -9.40=1 | -9.46=1 | -9.50=1 | -9.70=1 | -9.86=1 | -9.90=1 | -9.98=1 | 0.00=1 | 10.00=1 | 11.00=1 | 12.00=1 | 13.00=1 | 17560.00=1 | 255.71=1 | 5.71=1 fonts > names > fonts > names > pfmweights fonts > names > fonts > names > 0 : 0=2147 <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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preventing next \par
by mf 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hello list, I remember having read something about this, but I can't remember where: I need to prevent the next \par. The context (lowercase) is XML typesetting, where sometimes I want to concatenate two paragraphs in a particular typesetting, while keeping the original structure of the document (two distinct paragraphs). To give you an idea, in XHTML it could be something like this: ----------- <p>This is a paragraph.<?injecttex \preventpar ?></p> <p>This is the next paragraph.</p> ----------- Massi

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Alternate text for figures that includes math
by Matthias Weber 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Dear All, When tagging an image, it looks like the provided alternative text is used verbatim. That means no TeX commands are interpreted, nor any math is being interpreted. Is it possible to serialize the math in an alternate text (as the tracker does with the non-ALT math in the example below)? I can do this manually, but my figures contain quite a bit of math, and it would be nice if alternate text for math is provided consistently throughout the document. Thanks, Matthias \usemodule[mathml] \enabledirectives [backend.usetags=testing] \setuptagging[state=start] \setupstructure[state=start] \setupbackend [format=PDF/A-3a] \setupbackend[format=pdf/ua-1] \setupexternalfigures[location=default] \setupnote[mathnote][location=page] \enabletrackers[math.textblobs] \starttext \placefigure [here] [] % label {} % legend {\externalfigure[cow][label={A cow, contemplating $e^{\pi i}+1=0$}]} % path A human, contemplating $e^{\pi i}+1=0$. \stoptext

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Time stamp on PDFs
by John Was 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

I have figured out how to place a date stamp on my PDFs (outside of the printable area bounded by crop marks) but I would ideally like to include the time of processing as well. I don't see anything like the plain TeX primitive \time (and when out of curiosity I tried '\the\time' this returned a mysterious number - today it is '691' - which doesn't seem relevant). Best wishes John *🇪🇺 * Слава Україні! * 🇺🇦* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Predefined output intents:
by jbf 19 Jun '25

19 Jun '25

I know I have raised this before, but I continue to be confused. I spoke with our printer dept and they told me I need to use Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004) as intent. 1. I checked the wiki and it tells me that Predefined output intents includes the above intent. But my log file tells me: backend > profiles > profile specification 'Coated FOGRA39' not found in 'colorprofiles.xml, colorprofiles.lua'. (I am using ConTeXt ver: 2022.08.25) 2. I checked on the internet re colorprofile files and it tells me that I can download Coated_Fogra39L_VIGC_300.icc as an icc version that is commonly used by Adobe and I feel sure it would be sufficient for my printer's purposes. I placed it where the other profile files are located in the ConTeXt tree /context/tex/texmf-context/colors/icc/profiles 3. It is still not recognised, but perhaps I have to run a command for that to happen. My question(s): - is my procedure correct? In other words, can I place such a file in the profiles subfolder and expect it to work? - do I need to run a particular context -- command for this to happen? Julian

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Diacritic in variable fonts
by paper＠mgrz.de 18 Jun '25

18 Jun '25

Hi, I really like the idea of using a single font and only changing variables and using it for the whole document. Ubuntu Sans (Variable) makes this possible, but upper diacritics (eg. Ä) are not scaled when width is changed, the lower diacritics (eg. ą) seem to work as desired. Unfortunately, I can't narrow down the problem any further. I can change the width with Google Fonts without any errors, and Inkscape doesn't cause any problems either. How can I fix that? Thanks for support mwe : Context Version; 2025.06.12 14:21 \definefontfeature [fntubuntf] [axis={wght=300,wdth=75}] \definefontfamily [ubuntufont] [ss] [Ubuntu] [tf={file:{UbuntuSans[wdth,wght].ttf},features:fntubuntf,}] \setupbodyfont [ubuntufont, ss] \starttext ÄöÖöÜü \stoptext

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Using Kurinto: Cursive/Slanted
by Mike Urban 18 Jun '25

18 Jun '25

I continue to be stumped by font stuff. I want to use the cursive-style font (font family Kurinto TRom) for italics, but still use the normal oblique style for slanted. But the naïve/obvious approach doesn't do it—italics are unaffected. Help? Here's what I tried: \starttext \definefontfamily[Kurinto] [rm] [Kurinto Text][it=file:KurintoTMod-It] %\definefontfamily[Kurinto] [it] [Kurinto TRom] % Doesn't work either \definefontfamily[Kurinto] [sl] [Kurinto Text] \definefontfamily[Kurinto] [ss] [Kurinto Sans] \definefontfamily[Kurinto] [mono] [Kurinto Mono] \definefontfamily[Kurinto] [mm] [Latin Modern Math] \setupbodyfont[Kurinto,12pt] \startbuffer[line] The quick brown fox jumps over \stopbuffer \startbuffer[sample] \startTABLE \NC \type{\normal} \NC \normal{\getbuffer[line]} \NC \NR \NC \type{\italic} \NC \italic{\getbuffer[line]} \NC \NR \NC \type{\slanted} \NC \slanted{\getbuffer[line]} \NC \NR \NC \type{\bold} \NC \bold{\getbuffer[line]} \NC \NR \NC \type{\bolditalic} \NC \bolditalic{\getbuffer[line]} \NC \NR \NC \type{\boldslanted} \NC \boldslanted{\getbuffer[line]} \NC \NR \NC \type{\smallcaps} \NC \smallcaps{\getbuffer[line]} \NC \NR \stopTABLE \stopbuffer \startlines \type{\serif} \serif{\getbuffer[sample]} \stoplines \stoptext

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