Finding Minion and Myriad

john Culleton

29 Sep 2011 29 Sep '11

9:10 a.m.

These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX and got the two fonts listed in the font database. I put the following in my MKIV context file: ... \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] % %\whitespace[line] \usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging] \setupbodyfont[minionproregular,14pt] ... Now I get a new error message: ------------------------- mtx-context.lua:675: attempt to call field 'locate_format' (a nil value) Any suggestions? -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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luigi scarso

29 Sep 29 Sep

9:12 a.m.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, john Culleton wrote:

...

These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX and got the two fonts listed in the font database.

I put the following in my MKIV context file: ... \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] %

%\whitespace[line]

\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging] \setupbodyfont[minionproregular,14pt] ... Now I get a new error message: ------------------------- mtx-context.lua:675: attempt to call field 'locate_format' (a nil value)

Any suggestions?

which context version ? -- luigi

john Culleton

9:38 a.m.

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:12:07 +0200 luigi scarso wrote:

...

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, john Culleton wrote:

...
These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX and got the two fonts listed in the font database.

I put the following in my MKIV context file: ... \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] %

%\whitespace[line]

\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging] \setupbodyfont[minionproregular,14pt] ... Now I get a new error message: ------------------------- mtx-context.lua:675: attempt to call field 'locate_format' (a nil value)

Any suggestions?

which context version ? 2011.05.18 18:04

As delivered with TeXLive 2011. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

luigi scarso

10:13 a.m.

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On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:12:07 +0200 luigi scarso wrote:

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, john Culleton wrote:

...
These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX and got the two fonts listed in the font database.

I put the following in my MKIV context file: ... \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] %

%\whitespace[line]

\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging] \setupbodyfont[minionproregular,14pt] ... Now I get a new error message: ------------------------- mtx-context.lua:675: attempt to call field 'locate_format' (a nil value)

Any suggestions?

which context version ? 2011.05.18 18:04

As delivered with TeXLive 2011. hm, quite old but possible right. Can you try 1)mkdir texmf-project/test 2)## copy Minion fonts onto texmf-project/test

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM, john Culleton wrote: 3) cd texmf-project/test 4) mtxrun --script fonts --reload 5) mtxrun --generate 6) context test.tex where test.tex is \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] % %\whitespace[line] \usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext in latest suite is ok. -- luigi

Wolfgang Schuster

10:32 a.m.

Am 29.09.2011 um 18:13 schrieb luigi scarso:

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\setmainfont[minionproregular] %

Use “Minion Pro” (could also be lowercase and without spaces) but not “minionproregular” because simplefonts can’t then find the italic and bold styles.

...

\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure]

This is MkII, for MkIV overload the default set with “\definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality]”. Wolfgang

john Culleton

10:41 a.m.

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:13:12 +0200 luigi scarso wrote:

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On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:12:07 +0200 luigi scarso wrote:

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, john Culleton wrote:

...
These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX and got the two fonts listed in the font database.

I put the following in my MKIV context file: ... \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] %

%\whitespace[line]

\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging] \setupbodyfont[minionproregular,14pt] ... Now I get a new error message: ------------------------- mtx-context.lua:675: attempt to call field 'locate_format' (a nil value)

Any suggestions?

which context version ? 2011.05.18 18:04

As delivered with TeXLive 2011. hm, quite old but possible right. Can you try 1)mkdir texmf-project/test 2)## copy Minion fonts onto texmf-project/test

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM, john Culleton wrote: 3) cd texmf-project/test 4) mtxrun --script fonts --reload 5) mtxrun --generate 6) context test.tex where test.tex is

\usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] %

%\whitespace[line]

\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging]

\starttext

\input knuth

\stoptext

in latest suite is ok.

