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Bold Small Caps
by Malte Stien 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

Hello, I am trying for bold small caps, such like {\bf This is bold {\sc and bold small caps} and just bold again} However, out of the box, the inner {\sc ...} part is not typeset in bold. So after a bit of looking I found this: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bold_small_caps But it does not work for me. I noticed the module (http://pmrb.free.fr/work/OS/ConTeXt/) is from 2006, so the bit rot might have set in. Should it still work? Or is there a better way these days? Thank you, Malte. -- “The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe.” ― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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wrong page break if avoiding orphans and widows
by Pablo Rodríguez 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

Dear list, I have in a document in which I get a wrong page break (http://www.ousia.tk/wrongpb.png) when I enable this code to avoid widows and orphans: \setuplayout[setups=*lessstrict, cutspace=3cm,backspace=3cm] \startsetups[*lessstrict] \setup[reset] \widowpenalty=10000 \clubpenalty=10000 \brokenpenalty=10000 \stopsetups I'm afraid that this causes that the first line from the page on the right should be added to the page on the left. If I'm not wrong, there is space available for it. What am I doing wrong here? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Portrait vs. landscape orientation for Tabloid paper
by Pavneet Arora 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

I believe that the definitions for portrait and landscape orientation for Tabloid/Ledger paper are flipped. In the following MWE using Hans' clue to using \scaling directive, I am having to specify landscape in order for the page to be set in portrait. This observation is confirmed when I retrieve the document properties using evince under Bodhi Linux and under Ubuntu 12.04 (<ALT><ENTER> brings up the document properties). With this MWE, the properties under both systems is shown as "Tabloid, Portrait (11.00 x 17.00 inches)" Have I got this right? MWE: \setuppapersize[tabloid,landscape][tabloid,landscape] \setuplayout[ backspace=0.5in, width=10in, topspace=1.0in, header=0in, footer=0in, height=16.5in] \setuppagenumbering[location=,state=stop] \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[schola] \setupbodyfont[rm,16pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex] \starttext %\showlayout[in,pt] \setupMPinstance [metafun] [extensions=yes, initializations=yes] \startuseMPgraphic{Example} u:=1cm; pickup pencircle scaled 1pt; draw (5u,0u) {dir 90}..(0u,5u) {dir 180}; draw (0u,5u) .. (-1.5u,10.5u) {dir 90} .. (0u,16u); draw (0u,16u) {dir 0} .. (5u,21u) {dir 90}; draw (5u,21u) -- (39u,21u); draw (39u,21u) {dir 270} .. (42u,18u) {dir 0}; draw (42u,18u) .. (43.5u,10.5u) {dir 270} .. (42u,3u); draw (42u,3u) {dir 180} .. (39u,0u) {dir 270}; draw (39u,0u) -- (35u,0u); draw (35u,0u) .. (22u,3u) {dir 180} .. (9u,0u); draw (9u,0u) -- (5u,0u); label(btex A POOL etex, (22u,10.5u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \startalignment[middle] \definedfont[Serif at 16pt]\setupinterlinespace {\tfb\sc An Example Plumbing Schematic} \blank[big] {\tfb \tt [DRAFT---To Be Verified]} \blank[2*big] \stopalignment \scale[width=10in]{\useMPgraphic{Example}} \stoptext -- ---- Pavneet Arora m: 647.406.6843 Waroc Informatik t: 416.937.9276

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Re: [NTG-context] Using \setupinterlinespace with \setuparranging[XY], and more
by Pavneet Arora 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

By chance I found a possible, but not very satisfying, solution to the \setupinterlinspace issue when trying to print labels using \setuparranging[XY]. That is to explicitly set \setupbodyfont[rm,18pt]\setupinterlinespace once again outside the \framed directive for the specific label as in the following MWE. I haven't seen any answers on my other two questions from the original post (included down below), so if anyone has any ideas, I would be most grateful. MWE: \definepapersize [Label] [width=4in,height=3.33in] \setuppapersize[Label][letter,portrait] \setuppaper [topspace=0.4688in, backspace=0.1875in, dx=0.1875in, dy=0in, nx=2, ny=3] \setuplayout [topspace=0in, backspace=0in, margin=0in, width=4in, height=3.33in, header=0in, footer=0in] \setuparranging[XY] \setupframedtexts [width=\textwidth, height=\textheight, alignment=center, frame=off, location=lohi, alignment=center, offset=0pt] \setuplayout[location=middle] \definelayer [Label] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[schola] \setupbodyfont[rm,48pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex] \showframe \starttext \the\baselineskip\page \framed[frame=off,width=\textwidth,height=\textheight,aligment=center]{Label 1}\page \the\baselineskip\page \framed[frame=off,width=\textwidth,height=\textheight,aligment=center]{\definedfont[Serif at 18pt]\setupinterlinespace \the\baselineskip\crlf A long description label that needs to be have its interline spacing adjusted.}\page Label 2\page \setupbodyfont[rm,18pt] \setupinterlinespace \framed[frame=off,width=\textwidth,height=\textheight,aligment=center]{ \the\baselineskip\crlf Another long description label that needs to be have its interline spacing adjusted.}\page Label 3\page Label 4\page Label 5\page Label 6\page Label 7\page Label 8\page \stoptext On 22Jun13, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > Hello, > > I am using Willi's MAPS 37 and the "Example" section from the \setuppaper command: > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setuppaper > > to print a set of labels, 2x6 configuration on U.S. Letter waterproof > label paper. > > For the most part things are working well, but I have a number of questions: > > 1. A difference between MAPS 37 and wiki entry for \setuppaper is the > inclusion of the following line in the later: > > \setuplayout[location=middle] > > which seems to play a significant role. Otherwise, I cannot get the > labels to honour the topspace and backspace specified in the setuppaper > command. My question is why is this significant? What role does it > play? This can be tested by simply deleting the line in the MWE below. > > 2. I would like to have every label "centered", i.e., > \framed[alignment=center] should be set for all labels. However, > including it in the setupframedtexts command doesn't seem to have any > effect as shown in the MWE down below. Is there another way for all > labels to inherit this alignment setting? > > 3. I cannot get interlinespacing to affect the line spacing even though > the baselineskip variable is changed as shown in the MWE. > > advTHANKSance. > > -- ---- Pavneet Arora m: 647.406.6843 Waroc Informatik t: 416.937.9276

