Thanks to Hans and Adam for the helpful advice. The code from Adam looked a bit daunting to me as a learner at first but when I changed [pzdr] to [uzdr] it worked fine. I attach the output from Adam's code which also includes his query about symb-run in a previous message. Hope this is of use. From the further discussion between them I hope I didn't open a can of worms. One last question. I did a search on the web for fleuron fonts and came up with a few interesting hits. To use these in Context is it a case of following the 'Texfont explained' and 'Fonts in Context' manuals? I think I have seen some 'My Way' (or is it 'This way'... well, 'Whatever way' ;>) ) on the Wiki about this as well. I realize this is not a trivial pursuit for a beginner but I would like to give it a try. Are there any pitfalls to look out for or should I just dive in? Thanks Keith Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.0 - Release Date: 30/05/2005
Keith McKay said this at Tue, 31 May 2005 20:16:19 +0100:
Thanks to Hans and Adam for the helpful advice. The code from Adam looked a bit daunting to me as a learner at first but when I changed [pzdr] to [uzdr] it worked fine.
Oh good. The available fonts and metrics (sadly) vary with every distribution, so that's a hard thing to get right. Sorry the code was dense. If you want it broken down and explained, let me know.
I attach the output from Adam's code which also includes his query about symb-run in a previous message. Hope this is of use. From the further discussion between them I hope I didn't open a can of worms.
The attachment was probably too big for the list--if you want another pair of eyes on it, feel free to send it off-list.
One last question. I did a search on the web for fleuron fonts and came up with a few interesting hits.
Yeah, I picked up the Fleurons of Hope recently, and have been thinking of interesting ways to use it in ConTeXt. http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/fontaid/fleurons-of-hope/
To use these in Context is it a case of following the 'Texfont explained' and 'Fonts in Context' manuals? I think I have seen some 'My Way' (or is it 'This way'... well, 'Whatever way' ;>) ) on the Wiki about this as well.
I think Bill McClain's page is a great place to start. My MyWays sort of pick up on topics after that.
I realize this is not a trivial pursuit for a beginner but I would like to give it a try. Are there any pitfalls to look out for or should I just dive in?
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Am 31.05.2005 um 23:48 schrieb Adam Lindsay:
Yeah, I picked up the Fleurons of Hope recently, and have been thinking of interesting ways to use it in ConTeXt.
Has someone looked at the free downloadable Web-O-Mints (both TrueType and Postscript: http://www.galapagosdesign.com/download/ index.html) or Fleurons.ttf (http://www.grsites.com/modperl/ fontview.cgi?dir=f&fn=FLEUR_TT), both very attractive lokking sets of traditional ornaments and border pieces? Regards, joachim -- Dr. Joachim Trinkwitz E-Mail: jtr@uni-bonn.de Germanistisches Seminar Tel.: 0228-737565 der Universität Bonn Fax: 0228-737479 Am Hof 1d, 53113 Bonn www.germanistik.uni-bonn.de
Am 31.05.2005 um 23:48 schrieb Adam Lindsay:
Yeah, I picked up the Fleurons of Hope recently, and have been thinking of interesting ways to use it in ConTeXt.
Has someone looked at the free downloadable Web-O-Mints (both TrueType and Postscript: http://www.galapagosdesign.com/download/ index.html) or Fleurons.ttf (http://www.grsites.com/modperl/ fontview.cgi?dir=f&fn=FLEUR_TT), both very attractive lokking sets of traditional ornaments and border pieces?
Regards, joachim Use WeBoMints all the time, especially character '4' for a
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Hi, I'm sure that i have seem a nice pdf (not msplit.pdf) with an example of colors transparencies and combinations. If i remember, there was 3 or 4 colored rectangles stacked at the first/second page of this pdf ... I have search on pragma site, but without results. Can somebody help me ? Thanks in advance luigi
luigi.scarso wrote:
Hi, I'm sure that i have seem a nice pdf (not msplit.pdf) with an example of colors transparencies and combinations. If i remember, there was 3 or 4 colored rectangles stacked at the first/second page of this pdf ... I have search on pragma site, but without results.
\setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor [luigi] [r=1,t=.5,a=1] \definecolor [scarso] [b=1,t=.5,a=1] \starttext \startTEXpage \blackrule[width=2cm,height=2cm,color=luigi]\hskip-1cm \blackrule[width=2cm,height=2cm,color=scarso] \stopTEXpage \stoptext since you could not find the trick ... this looks wikiable to me 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
At 12:44 PM 7/13/2005, Hans Hagen wrote:
\setupcolors[state=start]
\definecolor [luigi] [r=1,t=.5,a=1] \definecolor [scarso] [b=1,t=.5,a=1]
\starttext
\startTEXpage \blackrule[width=2cm,height=2cm,color=luigi]\hskip-1cm \blackrule[width=2cm,height=2cm,color=scarso] \stopTEXpage
\stoptext
since you could not find the trick ... this looks wikiable to me
I've added it to http://contextgarden.net/index.php?title=Colors. - Brooks
Brooks Moses wrote:
I've added it to http://contextgarden.net/index.php?title=Colors.
- Brooks
Really good; thanks. Some pdfs: 1. rgb-cmyk.pdf 2. cmyk-rgb.pdf 3. art-colo.pdf 4. msplit.pdf 5. metafun-s.pdf, Special effects, pag 317 6. mag-0006.pdf 7. cont-eni.pdf, Color and background luigi
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