Now that works! The error message went away. The program compiles a pdf file using the Minion Pro font. But the same test.tex program in the parent directory came up with the same error. So long as I run context etc. in that new directory, including my own document book.tex I get good results. When I move to another directory the world goes crazy again. I am ready for your next instruction, Sensei Luigi :<) -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

luigi scarso

11:54 a.m.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:41 PM, john Culleton  wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:13:12 +0200
> luigi scarso  wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM, john Culleton
>>  wrote:
>> > On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:12:07 +0200
>> > luigi scarso  wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, john Culleton
>> >>  wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF.
>> >> > In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir.
>> >> > I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font.
>> >> > I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:
>> >> >
>> >> > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX
>> >> > and got the two fonts listed in the font database.
>> >> >
>> >> > I put the following in my MKIV context file:
>> >> > ...
>> >> > \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module
>> >> > \setmainfont[minionproregular] %
>> >> >
>> >> > %\whitespace[line]
>> >> >
>> >> > \usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure]
>> >> > \setupalign[hanging]
>> >> > \setupbodyfont[minionproregular,14pt]
>> >> > ...
>> >> > Now I get a new error message:
>> >> > -------------------------
>> >> > mtx-context.lua:675: attempt to call field 'locate_format' (a nil
>> >> > value)
>> >> >
>> >> > Any suggestions?
>> >> which context version ?
>> > 2011.05.18 18:04
>> >
>> > As delivered with TeXLive 2011.
>> hm, quite old but possible right.
>> Can you try
>> 1)mkdir texmf-project/test
>> 2)## copy Minion  fonts onto texmf-project/test
>> 3) cd texmf-project/test
>> 4) mtxrun --script fonts --reload
>> 5) mtxrun --generate
>> 6) context test.tex
>> where test.tex is
>>
>> \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module
>> \setmainfont[minionproregular] %
>>
>> %\whitespace[line]
>>
>> \usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure]
>> \setupalign[hanging]
>>
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \input knuth
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>> in latest suite is ok.
>
> Now that works! The error message went away. The program compiles a pdf
> file using the Minion Pro font.  But the same test.tex program in the
> parent directory came up with the same error. So long as I run context
> etc. in that new directory,  including my own document book.tex
> I get good results. When I move to another directory the world goes
> crazy again.
>
> I am ready for your next instruction, Sensei Luigi :<)
:-)
not so soon -- it's dinner time here
anyway --- apart the notes from wolfgang, and assuming the suite  aka
standalone aka minimals installation
you can
1) copy the minion font in
tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/adobe/minion
2) mtxrun --script fonts --reload
3) mtxrun --generate
4) try context test.tex in a folder without the fonts, just to check
that it's ok

The location can vary, but I like this one ; as Wolfgang said,
 test.tex is a mix of mkiv and mkii and you should use

\setmainfont[minionpro]
instead of
\setmainfont[minionproregular] %
and
\definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality]
instead of
\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure]
-- 
luigi

Wolfgang Schuster

9:19 a.m.

Am 29.09.2011 um 17:10 schrieb john Culleton:

...

These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX and got the two fonts listed in the font database.

I put the following in my MKIV context file: ... \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] %

%\whitespace[line]

\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging] \setupbodyfont[minionproregular,14pt]

To use the fonts which are shipped with Adobe Reader you can use two different methods. Method 1: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Minion Pro][protrusion=quality] \setupalign[hanging] \starttext\showframe \input tufte \stoptext Method 2: \usetypescriptfile[type-adobe] \definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality] \setupbodyfont[minion] \setupalign[hanging] \starttext\showframe \input tufte \stoptext Wolfgang

Alan Braslau

9:54 a.m.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 05:19:27PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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To use the fonts which are shipped with Adobe Reader you can use two different methods.

Method 1:

\usemodule[simplefonts]

\setmainfont[Minion Pro][protrusion=quality]

\setupalign[hanging]

\starttext\showframe \input tufte \stoptext

Method 2:

\usetypescriptfile[type-adobe]

\definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality]

\setupbodyfont[minion]

\setupalign[hanging]

\starttext\showframe \input tufte \stoptext

Wolfgang

Please note that the path to the Adobe fonts must be included in the environment. On my system, this works if I have: export OSFONTDIR="$HOME/.fonts;/usr/local/share/fonts;/usr/local/Adobe/Reader9/ENU/Adobe/Reader9/Resource/Font/" Alan

john Culleton

10:19 a.m.

