[NTG-context] issue with font

Hans Hagen j.hagen at freedom.nl
Sun Jan 1 12:38:47 CET 2023


On 1/1/2023 11:55 AM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote:
> Hans,
> 
> I have the following sample.
> 
>    \starttext
>    \definedfont[TruetypewriterPolyglott-mELa.ttf]
>    \input zapf
>    \stoptext
> 
> I get a fatal error in the font file (both LMTX and MkIV).
> 
> Font is https://www.fontspace.com/truetypewriter-polyglott-font-f14955
> (direct donwnload from https://www.fontspace.com/get/family/zmmx1)
> 
> I don’t know what is wrong in the font, but it would be great to be able
> to use it with ConTeXt.
Hm, i will catch it but am not going to look into the reason (like some 
issue in the font). When I zoom in I wonder if typewriter fonts really 
looked like that so there might be more accurate typewriter emulations 
out there that you can try.

Hans

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