problem with Persian feature
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Dear All, Hello, I am completely new to ConTeXt and after searching and exploring the ConTeXt Garden wiki pages and other resources thoroughly, I decided to write my first document in Persian which reads: \enableregime [utf-8] \definefontfeature [persian] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes,liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,clig=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes,kern=yes,curs=yes] \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial][feature=persian] \mainlanguage[pe] \setupbodyfont[arial,12pt] \starttext \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT این یک آزمایش است. \pagedir TLT\bodydir TLT\pardir TLT\textdir TLT This is a test. \stoptext As there are some UTF-8 characters in the document I have attached the document to this message too. The problem is that on my system the Persian part of the output is a set of Persian Isolated characters, but on http://live.contextgarden.net the Persian part does not appear at all. Could somebody please let me know what am I doing wrong? Thanks, Mingranina
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On 8/7/2013 10:50 AM, Mingranina Gingranina wrote:
Dear All, Hello,
I am completely new to ConTeXt and after searching and exploring the ConTeXt Garden wiki pages and other resources thoroughly, I decided to write my first document in Persian which reads:
\enableregime [utf-8] \definefontfeature [persian] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes,liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,clig=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes,kern=yes,curs=yes]
\usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial][feature=persian]
\mainlanguage[pe] \setupbodyfont[arial,12pt]
\starttext \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT این یک آزمایش است. \pagedir TLT\bodydir TLT\pardir TLT\textdir TLT This is a test. \stoptext
As there are some UTF-8 characters in the document I have attached the document to this message too.
The problem is that on my system the Persian part of the output is a set of Persian Isolated characters, but on http://live.contextgarden.net the Persian part does not appear at all. Could somebody please let me know what am I doing wrong?
Here is a more minimal test: \definefontfeature [persian] [arabic] % [...] \mainlanguage[pe] \starttext \definedfont[arial*persian] \setupalign[r2l] این یک آزمایش است. \setupalign[l2r] This is a test. \stoptext If that works, you can try the simplefonts variant. Keep in mind that you need to end a paragraph with an empty line or \par because otherwise the last settings apply. 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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Dear Hans,
Hello,
Thank you very much for your reply. With your code the Persian part
disappears on my
system unless I insert the following two lines after \definefontfeature:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[arial][feature=persian]
However the Persian characters still appears as isolated characters.
Thanks,
Mingranina
On 8/7/13, Hans Hagen
On 8/7/2013 10:50 AM, Mingranina Gingranina wrote:
Dear All, Hello,
I am completely new to ConTeXt and after searching and exploring the ConTeXt Garden wiki pages and other resources thoroughly, I decided to write my first document in Persian which reads:
\enableregime [utf-8] \definefontfeature [persian] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes,liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,clig=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes,kern=yes,curs=yes]
\usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial][feature=persian]
\mainlanguage[pe] \setupbodyfont[arial,12pt]
\starttext \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT این یک آزمایش است. \pagedir TLT\bodydir TLT\pardir TLT\textdir TLT This is a test. \stoptext
As there are some UTF-8 characters in the document I have attached the document to this message too.
The problem is that on my system the Persian part of the output is a set of Persian Isolated characters, but on http://live.contextgarden.net the Persian part does not appear at all. Could somebody please let me know what am I doing wrong?
Here is a more minimal test:
\definefontfeature [persian] [arabic] % [...]
\mainlanguage[pe]
\starttext
\definedfont[arial*persian]
\setupalign[r2l]
این یک آزمایش است.
\setupalign[l2r]
This is a test.
\stoptext
If that works, you can try the simplefonts variant. Keep in mind that you need to end a paragraph with an empty line or \par because otherwise the last settings apply.
Hans
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Dear Hans,
Hello again,
I just noticed that your code works fine with Dejavusans TrueType font, but
not with some other TrueType fonts.
