[NTG-context] What's the current method for using a variable font in Context and Metapost?

[Lutz Haseloff]

Hi Guido,


this works here:

\starttext
Test Test

\usemodule[fonts-variable]
\definefontfamily [mainface] [ss] [bahnschrift]
\setupbodyfont[mainface]

\ss 123456789 Wild! \medskip

\startMPcode
picture pic;
pic := thelabel(textext("\ss This is in Metafont 0123456789"), (0, 0));
draw pic;
\stopMPcode


Greetings Lutz


Am 20.01.2023 um 00:38 schrieb Guido Bartolucci via ntg-context:
> I haven't been able to find working examples. Here is some sample 
> code. I would really like to be able to use the light variation of 
> this DIN-like font.
>
> \usemodule[fonts-variable]
> \definefontfamily [mainface] [ss] [bahnschrift]
> \setupbodyfont[mainface]
>
> \starttext
> \ss 123456789 Wild! \medskip
>
> \startMPcode
> picture pic;
> pic := thelabel("This is in Metafont 0123456789", (0, 0));
> draw pic;
> \stopMPcode
>
> \stoptext
>
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