[NTG-context] Fonts problems

[Michal Kvasnička]

Good afternoon.

I apologize that I bother you once more, but I'm getting desperate. :-( 
I have still problem with fonts in ConTeXt---perhaps I'm not able to 
install it well. I use ConTeXt  ver: 2006.02.03 21:00, pdfeTeX, Version 
3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4), tetex-3.0-13 under SuSE Linux 9.2 (the 
tetex is grabbed from Suse 9.3). I tried to copy all files where I 
thought they should have been, texhashed, and build formats. Now, some 
things work, but not all of them, and not in an expected way.

Problem 1: I expect that a following file should typeset "tufte" in 
Latin Modern font.
    \setupoutput[pdf]
    \starttext
    \input tufte
    \stoptext
ConTeXt loads some map files (/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map
/dvips/context/original-empty.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/ori
ginal-base.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-public-lm.map}{/usr
/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-base.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dv
ips/context/8r-base.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/t5-base.map}{
/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map}{/usr/share/tex
mf/fonts/map/dvips/context/original-ams-euler.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/d
vips/context/original-public-lm.map}), but it clearly isn't able to find 
the right one, since it writes this error message:
    kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+0/72 --dpi 72 
ec-lmr12
    mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr12.
    kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
     )
    Warning: pdfetex (file ec-lmr12): Font ec-lmr12 at 72 not found
I can correct it when I add one more file:
    \loadmapfile[psclean.map]
But I was told that I should omit this line. What's the problem? How can 
I correct it?


Problem 2: Let's suppose I add into the previous file this 
    B\"oh-Bawerk
then the letter \"o is missing (a white space is on its place). Isn't 
there a bug in the Latin modern fonts/virtual fonts/metrics, or 
whatever? Moreover, gv views the hyphen over the "h" and "B" letters. 
(Acrobat Reader 7 view it all right.) How is that possible.


Problem 3: Some fonts are not used properly. The following file
    \setupoutput[pdf]
    \loadmapfile[psclean.map]
    \usetypescript[ppl] % working pos
    \switchtobodyfont[ppl,10pt]
    \starttext
    \input tufte\par
    \stoptext
works well. It works even if I change "pos" to "ppl", "ptm", "phv", or 
"tim". It works even when changed to "pcr", but the text is ragged. When 
changed to "con", "bookman", or "iwona", it does nothing---the text is 
typeset in Latin Modern. When changed to "ant", I get this error message:
    kpathsea: Running mktextfm sy-anttrz
    /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map typeface abbreviation 
y- for sy-anttrz.
    /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update 
/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/fontname/special.map?
    mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; 
nonstopmode; input sy-anttrz
    This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4)
    kpathsea: Running mktexmf sy-anttrz
    ! I can't find file `sy-anttrz'.
I think I have installed all these fonts (instead of Adobe fonts I have 
URW ones). What's wrong.



Problem 4: From what afm files were the tfm metrics for Times, 
Helvetica, and Palatino generated? Accents are positioned in a strange 
way and after a tquoteright is a strange hole (bad kerning).  A long 
time ago I've generated myself tfm metrics from afm files of URW fonts, 
and they look much better. Were these afm files used, or were used some 
afm metrics of fonts that do not include accented letter, i.e. are those 
letters just TeX-based composites?



Problem 5: How can I switch back to CS fonts? (Well, I know I bother you 
all, but I still do not like Latin Modern fonts.) :-( I thought that 
something like this could work, but it doesn't:
    \setupoutput[pdf]
    \loadmapfile[psclean.map]
    \loadmapfile[/usr/share/texmf/dvips/context/original-public-csr.map]
    \starttypescript [serif] [computer-modern] [il2]
      \definefontsynonym [cmb10]    [csb10]    [encoding=il2]
      \definefontsynonym [cmbsy10]  [csbsy10]  [encoding=il2]
       ...
    \stoptypescript
    \usetypescript[computer-modern][il2]
    \switchtobodyfont[computer-modern,10pt]
    \starttext
    \input tufte
    \stoptext
How can I do it?

I apologize for so many questions. Many thanks for your help.
Your thankful
Michal Kvasnicka