Thanks,
On 8/7/13, Mingranina Gingranina
Dear Hans, Hello,
Thank you very much for your reply. With your code the Persian part disappears on my system unless I insert the following two lines after \definefontfeature: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial][feature=persian]
However the Persian characters still appears as isolated characters.
Thanks, Mingranina
On 8/7/13, Hans Hagen
wrote: On 8/7/2013 10:50 AM, Mingranina Gingranina wrote:
Dear All, Hello,
I am completely new to ConTeXt and after searching and exploring the ConTeXt Garden wiki pages and other resources thoroughly, I decided to write my first document in Persian which reads:
\enableregime [utf-8] \definefontfeature [persian] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes,liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,clig=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes,kern=yes,curs=yes]
\usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial][feature=persian]
\mainlanguage[pe] \setupbodyfont[arial,12pt]
\starttext \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT این یک آزمایش است. \pagedir TLT\bodydir TLT\pardir TLT\textdir TLT This is a test. \stoptext
As there are some UTF-8 characters in the document I have attached the document to this message too.
The problem is that on my system the Persian part of the output is a set of Persian Isolated characters, but on http://live.contextgarden.net the Persian part does not appear at all. Could somebody please let me know what am I doing wrong?
Here is a more minimal test:
\definefontfeature [persian] [arabic] % [...]
\mainlanguage[pe]
\starttext
\definedfont[arial*persian]
\setupalign[r2l]
این یک آزمایش است.
\setupalign[l2r]
This is a test.
\stoptext
If that works, you can try the simplefonts variant. Keep in mind that you need to end a paragraph with an empty line or \par because otherwise the last settings apply.
Hans
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On 8/7/2013 2:38 PM, Mingranina Gingranina wrote:
Dear Hans, Hello again,
I just noticed that your code works fine with Dejavusans TrueType font, but not with some other TrueType fonts.
in which case you use fonts that have no arabic shapes 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 8/7/13, Hans Hagen
On 8/7/2013 2:38 PM, Mingranina Gingranina wrote:
Dear Hans, Hello again,
I just noticed that your code works fine with Dejavusans TrueType font, but not with some other TrueType fonts.
in which case you use fonts that have no arabic shapes
For TrueType fonts which are in the directory '/usr/share/fonts/TTF/' everything works fine, but if the font is in '/usr/local/share/fonts/' then the code fails. Please note that I have already executed the commands: OSFONTDIR="/usr/share/fonts;/usr/local/share/fonts;$HOME/.fonts" mtxrun --script fonts --reload mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=* Thanks, Mingranina
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On 08/07/2013 04:09 PM, Mingranina Gingranina wrote:
[...] For TrueType fonts which are in the directory '/usr/share/fonts/TTF/' everything works fine, but if the font is in '/usr/local/share/fonts/' then the code fails. Please note that I have already executed the commands:
OSFONTDIR="/usr/share/fonts;/usr/local/share/fonts;$HOME/.fonts" mtxrun --script fonts --reload mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=*
Hi Mingranina, are the fonts from /usr/local/share/fonts listed with the last command you mention? If you don’t have other issues, you can always move all fonts from /usr/local/share/fonts to /usr/share/fonts. This is an easy fix. Just in case it helps, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk
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On 8/7/13, Pablo Rodríguez
On 08/07/2013 04:09 PM, Mingranina Gingranina wrote:
[...] For TrueType fonts which are in the directory '/usr/share/fonts/TTF/' everything works fine, but if the font is in '/usr/local/share/fonts/' then the code fails. Please note that I have already executed the commands:
OSFONTDIR="/usr/share/fonts;/usr/local/share/fonts;$HOME/.fonts" mtxrun --script fonts --reload mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=*
Hi Mingranina,
are the fonts from /usr/local/share/fonts listed with the last command you mention?
No, they are not listed.
If you don’t have other issues, you can always move all fonts from /usr/local/share/fonts to /usr/share/fonts. This is an easy fix.
