Lucida hangs (?) on latest beta
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Hello! Encouraged by the recent User Meeting, I'm experimenting with sans serif fonts, trying to find something that I could use all over our documents (European languages) and that would be acceptable to the design people. One of the possibilities would be Lucida, but I'm not having much success with it... First I tried with the wiki, http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Lucida. The lucida.zip downloads and extracts nicely, but does not contain any .pfb files, so so much for that. Then I took a leap of faith and just put \setupbodyfont[lucida] in the setup area of my file and something is definitely happening, but then the process hangs. I retried with just ============== \setupbodyfont[lucida] \starttext \chapter{Testing Lucida} \input knuth \stoptext ============== Same result... The whole log is in the end of this message, but I suspect this is the essential part (which SciTe also marks with red): fonts > defining > font with asked name 'lbl' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 12 with name file:lbl.afm at 458752 is skipped, not found ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:476: bad argument #1 to '(for generator)' (table expected, got nil) stack traceback: [C]: in function '(for generator)' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:476: in function <...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:397> (tail call): ? (tail call): ? ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:406: in function 'read' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-ctx.lua:767: in function 'definefont_two' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > tex > error on line 1 in file 20111012_Lucida1.tex: LuaTeX error ... I'm running the newest beta, ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.08 11:42 MKIV, and ConTeXt with SciTe in Win7. I compile the pdf with Ctrl+F12 and I get palatino and dejavu to work to an extent (if I switch the font name in the test file from "lucida" to "dejavu", everything works perfectly, so I guess either I'm missing something essential or there's a problem somewhere in the beta. In the font jungle once again, Mari The full log: (20111012_Lucida1.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.08 11:42 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.11 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > 20111012_Lucida1.top loaded system > options > start used options used options > % runtime options files (command line driven) used options > \unprotect used options > % feedback and basic job control used options > % handy for special styles used options > \startluacode used options > document = document or { } used options > document.arguments={ used options > ["autopdf"]=true, used options > } used options > document.files={ used options > "20111012_Lucida1.tex", used options > } used options > \stopluacode used options > % process info used options > \setupsystem[inputfile=20111012_Lucida1.tex] used options > \setupsystem[\c!n=1,\c!m=1] used options > % modes used options > % options (not that important) used options > \startsetups *runtime:options used options > \stopsetups used options > % styles and modules used options > \startsetups *runtime:modules used options > \stopsetups used options > % done used options > \protect \endinput system > options > stop used options (20111012_Lucida1.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (C:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv) files > readfile > asked name: 'loc', not found {C:/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{C:/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map}{C:/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > defining > font with asked name 'LucidaBright' is not found using lookup 'name' fonts > defining > unknown font LucidaBright, loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define LucidaBright as \*lucida12ptrmtfrm* fonts > defining > forced type afm of lbr not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'lbr' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 1 with name file:lbr.afm*virtualmath at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type tfm of hlcrim not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'hlcrim' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 2 with name hlcrim.tfm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type tfm of hlcrim not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'hlcrim' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 3 with name hlcrim.tfm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type tfm of hlcry not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'hlcry' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 4 with name hlcry.tfm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type tfm of hlcrv not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'hlcrv' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 5 with name hlcrv.tfm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type tfm of hlcra not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'hlcra' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 6 with name hlcra.tfm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type tfm of hlcrm not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'hlcrm' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 7 with name hlcrm.tfm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type afm of lbd not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'lbd' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 