On 04/11/2011 11:09 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

Am 11.04.2011 um 11:00 schrieb Verhaag, G.C.H.M.:

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Hi,

In my earlier MkIV minimal ConTeXt installation (dec.2010) I used the following in my preamble to activate oldstyle numbering:

\usetypescript[schola] \setupbodyfont[schola,8pt]

\definefontfeature [oldstyle] [default] [onum=yes] \addff{oldstyle}

but this doesn't seem to work anymore in my recently installed minimal ConTeXt installation (ConTeXt ver: 2011.03.30 11:21 MkIV fmt: 2011.3.30 int: english/english).

I use this installation with Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

Any idea what's wrong?

The following two methods do work for me.

1. Global change

\definefontfeature[default][default][onum=yes]

\setupbodyfont[schola,8pt]

\starttext 1234567890 \stoptext

2. Local change

\setupbodyfont[schola,8pt]

\definefontfeature[oldstyle][onum=yes]

\starttext 1234567890 {\addff{oldstyle}1234567890} \stoptext

Wolfgang

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Hi, The suggested ways both work for me as well! So, I'm afraid that I don't understand the definefontfeature command very well. Perhaps I should read the chapter on fonts more thorougly! Thanks to all contributers to this thread. Regards, Gerard Verhaag

On Mon 11 Apr 2011, Khaled Hosny wrote:

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In my earlier MkIV minimal ConTeXt installation (dec.2010) I used the following in my preamble to activate oldstyle numbering:

\usetypescript[schola] \setupbodyfont[schola,8pt]

\definefontfeature [oldstyle] [default] [onum=yes] \addff{oldstyle}

A more correct way is:

\definefontfeature[default][default][onum=yes] % redefines default feature set

\usetypescript[schola] \setupbodyfont[schola,8pt] ... (\addff is meant for temporally applying font features not the other way around, but I think it should work this way too, so may be something is broken)

\addff{oldstyle} works with my 2011.02.25 ConTeXt, so evidently it's quite a recent change. Pont

On 04/13/2011 08:27 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:

On 13 apr. 2011, at 00:07, Pontus Lurcock mailto:pont@talvi.net> wrote:

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On Mon 11 Apr 2011, Khaled Hosny wrote:

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(\addff is meant for temporally applying font features not the other way around, but I think it should work this way too, so may be something is broken)

\addff{oldstyle} works with my 2011.02.25 ConTeXt, so evidently it's quite a recent change.

\addff is for adding some feature to an already selected font. It fails in the latest beta's because fonts are no longer preloaded immediately, but only after \starttext (which is a good thing)

Best wishes, Taco ....

Hi, Taco, thanks for the explanation! So, this makes the item called: "How can I get the “oldstyle numbers” (text figures) in a document?" on wiki.contextgarden.net no longer valid, right! Changes are difficult to figure out, when you're not very good at the details. Keeping the wiki up-to-date is a huge task and certainly not a trivial thing! Please don't misunderstand me. I don't want to criticise the way the wiki is maintained. On the contrary, it's a great tool, and we users very much depend on it. However for getting the oldstyle numerals working again, I needed this mailing list! If I'm wrong please feel free to comment on all this. Thanks again! Regards, Gerard Verhaag

On 04/13/2011 10:14 AM, Pontus Lurcock wrote:

On Wed 13 Apr 2011, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. wrote:

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So, this makes the item called: "How can I get the “oldstyle numbers” (text figures) in a document?" on wiki.contextgarden.net no longer valid, right!

As of now, valid again. (I was going to add something to the ‘Fonts in LuaTeX’ page as well, but that page needs tidying up that I don't have time to do at the moment.)

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Changes are difficult to figure out, when you're not very good at the details. Keeping the wiki up-to-date is a huge task and certainly not a trivial thing!

Please don't misunderstand me. I don't want to criticise the way the wiki is maintained. On the contrary, it's a great tool, and we users very much depend on it.

I think the general principle is that if you get a useful answer to your question, you should make sure that it is added (or linked) in the wiki in the place you looked for it before asking the question. It *is* a huge task (since ConTeXt is under continuous development), which is why we all need to help.

Pont

Hi, Okay, thanks again for the tip! Regards, Gerard Verhaag