[NTG-context] Change of Optima to Optima Nova: how to get Optima Nova working?

Gerben Wierda gerben.wierda at rna.nl
Sun May 24 19:03:04 CEST 2020


The answer was: running

mtxrun --script fonts —reload —force

Then to get the proper usage (for e.g. demibold as text font):

\definefallbackfamily
  [archimate]
  [ss]
  [Helvetica]
  [preset=range:cyrillic,
   tf=style:light,
   it=style:lightoblique,
   bf=style:regular,
   bi=style:oblique,
   force=yes]
\definefontfamily
    [archimate]
    [ss]
    [Optima nova LT Pro]
    [tf=style:Demi,
     bf=style:Heavy,
     it=style:Medium Italic,
     bi=style:Heavy Italic]
\setupbodyfont[archimate]


G

> On 24 May 2020, at 13:50, Gerben Wierda <gerben.wierda at rna.nl> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 24 May 2020, at 12:40, Gerben Wierda <gerben.wierda at rna.nl <mailto:gerben.wierda at rna.nl>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 24 May 2020, at 12:26, Gerben Wierda <gerben.wierda at rna.nl <mailto:gerben.wierda at rna.nl>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 24 May 2020, at 12:16, Gerben Wierda <gerben.wierda at rna.nl <mailto:gerben.wierda at rna.nl>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I’ve decided to buy the Optima Nova font. But now that I use it, I run into the problem that suddenly my fallback for Cyrillic has stopped working.
>>>> 
>>>> \definefallbackfamily
>>>>   [archimate]
>>>>   [ss]
>>>>   [Helvetica]
>>>>   [preset=range:cyrillic,
>>>>    tf=style:light,
>>>>    it=style:lightoblique,
>>>>    bf=style:regular,
>>>>    bi=style:oblique,
>>>>    force=yes,
>>>>    rscale=1.0]
>>>> \definefontfamily
>>>>     [archimate]
>>>>     [ss]
>>>>   [OptimaLT-Medium]
>>>> \setupbodyfont[archimate]
>>>> 
>>>> \starttext
>>>> 
>>>> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Ядро метамодели.
>>>> 
>>>> \stoptext
>>>> 
>>>> With
>>>> 
>>>> \definefontfamily
>>>>     [archimate]
>>>>     [ss]
>>>>   [Optima]
>>>> 
>>>> Cyrillic fallback works (as does the old Optima). What do I need to do to remedy that?
>>> 
>>> I did not look good. Optima Nova also doesn’t work and has been replaced with Latin Modern Sans
>>> 
>>> selectfont      > the requested font 'OptimaLT-Medium' has no files for the 'tf' alternative, Latin Modern is used instead.
>>> 
>>> Apparently as a result, the fallback for cyrillic also doesn’t work. So, I need to find out how to set up Optima Nova.
>> 
>> And not even
>> 
>>> \definefontfamily
>>>     [archimate]
>>>     [ss]
>>>   [Optima Nova]
>>> [  tf=file:/Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-Medium.otf,
>>>    it=file:OptimaNovaLTPro-MediumIta.otf,
>>>    bf=file:OptimaNovaLTPro-Bold.otf,
>>>    bi=file:OptimaNovaLTPro-BoldIta.otf,
>>> ]
>> 
>> will work.
>> 
>> selectfont      > the requested font 'Optima Nova' has no files for the 'tf' alternative, Latin Modern is used instead.
>> 
>> There is no documentation of \definefontfamily in the docs that come with the standalone ConTeXt distribution and what is on ConTeXtgarden hasn’t brought light to the matter either.
> 
> The firsdt problem was solved, I had to rebuild the font database:
> 
> mtxrun --script fonts --reload
> 
> Now
> 
> $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=Optima
> identifier                       familyname        fontname                     filename                                         subfont   instances
> 
> optima                           optima            optimaextrablack             /System/Library/Fonts/Optima.ttc                 5
> optimaextrablack                 optima            optimaextrablack             /System/Library/Fonts/Optima.ttc                 5
> optimanovaltproblack             optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltproblack         /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-Black.otf
> optimanovaltproblackitalic       optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltproblackitalic   /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-BlackItalic.otf
> optimanovaltprobold              optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprobold          /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-Bold.otf
> optimanovaltproboldcond          optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltproboldcond      /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-BoldCond.otf
> optimanovaltproboldcondensed     optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltproboldcond      /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-BoldCond.otf
> optimanovaltprobolditalic        optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprobolditalic    /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-BoldItalic.otf
> optimanovaltprocondensed         optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprocondensed     /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-Condensed.otf
> optimanovaltprodemi              optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprodemi          /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-Demi.otf
> optimanovaltprodemicond          optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprodemicond      /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-DemiCond.otf
> optimanovaltprodemicondensed     optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprodemicond      /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-DemiCond.otf
> optimanovaltprodemiitalic        optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprodemiitalic    /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-DemiItalic.otf
> optimanovaltproheavy             optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltproheavy         /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-Heavy.otf
> optimanovaltproheavyitalic       optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltproheavyitalic   /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-HeavyItalic.otf
> optimanovaltproitalic            optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltproitalic        /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-Italic.otf
> optimanovaltprolight             optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprolight         /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-Light.otf
> optimanovaltprolightcond         optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprolightcond     /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-LightCond.otf
> optimanovaltprolightcondensed    optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprolightcond     /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-LightCond.otf
> optimanovaltprolightitalic       optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprolightitalic   /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-LightItalic.otf
> optimanovaltpromedium            optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltpromedium        /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-Medium.otf
> optimanovaltpromediumcond        optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltpromediumcond    /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-MediumCond.otf
> optimanovaltpromediumcondensed   optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltpromediumcond    /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-MediumCond.otf
> optimanovaltpromediumita         optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltpromediumita     /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-MediumIta.otf
> optimanovaltpromediumitalic      optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltpromediumita     /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-MediumIta.otf
> optimanovaltpronormal            optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprotitlinginit   /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-TitlingInit.otf
> optimanovaltproregular           optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltproregular       /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-Regular.otf
> optimanovaltprotitlinginit       optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprotitlinginit   /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-TitlingInit.otf
> optimanovaltprotitlinginitials   optimanovaltpro   optimanovaltprotitlinginit   /Library/Fonts/OptimaNovaLTPro-TitlingInit.otf
> 
> And latin text works. Fallback for cyrillic doesn’t yet. 
> 
> G
> 
>> 
>> G
>>> 
>>> G
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> G
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