Magazine: OpenType Pro fonts in ConTeXt
Hi ConTeXters. I've finally documented some font support macros and typescripts that I've been working on. I collected the ideas in a MyWay magazine: http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/OpenType.pdf (782 Kb) The companion files are on the site as well: http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/OpenType.zip (25 Kb) A web page to hold all this stuff is forthcoming. The best way to describe what it does is with the abstract: This is a summary of issues encountered and solutions implemented in order to support some advanced OpenType features in ConTeXt. This article describes an accompanying package that addresses installation (using TeXFont), accommodating extended opticals families, and some ``pro'' font features. The extended character set afforded by pro fonts enables support for comprehensive small caps, old-style figures, and the use of greek glyphs to give workable math fonts. Although the typescripts and commands are described together, certain features (like variant encodings for TeXFont and the idiosyncratic method for creating new math fonts) can be used independently of the other features described. I hope this proves interesting, if not useful, to others. Cheers, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
At 18:21 08/05/2003 +0100, Adam Lindsay wrote:
Hi ConTeXters.
I've finally documented some font support macros and typescripts that I've been working on. I collected the ideas in a MyWay magazine:
ah, very nice! this reminds me that Willy has to publish His Way (tables) also -) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 04:10 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
At 18:21 08/05/2003 +0100, Adam Lindsay wrote:
Hi ConTeXters.
I've finally documented some font support macros and typescripts that I've been working on. I collected the ideas in a MyWay magazine:
ah, very nice!
Yes indeed! I've privately congratulated Adam on this, but I'd like to so publicly. Really nicely done. Hans, it would be really nice if you could distribute Adam's extended version of texfont with the regular distribution. Also, would be great to see the command I earlier asked for (but is beyond my skills to figure out myself) to have a style switch for footnote marks to enable use of a special superior digit variant. :-) Bruce
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Adam Lindsay
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Bruce D'Arcus
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Hans Hagen
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Willi Egger