mkiv: Charis SIL / SmallCaps
Hi, I wonder how to make that the font Chris SIL (http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=CharisSIL_download) displays its Smallcaps. I checked the font with fontforge and it really contains the Smallcaps and also the smcp table. But for whatever reason I cannot get context to show the smallcaps. I tried an example out of this mailing list: \definefontfeature[smallcapitals] [smcp=yes] \definefontfeature[oldstylenumber][onum=yes] %\setupbodyfont[pagella] \setupbodyfont [charissil] \starttext {VA abc \setff{smallcapitals} VA abc} {VA abc \addff{smallcapitals} VA abc} {12345 \setff{oldstylenumber} 12345} {VA {\kap VAabc}} {VA {\cap VAabc}} {VA {\CAP VAabc}} {VA {\sc VAabc}} \stoptext In the above example I only get smallcaps with the \kap and \cap - but then also the big letters are transformed into smallcaps :-(. With pagella is works fine - but not with charissil. What have I to do in order the get the smallcaps to work with context? Thanks, H.
On 1/17/2013 11:53 PM, Marco Patzer wrote:
On 2013–01–17 Zenlima wrote:
But for whatever reason I cannot get context to show the smallcaps. I tried an example out of this mailing list:
\definefontfeature[smallcapitals] [smcp=yes]
\definefontfeature[smallcapitals] [smcp=yes, script=latn]
\definefontfeature[smallcapitals] [default] [smcp=yes, script=latn] or otherwise also set up kerns btw, there is a smallcaps feature predefined. 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Hi, thanks! Now it works with the \setff{..} command.
or otherwise also set up kerns
Sorry, I dont understand what you mean with this. Can you explain it?
btw, there is a smallcaps feature predefined.
I thought the \sc is the predefined command for the smallcaps font feature. Am I wrong? H.
Am 21.01.2013 um 12:27 schrieb Zenlima
Hi,
thanks! Now it works with the \setff{..} command.
or otherwise also set up kerns
Sorry, I dont understand what you mean with this. Can you explain it?
When you use \definefontfeature[smallcapitals][..,..=..,..] you have to add “kern=yes” to the list because no kerning happens otherwise.
btw, there is a smallcaps feature predefined.
I thought the \sc is the predefined command for the smallcaps font feature. Am I wrong?
No, like the \it. \bf etc commands \sc is a font switch which uses for Latin Modern a separate font file which contains instead of lowercase letter small capitals, for other fonts the \sc command load the upright font where the “smallcaps” feature set is used instead of the “default” set. Wolfgang
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