Hi Patrick, thanks for your reply... hmmm, I tried your code but I get a funny message. The thing is that I suspect I am lacking some files... *********************** ... ... many things here...at the end crashes because... ... typescript : [map] [ec] [] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex))kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-u hvr8a /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for ec-uhvr8 a. /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ? mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; inpu t ec-uhvr8a This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.4.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-uhvr8a ! I can't find file `ec-uhvr8a'. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uhvr8a Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uhvr8a Transcript written on mfput.log. mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uh vr8a' failed. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptsstf*=ec-uhvr8a at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun d. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.3 \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] ? ******************************** I think something is not ok in my configuration...perhaps I don´t have the whole font set...I am running the TeX that comes wrapped with cygwin...and ConTeXt on top of it... any clue? Jose
Hello Jose,
I am trying to setup Arial fonts...I am quite a newbie to this ConTeXt thing...
I have just done \setupbodyfont[helvetica,ss,12pt] cause
\usetypescript apparently is not recognised in my ConTeXt (previous version to the latest update of these days)
\usetypescript is an old command. Your ConTeXt surely knows about this command.
what is the use of this \usetypescript thing?
Well, typescripts are complicated. See Bill' page at http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html
using Helvetica works for me: -------------------------------------------------- \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt]
\starttext foo \stoptext --------------------------------------------------
is Arial just a nickname for Helvetica sans-serif?
Well, yes and no.
There is no such thing as Helvetica sans-serif, because Helvetica *is* without serifs. And Arial and Helvetica are two different fonts, though similar looking and same metrics. But, depending on your setup, asking for Helvetica can result in using Arial in Acrobat Reader.
Patrick _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context