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Setting up a typeface
by Ulrich Dirr 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

Hi, I've now studied the docs for a while and experimenting with a bunch of settings but I'm still failing setting up typefaces correctly in ConTeXt. Probably the font mechanism in ConTeXt is much more elaborate than with LaTeX's NFSS. But I'm too stupid to understand it :-( Could someone please help me? My test case -- and it will be the sans serif part of my wish list -- should setup the Linotype HelveticaNeue as body font. The main part is not very difficult to achieve. The test file: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- \setupoutput [pdftex] \input pdftexconfig \usetypescriptfile [type-NeueHelvetica] \usetypescript[HelveticaNeue][ec] \setupbodyfont[HelveticaNeueLT,ss,10pt] \starttext \showbodyfontenvironment[HelveticaNeueLT] \showbodyfont[HelveticaNeueLT] \stoptext ------------------------------------------------------------------------- type-NeueHelvetica.tex: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- \starttypescript [sans] [HelveticaNeue] [name] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [HelveticaNeueLT-Roman] \definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [HelveticaNeueLT-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SansBold] [HelveticaNeueLT-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [HelveticaNeueLT-BoldItalic] [...] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [HelveticaNeue] [ec] \definefontsynonym [HelveticaNeueLT-Roman] [lhnr8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [HelveticaNeueLT-Italic] [lhnri8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [HelveticaNeueLT-Bold] [lhnb8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [HelveticaNeueLT-BoldItalic] [lhnbi8t] [encoding=ec] [...] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [HelveticaNeue][ec] \usetypescript [sans] [HelveticaNeue] [name] \usetypescript [sans] [HelveticaNeue] [size] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [HelveticaNeue] [ec] \definetypeface [HelveticaNeueLT] [ss] [sans] [HelveticaNeue] [default] [encoding=ec] \stoptypescript ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next step should define destinct sizes for use in a project. And here I'm always failing. I've tried, e.g., \definebodyfontenvironment [9bp] [ text=9bp, script=7bp, scriptscript=5bp, x=7bp, xx=5bp, big=11bp, small=7bp, interlinespace=11bp] or, e.g., \starttypescript [sans] [HelveticaNeue] [size] \definebodyfont [10bp] [ss] [tf=Sans at 10bp, bf=SansBold, it=SansItalic, sl=SansItalic, bi=SansBoldItalic, bs=SansBoldItalic] \stoptypescript in all sizes I want, with and without definitions of \definebodyfont, but never got what I want. How can I setup my typeface (regular, bold, etc.) to use the specific sizes 5,6,7,8,9.5,10,12,14,18,24,28 *bp*??? (And with correct dependencies) I'm definitely not understanding how the general scheme works. And all examples I've found always use the standard font sizes and the standard measurement units. Please help me! Best regards, Ulrich Dirr P.S. are there predefined shortcuts for heavy, light, etc. variants?

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Problems with Acrobat Reader, animation, sound, JavaScript etc.
by Michal Kvasnicka 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Good morning. I'd like to ask a little off-topic questions but closely related to ConTeXt. I'm sorry I bother you with this, but I need it. My interest is not purely academic. I'd like to prepare fully interactive documents for my students to work with at home and prepare to my classes. My questions are like this: Theoretically, PDF can contain sound, movie, and JavaScript. 1) In practise, the movie plugin I have found only in the Acrobat Reader 5.x under Windoze; in Linux and in Adobe Reader 6.0 under Windoze it was not present. Can I download it somewhere? 2) What are limits of QuickTime JPeg in the PDF? It worked with a movie included in the QuickTime viewer under Windoze, but not with a movie from my digital camera (Olympus C730UZ). How can I convert it (for free)? 3) How can I include sounds to my PDF? Does it work with all Readers under all platforms, or not? What do I need to install? 4) Some JavaScripts work only under Windoze, not under Linux. Why? How can I fix that? Mr. Hagen's clock example, and Mr. Gundlach euro-anim example are just two cases. 5) Does Adobe still support Linux? There is a reader version 6.0 for Windoze, but only 5.0.9 for Linux. 6) If I want to learn how to use JavaScript in the ConTeXt, what Adobe document should I read first? Is somewhere explained to integrate it in the ConTeXt (more that the widgets manual)? Many thanks for any hint. I apologize one more for this slightly off-topic questions. M.K.

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right aligned section?
by Plamen Tanovski 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Hi, sorry for this actually simple question, but I don't get it. \setuphead[section][align=right] \starttext \section[testref]{test test} \stoptext The section remains left aligned. How can I make it right alignend? I've tried several examples, but the section remains always at the left. Best regards, P.

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Protruding & Utopia italic
by SebastianSturm＠t-online.de 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

Hi, I'm using the Utopia/Fourier setup \setupfontsynonym [fourier][handling=normal] \setupfontsynonym [Serif][handling=normal] \setupfonthandling [normal][left=1,right=1] \usetypescript [fourier][ec] \setupbodyfont [fourier,10pt] \setupalign [hanging] and it works great so far, except that protruding seems to be disabled when typesetting in \italic or slanted style. How can I activate hanging alignment of italicized text? I'd also like to know how to use the \mathcal-Alphabet included in the Fourier package. $\text{\cal{...}}$ only generates the standard calligraphic letters known from Computer Modern. BTW, I'm using the latest i-Installer version of ConTeXt/teTeX on OS X. (Console displays ConTeXt ver: 2004.1.13 fmt: 2004.6.25 int: english mes: english) Best regards, Sebastian Sturm

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array ?
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 12 Sep '04

