Dear Knights of the TeX Table, In an ongoing discussion about OpenType TeX came up and i just added a blurb about ConTeXt. The overall discussion may be interesting to some of you so here it is: http://typophile.com/node/16838 The comments on TeX and ConTeXt are near the end of the second page: http://typophile.com/node/16838?from=50&comments_per_page=50 Also, if someone has time, there is a ConTeXt wiki item that needs editing... http://typophile.com/wiki/ConTeXt Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
A font problem -- again. I am so sorry. I try to use the URW postscript fonts with the stand-alone mswincontext.zip distribution. Everything else seems to work fine, but when I say: \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript[pos][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[pos,11pt] I get a bunch of complaints from Acroread, and it uses Helvetica everywhere. (The same happens with Postscript instead of pos.) The reason is rather clear, the log has the following rows: Warning: pdfetex.exe (file ptmb8y): Font ptmb8y at 79 not found Warning: pdfetex.exe (file pcrr8y): Font pcrr8y at 55 not found Warning: pdfetex.exe (file pcrr8y): Font pcrr8y at 86 not found etc. So, the system tries to find the Adobe fonts which I do not have. Their URW counterparts are included in the stand-alone distribution, but the system does not seem to look for the u***** fonts. I do not claim to understand the complete font mess, but ConTeXt seems to get the right map files: fonts : resetting map file list fonts : using map file: original-base fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm fonts : using map file: ec-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-public-lm fonts : using map file: texnansi-base fonts : using map file: texnansi-urw-times fonts : using map file: original-youngryu-tx fonts : using map file: texnansi-urw-helvetica fonts : using map file: texnansi-urw-courier What goes wrong? I am using the newest mswincontext.zip downloaded just a half an hour ago, the log says: ConTeXt ver: 2006.01.09 fmt: 2006.1.9 int: english mes: english Thanks for all hints. And once again, sorry for spamming the list with YAFP (Yet Another Font Problem). - Ville
Ville Voipio wrote:
A font problem -- again. I am so sorry.
I try to use the URW postscript fonts with the stand-alone mswincontext.zip distribution. Everything else seems to work fine, but when I say:
\usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript[pos][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[pos,11pt]
Try the next two lines instead of those three lines: \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[postscript,11pt] That's what works for me, at least (but I am not on windows) Cheers, Taco
Try the next two lines instead of those three lines:
\usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[postscript,11pt]
Thank you, thank you, thank you! The problem was not the difference between pos and postscript (they seem to be synonyms, both work) but the magic row: \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] This one seems to instruct ConTeXt to use the real Adobe fonts. I tried almost every other combination but did not remove the row which says "Adobe". Stupid me. However, the magic row with "adobekb" is present in almost all examples I've seen. And yet very few people have the real Adobe fonts. So, possibly this should be noted somewhere. (Anyway, what is the \usetypescript[adobekb] supposed to do?) - Ville
Ville Voipio wrote:
However, the magic row with "adobekb" is present in almost all examples I've seen. And yet very few people have the real Adobe fonts. So, possibly this should be noted somewhere.
The problem *should* go away after the next update of the context distribution. (I have no problems with that extra line here. But then, I do not use mswincontext.zip and always have the very latest release)
(Anyway, what is the \usetypescript[adobekb] supposed to do?)
It is (was, actually) supposed to switch from texfont-generated metric files (ec-utmr8t) to fontinst-generated metrics (ptmr8t). Since that is the default nowadays the command has become obsolete. Cheers, Taco
Am 2006-01-18 um 17:58 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid:
Also, if someone has time, there is a ConTeXt wiki item that needs editing... http://typophile.com/wiki/ConTeXt
As you seem to be active at typophile.com, why don't you just add there a link to the garden? Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:41:57 -0700, Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2006-01-18 um 17:58 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid:
Also, if someone has time, there is a ConTeXt wiki item that needs editing... http://typophile.com/wiki/ConTeXt
As you seem to be active at typophile.com, why don't you just add there a link to the garden?
Done-) Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
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