Re: [NTG-context] TTF fonts and MKIV

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

Am 29.01.2011 um 06:42 schrieb David Rogers:

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* John Culleton [2011-01-28 16:39]:

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Is there a short, simple guide somewhere that shows how to use TTF and OTF fonts in Context? I downloaded the new Fonts chapter but it goes deep into the weeds on typescripts etc. I am looking for a method that allows me to do in Context what I can already do in most other DTP programs: simply designate for use a font or font family that exists in /usr/share/fonts without typescripts, complex and confusing aliasing schemes or tfm files.

The Simplefont module by Wolfgang Schuster is very good for my (not highly demanding) purposes. Certainly it is intended to do just what you describe.

Or you use \definetypeface and specserif, specsans and specmono, e.g.

\definetypeface[mainface][rm][specserif][Times New Roman][default] \definetypeface[mainface][ss][specsans] [Arial] [default] \definetypeface[mainface][tt][specmono] [Courier] [default] \definetypeface[mainface][mm][math] [times] [default]

\setupbodyfont[mainface]

\starttext … \stoptext

I've added this to the wiki page on using Fonts in LuaTeX, but since I don't know anything about these spec settings it for now just consists of our example Wolfgang. If you send back some explanations then I will add them to the wiki as well. Are these basically the same settings as used in simplefonts?

Wolfgang

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