12 Sep '04

Hi everyone, in latex is possible to work with matrices. How can I have matrix, array o something similar in ConTeXt ? I have been trying with \starttabulate \stoptabulate but my results are frankly poor? I also tried some suggestions from the wiki...about importing ams package from the distro and wrapping \begin \end latex macros with the equivalent ConText ones but I was not able to make it work with the info provided there. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks in advance !! Jose Ignacio Marín

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Typo in core-mis.tex
by Christopher Creutzig 11 Sep '04

11 Sep '04

Dear Hans, in core-mis.tex: \appendtoks \def\MetaPost{MetaPost}\to\simplifiedcommands \appendtoks \def\MetaPost{MetaFont}\to\simplifiedcommands \appendtoks \def\MetaPost{MetaFun}\to\simplifiedcommands I assume the macro commands should be \MetaFont and \MetaFun. regards, Christopher Creutzig

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new stuff for brave users
by Patrick Gundlach 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

Dear ConTeXt users, I have started another service. Please note that this is not finished yet and might change or get out of service once in a while (I have no experience with such a service). You can process your ConTeXt documents online. Just point your browser to http://live.contextgarden.net and type in your favourite ConTeXt document. Click on "typeset" and you will be able to donwload the pdf file. Please report any errors to me! And again: this service is still some kind of "beta". Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net texshow-web: http://texshow.contextgarden.net List archive: http://archive.contextgarden.net

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Another question regarding Fourier
by SebastianSturm＠t-online.de 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Hi, I noticed that \rightrightarrows still produces the CM double arrows when using the Fourier fonts. I know that it is possible to combine two single arrows and position them vertically using \raise and \lower, but I guess that there has to be some less clumsy solution. Or maybe the Fourier distribution is already supposed to include double arrows, in which case it would be a configuration issue? Best regards, Sebastian Sturm

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baseline alignment
by Vit Zyka 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Hallo, for text positioning in a layer I needed alignment to baseline. I do not known if I missed something but I did not find it in the current ConTeXt. So I did that. Baseline is choosen by capital 'B' in the position parameter. ('B' is adopted from grahicx LaTeX/plain package.) Also I add \ctop, \ltop, and \rtop in sence of \cbox, \lbox, and rbox, respectively. I suggest to add the macros to core-box and supp-box. Vit Zyka %-------------------------------------------- baseline alignment \setvalue{\??ab\??ab B}{\baselinebox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab Bl}{\baselineleftbox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab Bc}{\baselinecenterbox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab Br}{\baselinerightbox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab lB}{\leftbaselinebox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab cB}{\centerbaselinebox} \setvalue{\??ab\??ab rB}{\rightbaselinebox} \def\baselinecenterbox#1% {\normalhbox {\setbox0\placedbox{#1}% \global\boxhdisplacement-.5\wd0 \global\advance\boxhdisplacement-\boxoffset \global\boxvdisplacement-\boxoffset \boxcursor\hskip\boxhdisplacement\raise-\boxvdisplacement\box0}} \def\baselineleftbox#1% {\normalhbox {\setbox0\placedbox{#1}% \global\boxhdisplacement-\wd0 \global\advance\boxhdisplacement-\boxoffset \global\boxvdisplacement-\boxoffset \boxcursor\hskip\boxhdisplacement\raise-\boxvdisplacement\box0}} \def\baselinerightbox#1% {\normalhbox {\setbox0\placedbox{#1}% \global\boxhdisplacement\boxoffset \global\boxvdisplacement-\boxoffset \boxcursor\hskip\boxhdisplacement\raise-\boxvdisplacement\box0}} \let\baselinebox=\baselinecenterbox \let\leftbaselinebox=\baselineleftbox \let\rightbaselinebox=\baselinerightbox %------------------------------ \ltop, \rtop, \ctop \def\lrctop#1#2#% {\vtop#2\bgroup \let\\=\endgraf \forgetall#1\let\next=} \def\ltop{\lrctop\raggedleft} \def\rtop{\lrctop\raggedright} \def\ctop{\lrctop\raggedcenter}

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column balancing question
by Michal Kvasnicka 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Good morning. One reason for me to switch to ConTeXt were its macros for typesetting in columns that are highly superior to any such macro I have ever seen. (I typeset almost all my documnts in two columns.) But I am not able to supress one strange feature: some pages are one more line longer than they should be. It happen randomly -- or at least I was not able to find out when it happens. Therefore I'm not able to prepare an minimal file. I thougth that setting \widowpenalty=0 \clubpenalty=0 \brokenpenalty=0 \normalbottom may help, but it does not. Can you tell me how to fix this very problem? Well, it does so on all versions of ConTeXt I have ever tried and both with teTeX and TeXLive distribution. Many thanks for your attention and help. Yours Michal Kvasnicka P.S. my document setting is like this (some example can be found at http://www.econ.muni.cz/~qasar/tmp/delba_prace.pdf) % output=pdf \setupbodyfont[ss,10pt] \setuplayout [topspace=2cm, height=fit, lines=55, backspace=15mm, width=fit, margin=0pt, header=3\baselineskip, footer=0pt, grid=yes] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setupheader[style={\em}] \setupheadertexts[Axel Leijonhufvud: Jednotlivec, trh a průmyslová dělba práce][pagenumber] \setupindenting[medium] \indenting[first] \setupfootnotes [location=columns, rule=off, before={\blank[3*line,small]}, after=] \setupfootnotedefinition [location=left,width=fit, sample={\mathematics{\star\star\star}\ },hang=1] \setupcolumns[balance=no] \widowpenalty=0 \clubpenalty=0 \brokenpenalty=0 \setuphead[section] [number=no, style={\bf}, before={\blank[3*line]}, after={\blank[line]}, indentnext=yes]

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