On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 09:51, Hans Hagen
On 18-3-2011 3:40, mathew wrote:
\definetypeface [dingbats][ss][sans][dingbats][default]
this assumes a dingbats typescript
Sorry, I omitted that when copying my code...
\starttext {\dingbats \uchar{39}{7}\uchar{39}{13}\uchar{39}{42}} \stoptext
{\getnamedglyphdirect{dingbats}{0x39}}
\starttypescript [sans][dingbats][name] \definefontsynonym [Sans][name:dingbats] \stoptypescript \definetypeface [dingbats][ss][sans][dingbats][default] \starttext {\getnamedglyphdirect{dingbats}{0x272a}} Or here's the character directly: ✪ \stoptext ...still not working. But KCharSelect says that the Dingbats font has a glyph at 0x272a. fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded system > begin file makeup.tex at line 5 fonts > defining > font with asked name 'dingbats' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font dingbats, loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define dingbats as \**currentsymbolfont** backend > xmp > using file '/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' And yet if I run mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=* | grep dingbats immediately after that ConTeXt run, in the same shell session, I see: dingbats dingbats /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/d050000l.afm dingbatsnormal dingbats /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/d050000l.afm Also doesn't work if I reference the afm file directly using \definefontsynonym [sans][/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/d050000l.afm] mathew