switching font encodings
Hello, I have to print plenty of utf-8-encoded entries from a database. I will probably output entries as \contestant{name}{country}{code}, for example \contestant{Đức Đặng}{VNM}{1} I have defined \def\contestant#1#2#3{...#1...} But what's the easiest way to change the encoding to t5 if the country code is VNM and to some other encoding if country code is RUS, SER (or one of other countries using Cyrillic)? I'll probably use \usetypescript[antykwa-torunska][ec] % for most of entries \setupbodyfont[antykwa] I wanted to use XeTeX, but that I figured out/remembered that XeTeX doesn't yet support inclusion of images which I need for this document. Thanks a lot, Mojca (I need this pretty soon.)
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
Hello,
I have to print plenty of utf-8-encoded entries from a database. I will probably output entries as \contestant{name}{country}{code}, for example \contestant{Đức Đặng}{VNM}{1}
I have defined \def\contestant#1#2#3{...#1...}
But what's the easiest way to change the encoding to t5 if the country code is VNM and to some other encoding if country code is RUS, SER (or one of other countries using Cyrillic)? I'll probably use
you can try to define multiple typefaces, say mainfont-ec, mainfont-qx, mainfont-t5 and then switch to them using languagespecifics related definitions 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
On 7/17/06, Hans Hagen wrote:
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
Hello,
I have to print plenty of utf-8-encoded entries from a database. I will probably output entries as \contestant{name}{country}{code}, for example \contestant{Đức Đặng}{VNM}{1}
I have defined \def\contestant#1#2#3{...#1...}
But what's the easiest way to change the encoding to t5 if the country code is VNM and to some other encoding if country code is RUS, SER (or one of other countries using Cyrillic)? I'll probably use
you can try to define multiple typefaces, say mainfont-ec, mainfont-qx, mainfont-t5 and then switch to them using languagespecifics related definitions
The Vietnamese left, I can sleep well again ;) I swear that they will pay for each single letter that caused us headaches this year: they'll have to organize the same event by themselves next year. (But then again: next year both pdfTeX and XeTeX will hopefully work in a much less painful way.) But I still can't understand why the following code costed me at least an hour to trace and find a workaround for it: \definetypeface [iwona-t5] [ss] [sans] [iwona] [default] [encoding=t5] \definetypeface [iwona] [ss] [sans] [iwona] [default] [encoding=ec] \setupbodyfont [iwona,12pt,ss] \starttext abc \switchtobodyfont[20pt]\switchtobodyfont[iwona-t5] abc \stoptext Here's the output: ... (c:\Programi\context\texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-buy.tex) (c:\Programi\context\texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) (./file.tuo) (./file.tuo) (./file.tuo) (./file.tuo) (./file.tuo) (./file.tuo) (./file.tuo) (./file.tuo) (./file.tuo) (./file.tuo) (c:\Programi\context\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (c:\Programi\context\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./file.tuo) (./file.tuo) systems : begin file file at line 28 ! pdfTeX error (font): invalid font identifier. \@@expanded ->\pdffontattr \font {/ToUnicode 1 0 R} <argument> ...fontresource \endcsname \space 0 R}} \letgvalue {\s!ucmap \font... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 \doincludepdffontresource ...cludepdffontresource \fi \includepdffontresource ...includepdffontresource \fi \fi \fi \setfontcharacteristics ...ifier }\the \everyfont \synchronizepatterns ... l.31 ...obodyfont[20pt]\switchtobodyfont[iwona-t5] abc No pages of output. Transcript written on file.log. TeXExec | runtime: 2.183 The funny part is that it compiles fine on contextgarden (and most probably compiled OK on my computer as well some time ago: the error just appeared at once). Mojca
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
\starttext abc \switchtobodyfont[20pt]\switchtobodyfont[iwona-t5] abc \stoptext
There is no defined bodyfont at 20pt, and that is what is causing the error (indirectly). Add this: \definebodyfont [20pt] [ss] [tf=Sans sa 1, bf=SansBold sa 1, it=SansItalic sa 1, sl=SansSlanted sa 1, bs=SansBoldSlanted sa 1, bi=SansBoldSlanted sa 1, sc=SansCaps sa .8, tfa=Sans sa 1.200, tfb=Sans sa 1.440, tfc=Sans sa 1.728, tfd=Sans sa 2.074, bfa=SansBold sa 1.200, bfb=SansBold sa 1.440, bfc=SansBold sa 1.728, bfd=SansBold sa 2.074, bsa=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.200, bsb=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.440, bsc=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.728, bsd=SansBoldSlanted sa 2.074] Cheers, Taco
On 7/18/06, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