You are right. I think this is the only way to fix this problem. Thanks, Mingranina
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Am 07.08.2013 um 12:38 schrieb Mingranina Gingranina
Dear Hans, Hello,
Thank you very much for your reply. With your code the Persian part disappears on my system unless I insert the following two lines after \definefontfeature: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial][feature=persian]
However the Persian characters still appears as isolated characters.
The name of the key is “features” and not “feature”. Wolfgang
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On 8/7/13, Wolfgang Schuster
Am 07.08.2013 um 12:38 schrieb Mingranina Gingranina
: Dear Hans, Hello,
Thank you very much for your reply. With your code the Persian part disappears on my system unless I insert the following two lines after \definefontfeature: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial][feature=persian]
However the Persian characters still appears as isolated characters.
The name of the key is “features” and not “feature”.
Thanks for reminding me of this mistake. Regards, Mingranina
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Hi Mingranina,
As Wolfgang said, if I fix the name of the key in \setmainfont (from « feature » to « features », see below), then your test works fine here (using Mac OS X 10.8.4, and ConTeXt ver: 2013.08.07 14:40 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.8.7).
By the way in mkiv you don't need to add \enableregime[utf-8]: by default ConTeXt uses utf-8.
\definefontfeature [persian] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab,
init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes,liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,clig=yes,
mark=yes,mkmk=yes,kern=yes,curs=yes]
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[arial][features=persian]
%% ^^^^^^
\mainlanguage[pe]
\setupbodyfont[arial,12pt]
\starttext
\pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT
این یک آزمایش است.
\pagedir TLT\bodydir TLT\pardir TLT\textdir TLT
This is a test.
\stoptext
Best regards: OK
On 7 août 2013, at 12:38, Mingranina Gingranina
Dear Hans, Hello,
Thank you very much for your reply. With your code the Persian part disappears on my system unless I insert the following two lines after \definefontfeature: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial][feature=persian]
However the Persian characters still appears as isolated characters.
Thanks, Mingranina
On 8/7/13, Hans Hagen
wrote: On 8/7/2013 10:50 AM, Mingranina Gingranina wrote:
Dear All, Hello,
I am completely new to ConTeXt and after searching and exploring the ConTeXt Garden wiki pages and other resources thoroughly, I decided to write my first document in Persian which reads:
\enableregime [utf-8] \definefontfeature [persian] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes,liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,clig=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes,kern=yes,curs=yes]
\usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial][feature=persian]
\mainlanguage[pe] \setupbodyfont[arial,12pt]
\starttext \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT این یک آزمایش است. \pagedir TLT\bodydir TLT\pardir TLT\textdir TLT This is a test. \stoptext
As there are some UTF-8 characters in the document I have attached the document to this message too.
The problem is that on my system the Persian part of the output is a set of Persian Isolated characters, but on http://live.contextgarden.net the Persian part does not appear at all. Could somebody please let me know what am I doing wrong?
Here is a more minimal test:
\definefontfeature [persian] [arabic] % [...]
\mainlanguage[pe]
\starttext
\definedfont[arial*persian]
\setupalign[r2l]
این یک آزمایش است.
\setupalign[l2r]
This is a test.
\stoptext
If that works, you can try the simplefonts variant. Keep in mind that you need to end a paragraph with an empty line or \par because otherwise the last settings apply.
Hans
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If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
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On 8/7/13, Otared Kavian
As Wolfgang said, if I fix the name of the key in \setmainfont (from « feature » to « features », see below), then your test works fine here (using Mac OS X 10.8.4, and ConTeXt ver: 2013.08.07 14:40 MKIV beta fmt: 2013.8.7).
Unfortunately, on my system it does not work.
By the way in mkiv you don't need to add \enableregime[utf-8]: by default ConTeXt uses utf-8.
Thanks for this hint. Regards, Mingranina
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Hans Hagen
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Mingranina Gingranina
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Otared Kavian
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Pablo Rodríguez
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Wolfgang Schuster