Hi Ciro, I completely agree. Context works fine but, like you, I have not succeeded in installing any new font thusfar. A few months ago I tried again with a very simple font, which I got working under Latex, but not under Context, despite all my attempts and suggestions from other subscribers: alas! Two years ago I recoded a cyrillic font under Latex, that contains special characters not available in other fonts, therefore I guess I know how the TeX font mechanism works. I achieved that by carefully reading all kinds of manuals available on the net. For the time being I manage with Context with the standard fonts & Palatino, waiting for a breakthrough of some kind: the golden tip! Kind regards, Robert Ciro Soto wrote:
(untested, but hopefully you get the idea...)
adam
unfortunately, I have a mental mess with the font business in tex. How can one keep track with so many directories, encodings, file types, maps, etc... I am tired of trying to undestand. Manuals are useless because they are outdated, trees are changed and need texhash, plus, on top, one needs to learn the syntax for Context to use fonts. I've been spending days trying to install a verdana font, and no matter what I do, it doesnt' work, and I think the same is happening with the garamond. I have no lesss than 3000 font files in my computer, but so far, only a handful are available in context. At this point, I really wish I had a graphical tool to install and use a font, without going through all the --always changing-- steps... I guess, some day, someone will clear this up for once...
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