Question: Why can't ConTeXt read LaTeX font definition files? Shouldn't it? Bruce
At 03:38 PM 1/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Why can't ConTeXt read LaTeX font definition files?
my only latex experience is with the first versions, so i'm not familiar with the font mechanisms
Shouldn't it?
dunno, never had a reason, don't have the time now Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 03:30 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
At 03:38 PM 1/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Why can't ConTeXt read LaTeX font definition files?
my only latex experience is with the first versions, so i'm not familiar with the font mechanisms
Shouldn't it?
dunno, never had a reason, don't have the time now
Fair enough. The question is based on the observation that a) the mechanisms in LaTeX and ConTeXt are AFAIK not all that different, and b) most of the font installation tools and packages, both now and into the future, are written for LaTeX. It opens up more possibilities if ConTeXt can read .fd files. Perhaps something to come back to later on, along with adding support for other font weights and such... Bruce
I firmly disagree. Fd files are hard to read and even harder to create,
the filenames therein are close to unreadable, texfont.pl is easier to
use than fontinst, I consider packager-based silent font substitutions
a major design mistake, Context currently cannot find LaTeX files anyway
(in most distribs) and the two systems are not orthogonal to the same
degree.
That said, it is not a lot of work to create a module that reads fd files
(based on the LaTeX .fd reader, which is quite isolated from the rest of
LaTeX). I just don't agree that it is a good idea to do so.
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:29:57 -0500
"Bruce D'Arcus"
Fair enough. The question is based on the observation that a) the mechanisms in LaTeX and ConTeXt are AFAIK not all that different, and b) most of the font installation tools and packages, both now and into the future, are written for LaTeX. It opens up more possibilities if ConTeXt can read .fd files.
Perhaps something to come back to later on, along with adding support for other font weights and such...
Bruce
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On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 08:11 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
That said, it is not a lot of work to create a module that reads fd files (based on the LaTeX .fd reader, which is quite isolated from the rest of LaTeX). I just don't agree that it is a good idea to do so.
OK; I guess I'll take your word for it. The other option is to lobby people developing these tools to include support for ConTeXt typescripts, or just continue to create them manually. Texfont can't do some of what I need done (for example, to install truetype rich fonts with additional glyphs like small caps). Bruce
"Bruce D'Arcus"
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 08:11 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
That said, it is not a lot of work to create a module that reads fd files (based on the LaTeX .fd reader, which is quite isolated from the rest of LaTeX). I just don't agree that it is a good idea to do so.
OK; I guess I'll take your word for it. The other option is to lobby people developing these tools to include support for ConTeXt typescripts, or just continue to create them manually. Texfont can't do some of what I need done (for example, to install truetype rich fonts with additional glyphs like small caps).
Wouldn't it be easier to create a perl script that translates from latex .fd files to something that context can use? -- --Ed L Cashin | PGP public key: ecashin@uga.edu | http://noserose.net/e/pgp/
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