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Re: [NTG-context] Auto selecting optical sizes for a font
by Andres Conrado Montoya 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

Thank you so much, Hans. :) It works great!. I must agree, however, with Georg's considerations. I am very grateful for the current solution, but an automatic selection of optical sizes could be insanely good, from a book designer point of view (I'm a book designer). Just for the curious, these are some links that go deeper in the theme of Optical Sizes for Typography: 1. http://www.adobe.com/type/topics/opticalsize.html 2. http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/8552/should-i-be-concerned… 3. http://ilovetypography.com/2012/04/11/designing-type-systems/ 4. Book: Typography Monographs Vol. 2 - "Size-specific Adjustments to Type Designs: An Investigation of the Principles Guiding the Design of Optical Sizes" by Tim Ahrens, MA. http://markbattypublisher.com/books/typography-monographs-volume-2-size-spe… Thank you all. :) Andrés Conrado Montoya El Andi andresconrado(a)gmail.com http://chiquitico.org http://twitter.com/conradolandia ---------------------------------------- Los fines no justifican los medios, porque la medida verdadera de nuestro carácter está dada por los medios que estamos dispuestos a utilizar, no por los fines que proclamamos. ---------------------------------------- “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’” — Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell

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mixed columns
by Peter Münster 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

Hi, I have several questions concerning mixed columns. Here at first a minimal example: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \useURL[test][http://www.site.com/very/long/long/long/long/long/long/long/long/url] \def\Section#1{% \startsection[title=Title] \dorecurse{#1}{\dorecurse{12}{bla }} \stopsection} \starttext \startmixedcolumns[n=2] \Section{15} \startsection[title=Title] \dorecurse{10}{\dorecurse{12}{bla }} \footnote{\url[test]} \stopsection} \Section{9} \Section{9} \Section{2} \stopmixedcolumns \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- 1.) How can I avoid, that the footnote overwrites the last line? 2.) How can I get balanced columns? 3.) Why is there additional vertical space around the section titles (even with \setuphead[section][before=, after=] there is space)? TIA for any hints, -- Peter

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Working with layers ... with example
by Sander Maijers 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

At http://ideone.com/D6Mmj3 there is the title page for my document. I want to place the table in the middle of the A4 page (horizontally and vertically) and the logo beneath it, preferably at the bottom of the page. When I failed to get the table placed where I want it, at some point, I tried to use a layer. In the end the table was placed okay, but in a messy way I suppose. Now I have tried to add another layer but the logo appears to the right of the table or not at all. As far as I understand there can only be one background layer, so that trick with the table will not work again for the logo I guess. Can someone please help me to use multiple layers that I can exactly position?

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Disabling interactive citations
by Sander Maijers 25 Jun '13

25 Jun '13

I want to disable the clickable citations (in MkIV) while keeping other interaction for things like cross-references. So far I unsuccessfully tried some commands in my environment file like: \setupcite[interaction=stop,compress=yes] This is just my guesswork as I haven't found documentation for (setup)cite. P.S.: As for my motives, the links: 1. are missing when using the 'authoryear' alternative with APA bibliography style; 2. link to "references.pdf" while my project is one document in one differently named file and references.tex is just one product in it.

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simplefonts wiki page added
by Pablo Rodríguez 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Dear list, I have added a new simplefonts page for new users. (I hope it isn't full of errors ;-).) There may be some missing information, because I don't understand how the standard font handling in ConTeXt works. And I removed duplicated content from the font handling in LuaTeX (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/index.php?title=Fonts_in_LuaTeX&action=histor…) Just in case it helps, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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faked fonts not working
by Pablo Rodríguez 24 Jun '13

24 Jun '13

Dear list, as far as I can remember, this used to work in the past: \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \usemodule[simplefonts] \definefontfeature[fakeitalic][default][slant=.25] \definefontfeature[fakebold][default][extend=2] \definefontfeature[fakebolditalic][default][slant=.25, extend=2] \setmainfont[Larabiefont][italicfont={* Regular}, boldfont={* Regular}, bolditalicfont={* Regular}, italicfeatures=fakeitalic, boldfeatures=fakebold, bolditalicfeatures=fakebolditalic] \starttext regular, {\em fake italics (actually slanted)}, {\bf fake bold} and {\bf\em fakebolditalics}. \stoptext Is this a bug, or have I forgotten something? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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