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:19:27 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Am 29.09.2011 um 17:10 schrieb john Culleton:

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These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX and got the two fonts listed in the font database.

I put the following in my MKIV context file: ... \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] %

%\whitespace[line]

\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging] \setupbodyfont[minionproregular,14pt]

To use the fonts which are shipped with Adobe Reader you can use two different methods.

Method 1:

\usemodule[simplefonts]

\setmainfont[Minion Pro][protrusion=quality]

\setupalign[hanging]

\starttext\showframe \input tufte \stoptext

Put that exact text in a file test.tex, ran context test.tex and got the same error message: mtx-context.lua:675: attempt to call field 'locate_format' (a nil value) This message cropped up after I ran some of the scripts in the wiki. I seem to have messed something up in that process. Unless I receive other directions here I am considering reinstalling texlive-2011. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

luigi scarso

10:22 a.m.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:19 PM, john Culleton wrote:

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On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:19:27 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Am 29.09.2011 um 17:10 schrieb john Culleton:

...
These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX and got the two fonts listed in the font database.

I put the following in my MKIV context file: ... \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] %

%\whitespace[line]

\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging] \setupbodyfont[minionproregular,14pt]

To use the fonts which are shipped with Adobe Reader you can use two different methods.

Method 1:

\usemodule[simplefonts]

\setmainfont[Minion Pro][protrusion=quality]

\setupalign[hanging]

\starttext\showframe \input tufte \stoptext

Put that exact text in a file test.tex, ran context test.tex and got the same error message: mtx-context.lua:675: attempt to call field 'locate_format' (a nil value)

This message cropped up after I ran some of the scripts in the wiki. I seem to have messed something up in that process.

Unless I receive other directions here I am considering reinstalling texlive-2011. I strongly suggest to you to install latest suite (was standalone was minimals ) into a separate dir (ie /opt/luatex/suite-2011-09-29) and eventually copy the fonts you need into that folder. You can always use the TeXLive in a separate shell -- luigi

john Culleton

1:07 p.m.

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:22:17 +0200 luigi scarso wrote:

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:19 PM, john Culleton wrote:

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On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:19:27 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Am 29.09.2011 um 17:10 schrieb john Culleton:

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These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX and got the two fonts listed in the font database.

I put the following in my MKIV context file: ... \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[minionproregular] %

%\whitespace[line]

\usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] \setupalign[hanging] \setupbodyfont[minionproregular,14pt]

To use the fonts which are shipped with Adobe Reader you can use two different methods.

Method 1:

\usemodule[simplefonts]

\setmainfont[Minion Pro][protrusion=quality]

\setupalign[hanging]

\starttext\showframe \input tufte \stoptext

Put that exact text in a file test.tex, ran context test.tex and got the same error message: mtx-context.lua:675: attempt to call field 'locate_format' (a nil value)

This message cropped up after I ran some of the scripts in the wiki. I seem to have messed something up in that process.

Unless I receive other directions here I am considering reinstalling texlive-2011. I strongly suggest to you to install latest suite (was standalone was minimals ) into a separate dir (ie /opt/luatex/suite-2011-09-29) and eventually copy the fonts you need into that folder. You can always use the TeXLive in a separate shell

OK. Can you give me the url that points to the latest Context suite? The offerings I see are dated 2010 etc. I run Slackware Linux 13.37. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

Wolfgang Schuster

1:07 p.m.

Am 29.09.2011 um 21:07 schrieb john Culleton:

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OK. Can you give me the url that points to the latest Context suite? The offerings I see are dated 2010 etc. I run Slackware Linux 13.37.

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone Wolfgang

john Culleton

2:29 p.m.

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:07:08 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Am 29.09.2011 um 21:07 schrieb john Culleton:

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OK. Can you give me the url that points to the latest Context suite? The offerings I see are dated 2010 etc. I run Slackware Linux 13.37.

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone

Wolfgang

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Excellent. Now if there is a way to make Myriad the font of choice for sans-serif I will be deliriously happy. And I promise not to bother the list for a while. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

Wolfgang Schuster

2:36 p.m.

