Hi, I'm trying to write my own OpenType installation script. So far I have run otftotfm to install my fonts and create tfm files. Now I need to generate a typescript files, but the documentation I've read sofar puzzles me. >From a base font "AGaramond-Pro" containing three weights: - Regular - Semibold - Bold I generate two versions: - tabular lining figures - proportional old style figures Except for non-italic variants of Regular and Semibold which have two additional versions: - small caps + proportional old style figures - caps to small caps + small caps + proportional old style figures How should I write my typescript so I can easily choose between the versions of the fonts? Regards, Pascal de Bruijn -- http://blog.pcode.nl/ http://www.linkselente.nl/
Hi Pascal,
How should I write my typescript so I can easily choose between the versions of the fonts?
Does this help: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Font_Variants ? Patrick
On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 19:34 +0200, Patrick Gundlach wrote:
Hi Pascal,
How should I write my typescript so I can easily choose between the versions of the fonts?
Does this help:
Hmm I think so. I'll give it a shot. Thanks. -- http://blog.pcode.nl/ http://www.linkselente.nl/
Pascal de Bruijn wrote:
I generate two versions: - tabular lining figures - proportional old style figures
if you want to to such things ... use xetex or luatex ... less work that way since then you can control things with features 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 Sun, 2007-08-12 at 19:45 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
Pascal de Bruijn wrote:
I generate two versions: - tabular lining figures - proportional old style figures
if you want to to such things ... use xetex or luatex ... less work that way since then you can control things with features
XeTeX isn't really an option since it's missing the microtype extensions which is really do want. I still haven't got LuaTeX running properly. Something I wonder about is why all those installation instructions weren't executed before creating the tarballs. I understand this is a beta. But making the installation less complex might get you more testers. I should probably reread the docs, and put some more effort into it. Regards, Pascal de Bruijn -- http://blog.pcode.nl/ http://www.linkselente.nl/
Pascal de Bruijn wrote:
I still haven't got LuaTeX running properly. Something I wonder about is why all those installation instructions weren't executed before creating the tarballs.
well, taco and i and a few others have mkiv running fro quite a while no (before it went beta) ... the problem is that we cannot foresee how users have set up their system the biggest issue is that (1) luatex needs a cache path and users may have conflicting demands (2) luatex needs lua code to start up and therefore be ablt to find it
I understand this is a beta. But making the installation less complex might get you more testers.
well, once it runt it runs ... tex has never been easy to install and we cannot change everything at once
I should probably reread the docs, and put some more effort into it.
guess so 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 Sun, 2007-08-12 at 21:12 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
Pascal de Bruijn wrote:
I still haven't got LuaTeX running properly. Something I wonder about is why all those installation instructions weren't executed before creating the tarballs.
well, taco and i and a few others have mkiv running fro quite a while no (before it went beta) ... the problem is that we cannot foresee how users have set up their system
I understand... Hiring a psychic probably isn't an option. However if you take a look at TeX live, you'll see that they just deliver almost everything them selves... So why not include lua and lcdf-typetools precompiled with ConTeXt. Have everything statically compiled so it'll just work. This isn't pretty... But it'll work...
the biggest issue is that
(1) luatex needs a cache path and users may have conflicting demands (2) luatex needs lua code to start up and therefore be ablt to find it
I understand this is a beta. But making the installation less complex might get you more testers.
well, once it runt it runs ... tex has never been easy to install and we cannot change everything at once
True...
I should probably reread the docs, and put some more effort into it.
guess so
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