8 with name file:lbd.afm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type afm of lbdi not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'lbdi' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 9 with name file:lbdi.afm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type afm of lsr not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'lsr' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 10 with name file:lsr.afm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type afm of lstr not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'lstr' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 11 with name file:lstr.afm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type afm of lbl not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'lbl' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font lucidamath subfont 12 with name file:lbl.afm at 458752 is skipped, not found ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:476: bad argument #1 to '(for generator)' (table expected, got nil) stack traceback: [C]: in function '(for generator)' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:476: in function <...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:397> (tail call): ? (tail call): ? ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:406: in function 'read' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-ctx.lua:767: in function 'definefont_two' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > tex > error on line 1 in file 20111012_Lucida1.tex: LuaTeX error ... 1 >> \setupbodyfont[lucida] 2 3 \starttext 4 5 \chapter{Testing Lucida} 6 7 \input knuth 8 9 \stoptext 10 \ctxcommand ...\directlua \zerocount {commands.#1} \lowleveldefinefont ...ies ", "\@@fontgoodies " )} \edef \somefontspec {at \n... \xxdododefinefont ...efont {#4}\newfontidentifier \fi \csname \newfontidenti... \dodosetmathfamily ...\currentmathsize \endcsname \else \ifcsname \fontclass... \dosetmathfamilyindeed ...ily \scriptscriptfont #1 \let \currentmathsize \!!p... \dosetmathfamily ...se \dosetmathfamilyindeed #1#2 \fi ... l.1 \setupbodyfont[lucida] ? Type <return> to proceed, S to scroll future error messages, R to run without stopping, Q to run quietly, I to insert something, E to edit your file, 1 or ... or 9 to ignore the next 1 to 9 tokens of input, H for help, X to quit. ? ! Emergency stop. system > tex > error on line 1 in file 20111012_Lucida1.tex: Emergency stop ... 1 >> \setupbodyfont[lucida] 2 3 \starttext 4 5 \chapter{Testing Lucida} 6 7 \input knuth 8 9 \stoptext 10 \ctxcommand ...\directlua \zerocount {commands.#1} \lowleveldefinefont ...ies ", "\@@fontgoodies " )} \edef \somefontspec {at \n... \xxdododefinefont ...efont {#4}\newfontidentifier \fi \csname \newfontidenti... \dodosetmathfamily ...\currentmathsize \endcsname \else \ifcsname \fontclass... \dosetmathfamilyindeed ...ily \scriptscriptfont #1 \let \currentmathsize \!!p... \dosetmathfamily ...se \dosetmathfamilyindeed #1#2 \fi ... l.1 \setupbodyfont[lucida] End of file on the terminal! ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
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Hello!
Encouraged by the recent User Meeting, I'm experimenting with sans serif fonts, trying to find something that I could use all over our documents (European languages) and that would be acceptable to the design people.
One of the possibilities would be Lucida, but I'm not having much success with it...
First I tried with the wiki, http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Lucida. The lucida.zip downloads and extracts nicely, but does not contain any .pfb files, so so much for that. Froma http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/bh/lucida "... The lucidabr and lucida packages on CTAN are free, but the Lucida fonts are not: you must order them from TUG or another source to actually typeset anything in Lucida. The TUG Lucida web pages explain the
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Mari Voipio
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:11, luigi scarso
The lucidabr and lucida packages on CTAN are free, but the Lucida fonts are not: you must order them from TUG or another source to actually typeset anything in Lucida. The TUG Lucida web pages explain the details -- see http://tug.org/lucida. ..."
Ummm.... Sounds like a line I want to add to that wiki page, I'll do it later today. However, my Windows 7 has Lucida Bright, Lucida Console and Lucida Sans, so I kind of have those fonts already, as ttfs. Apparently they came with my Acrobat Pro. Oh well, I can simulate with the ttfs and figure out about buying when the otf:s are around. The 2-user licence isn't that expensive and I doubt I'll ever need more than that in the ConTeXt world. OK, thank you everybody - I knew things had changed, but what I heard at CM5 hadn't quite parsed. :-) Back to the test bench, Mari
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Am 12.10.2011 um 11:23 schrieb Mari Voipio:
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:11, luigi scarso
wrote: The lucidabr and lucida packages on CTAN are free, but the Lucida fonts are not: you must order them from TUG or another source to actually typeset anything in Lucida. The TUG Lucida web pages explain the details -- see http://tug.org/lucida. ..."
Ummm.... Sounds like a line I want to add to that wiki page, I'll do it later today.
However, my Windows 7 has Lucida Bright, Lucida Console and Lucida Sans, so I kind of have those fonts already, as ttfs. Apparently they came with my Acrobat Pro.