\starttext abc \switchtobodyfont[20pt]\switchtobodyfont[iwona-t5] abc \stoptext
There is no defined bodyfont at 20pt, and that is what is causing the error (indirectly). Add this:
\definebodyfont [20pt] [ss] [tf=Sans sa 1, bf=SansBold sa 1, it=SansItalic sa 1, sl=SansSlanted sa 1, bs=SansBoldSlanted sa 1, bi=SansBoldSlanted sa 1, sc=SansCaps sa .8, tfa=Sans sa 1.200, tfb=Sans sa 1.440, tfc=Sans sa 1.728, tfd=Sans sa 2.074, bfa=SansBold sa 1.200, bfb=SansBold sa 1.440, bfc=SansBold sa 1.728, bfd=SansBold sa 2.074, bsa=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.200, bsb=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.440, bsc=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.728, bsd=SansBoldSlanted sa 2.074]
But why do I have to do it? I would only like that \switchtobodyfont[20pt] scales the font properly (according to whatever definitions are default). I can't define that for all the possible sizes of the font that I want to use in the document. \switchtobodyfont[iwona-t5,20pt] works OK, but one command after another doesn't. Mojca
On Jul 18, 2006, at 8:51 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
There is no defined bodyfont at 20pt, and that is what is causing the error (indirectly). Add this:
\definebodyfont [20pt] [ss] [tf=Sans sa 1, bf=SansBold sa 1, it=SansItalic sa 1, sl=SansSlanted sa 1, bs=SansBoldSlanted sa 1, bi=SansBoldSlanted sa 1, sc=SansCaps sa .8, tfa=Sans sa 1.200, tfb=Sans sa 1.440, tfc=Sans sa 1.728, tfd=Sans sa 2.074, bfa=SansBold sa 1.200, bfb=SansBold sa 1.440, bfc=SansBold sa 1.728, bfd=SansBold sa 2.074, bsa=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.200, bsb=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.440, bsc=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.728, bsd=SansBoldSlanted sa 2.074]
But why do I have to do it? I would only like that \switchtobodyfont[20pt] scales the font properly (according to whatever definitions are default). I can't define that for all the possible sizes of the font that I want to use in the document.
\switchtobodyfont[iwona-t5,20pt] works OK, but one command after another doesn't.
Mojca
Taco, Mojca, wouldn't this suffice: \starttypescript [sans] [default] [size] \definebodyfont [20pt] [ss] [default] \stoptypescript Somewhat shorter... Best Thomas
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On Jul 18, 2006, at 8:51 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
There is no defined bodyfont at 20pt, and that is what is causing the error (indirectly). Add this:
\definebodyfont [20pt] [ss] [tf=Sans sa 1, bf=SansBold sa 1, it=SansItalic sa 1, sl=SansSlanted sa 1, bs=SansBoldSlanted sa 1, bi=SansBoldSlanted sa 1, sc=SansCaps sa .8, tfa=Sans sa 1.200, tfb=Sans sa 1.440, tfc=Sans sa 1.728, tfd=Sans sa 2.074, bfa=SansBold sa 1.200, bfb=SansBold sa 1.440, bfc=SansBold sa 1.728, bfd=SansBold sa 2.074, bsa=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.200, bsb=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.440, bsc=SansBoldSlanted sa 1.728, bsd=SansBoldSlanted sa 2.074]
But why do I have to do it? I would only like that \switchtobodyfont[20pt] scales the font properly (according to whatever definitions are default). I can't define that for all the possible sizes of the font that I want to use in the document.
\switchtobodyfont[iwona-t5,20pt] works OK, but one command after another doesn't.
Mojca
Taco, Mojca,
wouldn't this suffice:
\starttypescript [sans] [default] [size] \definebodyfont [20pt] [ss] [default] \stoptypescript
Somewhat shorter...
\definebodyfontenvironment[20pt][default] \definetypeface [iwona-t5] [ss] [sans] [iwona] [default] [encoding=t5] \definetypeface [iwona] [ss] [sans] [iwona] [default] [encoding=ec] \setupbodyfont [iwona,12pt,ss] \starttext abc \switchtobodyfont[iwona-t5,20pt] abc \stoptext is also ok; some time ago we had auto-bodyfontenv definition but since fonts are often used grouped, it generated many messages (warnings) and was slow too; best to let users be aware of the need to define an environment 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Mojca Miklavec wrote:
But I still can't understand why the following code costed me at least an hour to trace and find a workaround for it:
\definetypeface [iwona-t5] [ss] [sans] [iwona] [default] [encoding=t5] \definetypeface [iwona] [ss] [sans] [iwona] [default] [encoding=ec] \setupbodyfont [iwona,12pt,ss]
\starttext abc \switchtobodyfont[20pt]\switchtobodyfont[iwona-t5] abc \stoptext
Here's the output:
strange indeed; anyhow this vector stuff will be dealt ith in pdftex itself soon (the problem is that some font things are global in pdftex and then we can end up in sync problems with resources); 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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