Are there any sans serif fonts with matching math (commercial or free) that work "out of the box" (or at least with very little configuration) with ConTeXt? Troy
On Feb 1, 2013, at 3:36 PM, Troy Henderson wrote:
Are there any sans serif fonts with matching math (commercial or free) that work "out of the box" (or at least with very little configuration) with ConTeXt?
My suggestion would be Lucida: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Lucida and endorsed here: On Sep 12, 2012, at 3:43 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
best is to upgrade the lucida to opentype .. way less hassle and also more complete
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On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 2:24 AM, Troy Henderson wrote:
My suggestion would be Lucida:
I have the Type1 version of Lucida that works fine in ConTeXt, but I don't really get the sans serif math (to my knowledge). Does the OTF offer something that the Type1 doesn't?
The font (even the Type1 version) definitely contains all sans serif letters. I should check whether it also contains all math parameters. I try to use U+1D5C6 (𝗆) for example, it works. If I try to use U+1D62E (𝘮) then I get a normal "m" for some reason. (Maybe some math tables aren't complete.) What I don't know is how to properly switch to sans serif math "globally"/by default. The command \mathss gives upright instead of italic letters. Mojca
What I don't know is how to properly switch to sans serif math "globally"/by default. The command \mathss gives upright instead of italic letters.
If you figure that out, please let me know. That would be great. I am about to create an online mathematics course where I will be using quite a few onscreen presentations, and I really should be using sans serif fonts for this. So, any help you could provide would be outstanding. Thanks again Mojca, Troy
On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Troy Henderson wrote:
What I don't know is how to properly switch to sans serif math "globally"/by default. The command \mathss gives upright instead of italic letters.
\appendtoks \mathss \to \everymathematics
Except that it gives you upright letters instead of italic ones. Mojca
Does the OTF version of the Lucida fonts have "correct" math sans serif? If so, I may likely purchase them. Troy
On 2/4/2013 1:05 PM, Troy Henderson wrote:
Does the OTF version of the Lucida fonts have "correct" math sans serif? If so, I may likely purchase them.
there is no such thing as sans math ... there are sans alphabets but then you still can have issues with symbols ... to some extend \ss in math mode will remap onto sans shapes if you really want a sans math font hvmath is probably a candidate (as is informal) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
if you really want a sans math font hvmath is probably a candidate (as is informal)
Are you talking about this? http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/hvmath/hvmain.htm If I were to purchase the OTF version of this font, would I be able (fairly easily) in ConTeXt to typeset my entire document (text and math) using the sans serif Helvetica font? Is that something that would have to have a great amount of work done in ConTeXt to setup, or is it "ready to go" since it's in OTF format? Troy
On 2/4/2013 6:06 PM, Troy Henderson wrote:
if you really want a sans math font hvmath is probably a candidate (as is informal)
Are you talking about this?
http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/hvmath/hvmain.htm
If I were to purchase the OTF version of this font, would I be able (fairly easily) in ConTeXt to typeset my entire document (text and math) using the sans serif Helvetica font? Is that something that would have to have a great amount of work done in ConTeXt to setup, or is it "ready to go" since it's in OTF format?
I wonder if it's otf but if the type1 uses standard tex encoding, it should work as virtual otf .. you then only need to make a file like tx-math.lfg as vectors are already built-in. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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