Am 29.09.2011 um 22:29 schrieb john Culleton:

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Excellent. Now if there is a way to make Myriad the font of choice for sans-serif I will be deliriously happy.

\usetypescriptfile[type-adobe] \setupbodyfont[minion] \starttext Minion Pro and \ss Myriad Pro \stoptext or \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Minion Pro] \setsansfont[Myriad Pro] \starttext Minion Pro and \ss Myriad Pro \stoptext Wolfgang

john Culleton

3 Oct 3 Oct

2:04 p.m.

On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:36:02 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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\usemodule[simplefonts]

\setmainfont[Minion Pro] \setsansfont[Myriad Pro]

\starttext Minion Pro and \ss Myriad Pro \stoptext

Wolfgang

That woks fine so long as the fonts in play are located in the same directory as the context source file. For future reference, how do I get MKIV to find fonts that are in /usr/share/fonts? I use Slackware Linux. I have a recent context distro located in my home directory. My run script is: -------------------------------- source /home/safe/context/tex/setuptex /home/safe/context/tex source /home/safe/context/tex/setuptex context $1 -------------------------------------------------------------- -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

Wolfgang Schuster

2:11 p.m.

Am 03.10.2011 um 22:04 schrieb john Culleton:

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For future reference, how do I get MKIV to find fonts that are in /usr/share/fonts?

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX#Building_the_font_database http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone#Font-Dir Wolfgang

john Culleton

5:29 p.m.

On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 22:11:36 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Am 03.10.2011 um 22:04 schrieb john Culleton:

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For future reference, how do I get MKIV to find fonts that are in /usr/share/fonts?

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX#Building_the_font_database http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone#Font-Dir

Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

___________________________________________________________________________________

Are you stating that I need a system-wide installation to get MKIV to find fonts in /usr/share/fonts? -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

Mojca Miklavec

5:29 p.m.

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 01:29, john Culleton wrote:

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Are you stating that I need a system-wide installation to get MKIV to find fonts in /usr/share/fonts?

It should be enough to set OSFONTDIR or FONTCONFIG_PATH (which should point to folder where your distribution has the fonts.conf file). Mojca

luigi scarso

4 Oct 4 Oct

2:20 a.m.

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:29 AM, john Culleton wrote:

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Are you stating that I need a system-wide installation to get MKIV to find fonts in /usr/share/fonts? It's better to keep separate "system fonts" from ConTeXt. Some fonts can be updated/moved when the system make an upgrade, different OS have different font paths and so on. Almost all of the time the better solution is to keep the fonts under texmf-project: you project will survive if you change Linux release/distro or pass to Windows/MacOS.

-- luigi

luigi scarso

30 Sep 30 Sep

1:31 a.m.

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:29 PM, john Culleton wrote:

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On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:07:08 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:

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Am 29.09.2011 um 21:07 schrieb john Culleton:

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OK. Can you give me the url that points to the latest Context suite? The offerings I see are dated 2010 etc. I run Slackware Linux 13.37.

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone

Wolfgang

___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________

Excellent. Now if there is a way to make Myriad the font of choice for sans-serif I will be deliriously happy. And I promise not to bother the list for a while.

-- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________

An important note: if you install you fonts under texmf-project e.g tex/texmf-project/fonts/adobe/minion tex/texmf-project/fonts/adobe/myriad then every time you update the suite, the fonts stay here. If you put your fonts under tex/texmf/fonts/opentype i.e tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/adobe/minion as I suggested on a prev. email then every time you update the suite, the fonts *will be deleted* . This is because the way operate rsynch is to "synch" the folders but not tex/texmf-project On the other side, the locations are good if you will not update the suite --- that to say, if you have another project just download another suite . So we can have for example project1 => /opt/luatex/suite-2011-09-20-prj1 project2 => /opt/luatex/suite-2011-09-30-prj2 and so on or project1 => /opt/luatex/suite-2011-09-20/tex/texmf-project/prj1 project2 => /opt/luatex/suite-2011-09-20/tex/texmf-project/prj2 -- luigi

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