On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:18:25 +0100 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

Am 26.02.2013 um 00:00 schrieb john Culleton :

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Some time back Wolfgang advised me to use statements like this: \definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp]

I cannot find what the *default parameter does. Can someone educate me?

When you use a font in MkIV you have to specify which features of the font should be enabled/disabled, to do this you define first a list for them with the \definefontfeature command, e.g.

\definefontfeature[myfeatures][liga=yes,onum=yes,___]

For the main fonts in the document which are loaded with \setupbodyfont these settings are applied in the typescripts, e.g.

\defintfontsynonym[Serif][MyRegularFont][features=myfeatures]

but when you load a single font with \definefont you apply the list as argument to the font name after the asterisk.

When you want only a bigger version of the serif or sans version of your document you can say \definefont[SansBold at 70bp] without applying the list of features because the are already set in the typescripts.

Wolfgang

Is there a document or documents whare all this knowledge is dispensed? I hesitate to trouble you with a string of questions, one by one. Right now the two critical files are: \input formatting.tex ----------------------------------------------- \usemodule [simplefonts] \definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp] \definefont [subtitle][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 25bp] \definefont [gauthor][MinionPro-Regular*default at 25bp] ----------------------------------------------- followed by: \input title.tex --------------------------------------------- \startstandardmakeup[align=middle] \startstyle[titlefont] Classic COBOL \stopstyle \vfil \style[subtitle]{A Concise Guide} \vfil \null \vfil \style[gauthor]{John Culleton} \vfil \style[subtitle]{Wexford Press} \stopstandardmakeup -------------------------------- And the error messages indicate that MKIV cannot find those otf files but they exist in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. The run completes but other fonts and sizes are used for the title page. -- John Culleton Wexford Press

On 2013–02–26 john Culleton wrote:

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files but they exist in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. The run completes but other fonts and sizes are used for the title page.

Solved my problem the ugly way. I moved the fonts to the directory where I was compiling the document. Added otf suffix to the \definefont file names. Now MKIV can find the fonts.

A better solution is of course welcome.

∙ Did you set OSFONTDIR? ∙ Does OSFONTDIR include /usr/share/fonts/OTF? ∙ Did you run mtxrun -script fonts -reload? ∙ Do these commands return the fonts? mtxrun -script fonts -list -all minion mtxrun -script fonts -list -all myriad Marco

Am 26.02.2013 um 16:04 schrieb john Culleton :

I hesitate to trouble you with a string of questions, one by one. Right now the two critical files are: \input formatting.tex -----------------------------------------------

\usemodule [simplefonts] \definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp] \definefont [subtitle][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 25bp] \definefont [gauthor][MinionPro-Regular*default at 25bp] -----------------------------------------------

\startenvironment[formatting] \usemodule [simplefonts] \definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp] \definefont [subtitle][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 25bp] \definefont [gauthor][MinionPro-Regular*default at 25bp] \stopenvironment

followed by: \input title.tex

\component[title]

--------------------------------------------- \startstandardmakeup[align=middle]

\startstyle[titlefont] Classic COBOL \stopstyle

\vfil

\style[subtitle]{A Concise Guide}

\vfil \null \vfil \style[gauthor]{John Culleton} \vfil \style[subtitle]{Wexford Press} \stopstandardmakeup --------------------------------

\environment[formatting] \startcomponent[title] \startstandardmakeup[align=middle] … \stopstandardmakeup \stopcomponent When you use \startcomponent etc. you can compile individual parts of your document whig is faster when you want to check the content of them. Wolfgang