how to include sans, bold and size in \setuptab[headstyle=???]
Hello, I have the following MWE: \starttext \setuptab[headstyle=ssbfb] \tab{foo} \input knuth \par \stoptext Here, the headstyle specifies a sans font with boldface style, at 1.44 times the current bodyfont size. However, I want to be able to specify an absolute point size, instead of a relative size. I tried variations like \setuptab[headstyle=18pt] but that has no effect: the size remains 12pt, or whatever the default is. If I use \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[18pt]}] then the size takes effect (for the key only, which is what I want). I can combine that with sans: \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[ss, 18pt]}] and that works. But how to mix in boldface? \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[ssbf, 18pt]}] doesn't give sans boldface, but reverts to a serif, non-bold style (at 18pt size). \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[ss, bf, 18pt]}] gives the same results. I finally tried \setuptab[headstyle={\ssbf \switchtobodyfont[18pt]}] and that works! But it seems clunky: it looks like it requires two font switches, which I'm told makes things slower. And I can't help wondering if I'm missing some simpler way. Is there a more efficient or elegant way to do this? Thanks, Lars
Lars Huttar mailto:lars_huttar@sil.org 11. November 2013 18:00 Hello, I have the following MWE: \starttext
\setuptab[headstyle=ssbfb]
\setuptab[headstyle=\ssbfb]
\tab{foo} \input knuth \par
\stoptext
Here, the headstyle specifies a sans font with boldface style, at 1.44 times the current bodyfont size.
However, I want to be able to specify an absolute point size, instead of a relative size.
I tried variations like
\setuptab[headstyle=18pt]
but that has no effect: the size remains 12pt, or whatever the default is.
If I use \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[18pt]}]
then the size takes effect (for the key only, which is what I want). I can combine that with sans: \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[ss, 18pt]}]
and that works.
But how to mix in boldface? \setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[ssbf, 18pt]}]
doesn't give sans boldface, but reverts to a serif, non-bold style (at 18pt size).
\setuptab[headstyle={\switchtobodyfont[ss, bf, 18pt]}]
gives the same results.
I finally tried
\setuptab[headstyle={\ssbf \switchtobodyfont[18pt]}]
and that works! But it seems clunky: it looks like it requires two font switches, which I'm told makes things slower.
And I can't help wondering if I'm missing some simpler way. Is there a more efficient or elegant way to do this?
\definefont[BigBoldSans][SansBold at 18pt] \setuptab[headstyle=BigBoldSans] Wolfgang
On 11/11/2013 12:27 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Lars Huttar mailto:lars_huttar@sil.org 11. November 2013 18:00 I finally tried
\setuptab[headstyle={\ssbf \switchtobodyfont[18pt]}]
and that works! But it seems clunky: it looks like it requires two font switches, which I'm told makes things slower.
And I can't help wondering if I'm missing some simpler way. Is there a more efficient or elegant way to do this?
\definefont[BigBoldSans][SansBold at 18pt]
\setuptab[headstyle=BigBoldSans]
OK, but in order to use this systematically, I would have to have a \definefont for every potential combination of font style (serif/sans), alternative (bold/italic/etc.), and size that will get used in the document. In a large, complex book, that extra layer of indirection seems unattractive. But maybe there's no better way to do it. Lars
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