Re: [NTG-context] small caps and old numbers with open type fonts

16 Apr 2008


      On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Antoine Junod  wrote:
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"Wolfgang Schuster"  writes:
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Antoine Junod  wrote:
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Hi Wolfgang!
"Wolfgang Schuster"  writes:
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On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Antoine Junod  wrote:
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Hello list,
I actually use my font as simple as possible with a
\definefont[boum][MyFont at 12pt]. Is it the problem?
It the same with the \sc command.
\definefont[boum][MyFont at 12pt]
\definefont[scboum][MyFont*smallcaps at 12pt]
Wow, beautifull, thanks :) Where is the * and what we can put after
(smallcaps for example) described? I have the strong feeling to
search in the wrong place without any result.
The * is used to assign a feature to the font and you could find a
description in font-ini.tex /grep for \definefontfeature) but the
better way is to use typescripts for your fonts.
Okay. That's what I'm trying to do right now.
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ConTeXt has the following features predefined:
- default
- smallcaps
- oldstyle
Yep, I saw them in font-ini.tex, as you pointed me to.
You could also define your own font features with \definefontfeature
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It is also possible to change the features of a font within the text
with the command \setfontfeature{...}.
But, if I've understood the point, there is no reason to do that if I
use a proper typescript. Right?
It depends what do you want, normally no but you could use it to
change the figures in a table to tabular figures.

Wolfgang