Re: [NTG-context] Choosing STIX stylistic sets

On 4/16/2017 3:56 PM, Hans Åberg wrote:

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On 15 Apr 2017, at 00:22, Hans Hagen wrote:

On 4/14/2017 12:42 PM, Hans Åberg wrote:

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With the STIX Two fonts [1-2], one can choose say Stylistic Set 8 <ss08> for more upright integrals. How is that done in ConTeXt with XITS?

1. https://sourceforge.net/projects/stixfonts/ 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STIX_Fonts_project#STIX_2.0.0

see stix-two-math.lfg

\setmathfontalternate{whatever}

This is complicated, it seems: The STIX2Math font does not have the text support that STIX has, so one might want a virtual font, or set the math font independently (I could find any info about that on ConTeXtGarden).

there is no real text support in math fonts ... it's alphabets ... the fact that one shares e.g. a textfont in math mode with a regular text font outside math is something traditional tex (and more a font design and macro package issue that an engine thing) just use a text font .. why does texinfo needs a math font? only for math i assume

Also, in script/calligraphic, STIX2 seems to have is the other way around relative stix-two-math.lfg: setting the feature 'ss01' yields the traditional English script style, whereas the default is the AMS calligraphic style.

that's also a design issue

On most other features, the STIX2 default seems to what I think of as traditional.

personally i'd never use stix for something (one can use texgyre pagella or termes)

The feature 'ss07', smaller operators, might be nice to have, but U2205 looks strange, as the empty set symbol comes from a Danish ø, so deselecting just that one might be of interest.

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