Thank you Patrick... I am my distributor maintainer. I installed linux in my pc box less than a year ago, and I see font files everywhere (X directory fonts, TeX directory fonts, TrueType, OpenType, Type1, etc...) but don't know if they are accessible from Context. what is the "local guide" you refer to? Wouldn't it be nice to have a command in Context like: \listavailablefonts [type1 | truetype | ... | all] or \listavailablefamilyfonts [] ... and another to check whether a font is properly installed (that is, whether it has \bf, \it, \sc, math, etc), like: \checkfont [fontname] Luigi, thank you. I've read the outdated documents you suggested, but still ... Ciro --- Patrick Gundlach wrote:

Hello Ciro,

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Okay, this business of fonts/files/names/encoding/etc is really difficult to understand for me.

welcome to the club ;-)

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I have a simple question. How do I list all fonts I have available to use in ConTeXt in the machine/system I have? Is there a file where I can see the names of all these fonts?

This should be stated in your local guide. If not, complain to the distribution maintainer.

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And is there a template file or a command to display the entire set of characters once I know the name of fonts?

\showfont[Serif]

and alike.

Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context