Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------