From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41484 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Otared Kavian Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Arabic with LuaTeX vs. XeTeX Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:43:01 +0200 Message-ID: <05A28A68-2CA0-4A49-97B9-B5AF8ABD7FFA@gmail.com> References: <115224fb0806090223m3a6f0b71q83fa176b8a6f1711@mail.gmail.com> <7DCF6958-A743-4003-AE1A-F4C74A49CB85@gmail.com> <2593D506-C596-468D-AA19-6BB262A52F59@gmail.com> <484D5534.8070708@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v924) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1213029907 3408 80.91.229.12 (9 Jun 2008 16:45:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 16:45:07 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jun 09 18:45:49 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K5kUx-0006DP-5Y for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:45:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E65A1FBB5; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:44:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28426-02-5; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:43:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2611FBB8; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:43:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 615BC1FBCC for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:43:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28383-01-6 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:43:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from soleil.uvsq.fr (soleil.uvsq.fr [193.51.24.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF6DC1FBB5 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:43:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from cauchy.math.uvsq.fr (cauchy.math.uvsq.fr [193.51.32.2]) by soleil.uvsq.fr (8.14.1/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id m59Gh22T015687 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:43:02 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from MacKavian.math.uvsq.fr (MacKavian.math.uvsq.fr [193.51.32.142]) by cauchy.math.uvsq.fr (8.14.2/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id m59Gh2GK072656 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:43:02 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <484D5534.8070708@wxs.nl> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.924) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (soleil.uvsq.fr [193.51.24.1]); Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:43:02 +0200 (CEST) X-Miltered: at soleil.uvsq.fr with ID 484D5D96.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 484D5D96.002 on soleil.uvsq.fr : j-chkmail score : . : R=. U=. O=. B=0.000 -> S=0.000 X-j-chkmail-Status: Ham X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/7413/Mon Jun 9 18:06:39 2008 on soleil.uvsq.fr X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:41484 Archived-At: On 9 juin 08, at 18:07, Hans Hagen wrote: > Otared Kavian wrote: > >> Indeed=85 it so simple! But how should one let LuaTeX know about those >> fonts? > > set the OSFONTDIR environment variable Many thanks Hans: indeed that's what I did export OSFONTDIR=3DLibrary/Fonts export OSFONTDIR=3DSystem/Library/Fonts luatools --generate and out of ignorance (whether is it OSFONTDIR or OSFONTSDIR=85) I tried = also export ODFONTSDIR=3DLibrary/Fonts export ODFONTSDIR=3DSystem/Library/Fonts luatools --generate but LuaTeX cannot find the fonts in the fonts directory of my system, = issuing the error message (this is for the font suggested by Wolfgang = S.): [=85] define font | font with name "Arabic Typesetting is not found define font | unknown font "Arabic Typesetting, loading aborted ! Font \TradArabic=3D"Arabic Typesetting*test" at 18pt not loadable: = metric data not found or bad. \par Best regards: OK ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________