Re: [NTG-context] Font sizes using Chinese module

7 Nov 2007


      Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
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2007/11/7, Hans Hagen :
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Duncan Hothersall wrote:
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Hans said:
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\definefontsize[e]
\setupfontenvironment
   [default]
   [e=4]
Ah, thanks. Using \setupbodyfontenvironment as the second command did
the trick.
I guess there is no easy way of directly calling a specific font at a
specific size? No worry, this sort of solution will allow me to do what
I need for now. Thanks Hans.
chinese in mkii is kind of special, i.e. all kind of mappings to ranges
of fonts; in mkiv chines is easier (i still have to finish some spacing
issues)
How about a little appetizer from mkiv.
\definefontfeature[chinese][analyze=yes,language=dflt,mode=node,script=hani]
\starttypescript[sans][arial]
\definefontsynonym[Sans][Arial][features=chinese]
\stoptypescript
\starttypescript[sans][arial]
\definefontsynonym[Arial][file:ARIALUNI][features=default]
\stoptypescript
\definetypeface[arial][ss][sans][arial][default]
\setupbodyfont[arial,ss]
% alternative to the typescript solution
%\definefont[Normal][ARIALUNI*chinese at 12pt][line=16pt]
\starttext
write your chinese text here
\stoptext
There will be no longer any big difference in defining fonts for latin or
any
other language. A few things are to achive than with the current code from
the
chinese module like opening and closing braces in vertical mode.
a next mkiv release will provide dynamic features ...

\definefontfeature[chinese][analyze=yes,language=dflt,mode=node,script=hani]

\starttypescript[sans][arial]
\definefontsynonym[Sans][Arial]
\stoptypescript

\starttypescript[sans][arial]
\definefontsynonym[Arial][file:ARIALUNI]
\stoptypescript

\definetypeface[arial][ss][sans][arial][default]

\setupbodyfont[arial,ss]

\starttext

bla bla {\setfontfeature{chinese} MORE BLA} bla bla 
{\setfontfeature{oldstyle} 1234} bla bla

\stoptext

so, just one font instance and independent feature switches; this saves 
multiple definitions of fonts and is therefore faster and takes less 
memory too

Hans


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