On 14-3-2010 17:21, Michael Saunders wrote:
It's very easy to use, and it allows me to access any feature of my fonts with a digraph switch. Also, it keeps the different kinds of shapes on independent axes, so I can say: \it 123 \in 456 \bd 238 \rm 909 to get the numbers set in:
such short commands can clash ... for instance \in is a command already
italic; italic inferiors; bold italic inferiors; bold roman inferiors, because I also have the weight and width on separate axes. I can't imagine anything simpler to use.
in one file and then invoking it in another with (I think maybe?): \usetypescript[that other typescript from somewhere] \usebodyfont[WhateverSmallcaps]
is easier than saying:
\sc
\WhateverSmallcaps would work as well the advantage is that if you then do {\WhateverSmallcaps bla \bf bla} you'd get a bold smallcaps, given that there is one; if we're talking open type, a dynamic feature switch works as well: \addff{smallcaps} some of these mkii things (\os, \sc) are often side effects of tex originally using cm fonts mostly, where oldstyle were sitting in a math font so we needed a special command Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------