Re: [NTG-context] Zapf Dingbats font
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Ok, thanks Luigi. This is how I sorted it out, hope it may help someone. It looks like I should write a typescript and a symbol definition file, but I new to this and don't know how to do it yet. This is a workaround for the meantime: - Download the free True Type font "Zapf Dingbats BT" from http://www.ufonts.com/fonts/zapf-dingbats-bt.html - You should have got the file ufonts.com_zapf-dingbats-bt-2.ttf or an EXE file -an installer- - In windows 7 it may be installed by clicking "install" -context menu, right mouse click- - Generate Context font database: mtxrun --script fonts --reload - Check it's been read: mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=zapf* - You should have several lines like "zapfdingbatsbt zapfdingbatsitcbybtregular c:/windows/fonts/ufonts.com_zapf-dingbats-bt-2.ttf" - Finally this is how I get the characters I need: \definefont[zapfdingbats][ufonts.com_zapf-dingbats-bt-2.ttf at 10pt] \starttext Testing: {\zapfdingbats \char109} %shadowed white circle \stoptext
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On Jun 3, 2012, at 3:04 AM, Alfredo Catalina wrote:
This is a workaround for the meantime:
- Download the free True Type font "Zapf Dingbats BT" from http://www.....com/fonts/zapf-dingbats-bt.html
Beware of sites like this. There are many commercial fonts there. Steve
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On 3-6-2012 09:04, Alfredo Catalina wrote:
Ok, thanks Luigi.
This is how I sorted it out, hope it may help someone. It looks like I should write a typescript and a symbol definition file, but I new to this and don't know how to do it yet.
This is a workaround for the meantime:
- Download the free True Type font "Zapf Dingbats BT" from http://www.ufonts.com/fonts/zapf-dingbats-bt.html - You should have got the file ufonts.com_zapf-dingbats-bt-2.ttf or an EXE file -an installer- - In windows 7 it may be installed by clicking "install" -context menu, right mouse click- - Generate Context font database:
mtxrun --script fonts --reload
- Check it's been read:
mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=zapf*
- You should have several lines like "zapfdingbatsbt zapfdingbatsitcbybtregular c:/windows/fonts/ufonts.com_zapf-dingbats-bt-2.ttf" - Finally this is how I get the characters I need:
\definefont[zapfdingbats][ufonts.com_zapf-dingbats-bt-2.ttf at 10pt]
\starttext
Testing: {\zapfdingbats \char109} %shadowed white circle
\stoptext
in the distrubution from the contextgarden \definefont[zapfdingbats][ZapfDingbats] should work as well Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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On 4-6-2012 10:52, Alfredo Catalina wrote:
mmm, does it mean that a ZapfDingbats.* font file is present in the distribution??
yes, but under the name 'uzdr' Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Hans Hagen
On 4-6-2012 10:52, Alfredo Catalina wrote:
mmm, does it mean that a ZapfDingbats.* font file is present in the distribution??
yes, but under the name 'uzdr'
There is the typescript, but not the afm/pfb/pfm files; they are at the ctan ( see for example http://www.tex.ac.uk/ctan/fonts/urw/base35/ ) -- luigi
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On 4-6-2012 11:33, luigi scarso wrote:
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Hans Hagen
wrote: On 4-6-2012 10:52, Alfredo Catalina wrote:
mmm, does it mean that a ZapfDingbats.* font file is present in the distribution??
yes, but under the name 'uzdr'
There is the typescript, but not the afm/pfb/pfm files; they are at the ctan ( see for example http://www.tex.ac.uk/ctan/fonts/urw/base35/ )
hm, they are supposed to be in the distribution Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Hans Hagen
On 4-6-2012 11:33, luigi scarso wrote:
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Hans Hagen
wrote: On 4-6-2012 10:52, Alfredo Catalina wrote:
mmm, does it mean that a ZapfDingbats.* font file is present in the distribution??
yes, but under the name 'uzdr'
There is the typescript, but not the afm/pfb/pfm files; they are at the ctan ( see for example http://www.tex.ac.uk/ctan/fonts/urw/base35/ )
hm, they are supposed to be in the distribution I haven't them in my standalone, and I don't see them in http://dl.contextgarden.net/modules/
-- luigi
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Alfredo Catalina
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Hans Hagen
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luigi scarso
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Steve Peter