From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/65681 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Tom" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Problem switching fonts in MKII Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:29:22 -0500 Message-ID: <015f01cbc14a$df40aed0$9dc20c70$@com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1296480597 3478 80.91.229.12 (31 Jan 2011 13:29:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:29:57 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jan 31 14:29:49 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pjtp9-0000Sx-CI for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:29:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5FD9CA944; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:29:42 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 9tWw2qonWaUC; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:29:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0616FCA92E; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:29:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBE87CA92E for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:29:38 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id YWSswJUtjydb for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:29:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 661C8CA92D for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:29:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp1.ctinetworks.com (smtp1.ctinetworks.com [205.166.61.208]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p0VDTP5l027606 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:29:26 +0100 Original-Received: from TomPC (dsl-206-251-0-10.dsl0.crls.pa.net [206.251.0.10]) by smtp1.ctinetworks.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB15858593D for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:29:22 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcvBSt69vzBT3mZ5T6KN9GrHn/bGgQ== Content-Language: en-us X-ctinetworks-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ctinetworks-MailScanner-ID: BB15858593D.A403A X-ctinetworks-VirusCheck: Found to be clean X-ctinetworks-SpamCheck: X-ctinetworks-Watermark: 1297344563.07669@RUcQRr1OolViW839ZS6OHg X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=205.166.61.208; country=US; region=PA; city=Mechanicsburg; latitude=40.2134; longitude=-77.0098; metrocode=566; areacode=717; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.2134,-77.0098&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0rE2dtp6b - d5d2150fdf4a - 20110131 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:65681 Archived-At: Hi, On 01/30/11 19:18, Tom wrote: > Kudos for the new documentation chapters on Typography and Fonts. However, I > still can't completely get my hands around it. Running the following code > under TexLive MKII doesn't give the desired results in that defining font > synonyms and switching to those typefaces doesn't seem to work. Obviously, > I'm doing something wrong. As far as I know, you cannot define fontsynonyms to typefaces. If you want to use names like 'TextFont' as a typeface, you have to use \definetypeface. Best wishes, Taco Thanks, Taco. That did the trick. Now to experiment with more of the fonts included in the TexLive distribution. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________