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Hi,

Sorry I did not answer to this one, because I do not have a lot of Linux
experience. - In fact I installed TTF  in a win environment and can use them
with Context. The results? -

Prepare the afm and tfm files with the respective tools. (Use Hans his
namingscheme)

Prepare a typescript, which can go into \texmf\tex\context\user: e.g.
type-myttf.tex

\starttypescript [sans] [schwaben] [name]
  \definefontsynonym [Sans] [SchwabenRoman]
\stoptypescript

Put a line in the file \texmf\tex\context\user\type-loc.tex ( this file is
automatically loaded at runtime)

\starttypescript [map] [texnansi]
  \loadmapfile[texnansi-myttf.map]
\stoptypescript

Prepare the above mentioned map-file  with the necessary lines:

texnansi-schwaben "Schwaben TeXnANSIEncoding ReEncodeFont" <schwaben.ttf
<texnansi.enc

In your texsource:

\usetypescriptfile[type-myttf]
\definetypeface [Firstfont][ss][sans][schwaben][default][encoding=texnansi]

\setupbodyfont[Firstfont,12pt]

At least in my case this works.

Success Willi

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill McClain <wmcclain@salamander.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: TrueType Fonts in Context under Linux?

> Daniel Joyce wrote:
> >
> >         Is there a way to get TrueType fonts into Context under Linux?
>
> I'm guessing it is not a Context issue, but rather one for the backend.
> The pdftex manual shows how to use TrueType fonts: you put a line in the
> map file just as if it were a Type1 font.
>
> However, I only tried this once and the kerning was not right. I haven't
> had time to investigate since.
>
> -Bill