When the fonts are in your Windows font directory you can try this: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Lucida Bright] \starttext Lucida Bright \stoptext Wolfgang
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:37, Wolfgang Schuster
When the fonts are in your Windows font directory you can try this:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[Lucida Bright]
It works! And I learned something new and useful today, now I finally understand why it is called "simplefonts" (thankfully I already learned this module thing last year, so I had it already...). Not only did I get Lucida to work, this seems to work as well: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Calibri] Now I'm one happy ConTeXter, this'll stop most of the fights with the Word users... NB. I'll wikify some of this stuff once I've got a bit of leftover energy. In the meanwhile, is there a way of finding out what fonts are included in the simplefonts module now? A quick wiki search on "simplefonts" didn't seem terribly useful, but might just be my inability to concentrate on the task... Wolfgang, you are my hero today. :-D Mari
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Am 12.10.2011 um 12:31 schrieb Mari Voipio:
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:37, Wolfgang Schuster
wrote: When the fonts are in your Windows font directory you can try this:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[Lucida Bright]
It works! And I learned something new and useful today, now I finally understand why it is called "simplefonts" (thankfully I already learned this module thing last year, so I had it already...).
Not only did I get Lucida to work, this seems to work as well:
\usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Calibri]
Now I'm one happy ConTeXter, this'll stop most of the fights with the Word users...
NB. I'll wikify some of this stuff once I've got a bit of leftover energy. In the meanwhile, is there a way of finding out what fonts are included in the simplefonts module now? A quick wiki search on "simplefonts" didn't seem terribly useful, but might just be my inability to concentrate on the task…
simplefonts hasn’t any fonts included (except latin modern), it uses contexts font database to search for the requested font. You can get information from the database on the command line, e.g. a search for caliber on my system results in this: rover:~ wolf$ mtxrun --script font --list --all calibri* calibri calibri /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/Calibri.ttf calibribold calibribold /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/Calibri Bold.ttf calibribolditalic calibribolditalic /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/Calibri Bold Italic.ttf calibriitalic calibriitalic /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/Calibri Italic.ttf calibrinormal calibriitalic /Library/Fonts/Microsoft/Calibri Italic.ttf Wolfgang
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Am 12.10.2011 um 11:04 schrieb Mari Voipio:
Hello!
Encouraged by the recent User Meeting, I'm experimenting with sans serif fonts, trying to find something that I could use all over our documents (European languages) and that would be acceptable to the design people.
One of the possibilities would be Lucida, but I'm not having much success with it...
First I tried with the wiki, http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Lucida. The lucida.zip downloads and extracts nicely, but does not contain any .pfb files, so so much for that.
You have to buy them: http://tug.org/store/lucida/ Wolfgang
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On 12-10-2011 11:16, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Am 12.10.2011 um 11:04 schrieb Mari Voipio:
Hello!
Encouraged by the recent User Meeting, I'm experimenting with sans serif fonts, trying to find something that I could use all over our documents (European languages) and that would be acceptable to the design people.
One of the possibilities would be Lucida, but I'm not having much success with it...
First I tried with the wiki,http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Lucida. The lucida.zip downloads and extracts nicely, but does not contain any .pfb files, so so much for that.
You have to buy them: http://tug.org/store/lucida/
best wait till the otf version is available (Mojca will probably announce that here some day soon) and forget about the type 1's 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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On 12-10-2011 11:22, luigi scarso wrote:
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Hans Hagen
wrote: best wait till the otf version is available (Mojca will probably announce that here some day soon) and forget about the type 1's Uh ... the otf version will be "free" ?
no, but relatively cheap and pretty complete ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Am 2011-10-12 um 11:04 schrieb Mari Voipio:
Encouraged by the recent User Meeting, I'm experimenting with sans serif fonts, trying to find something that I could use all over our documents (European languages) and that would be acceptable to the design people.
Besides Lucida you/they might like some of the newer Windows system fonts, like Calibri and Candara. Google Web fonts are another "known" source: http://www.google.com/webfonts Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)
participants (5)
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Hans Hagen
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Henning Hraban Ramm
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luigi scarso
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Mari Voipio
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Wolfgang Schuster