bold versions of fonts

bold versions of fonts

[Jörg Hagmann]

Hi all,

I have installed the LinLibertine and Junicode fonts on Linux Ubuntu,  
minimal tex version. They only work if I comment out the lines  
concerning the Bold versions of the fonts in my type-scripts. With  
those lines, the error is:

ConTeXt  ver: 2007.01.23 13:32 MKII  fmt: 2007.2.4  int: english/english
.....

! Font \*MyJunicode7ptrmbfrm*:=[Junicode-Bold at 7.0pt not loadable:  
Metric (TF
M) file not found.
<to be read again>
                    \relax
\xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier
                                                   \let  
\localrelativefontsiz...

\dodosettextfamilyB ...amily \fontsize \endcsname
                                                   \else \ifcsname  
\fontclass...

\dosettextfamily ...ttextfamily \scriptscriptfont
                                                   \let \fontbody  
\scriptface...
<inserted text> ...y \c!tf \dosettextfamily \c!bf
                                                   \dosettextfamily  
\c!sl \do...

\synchronizetext ...athfonts \the \textstrategies
                                                   \fi
...
l.4 \setupbodyfont[MyJunicode,12pt]
***************************
The lines I had to comment out are:
\definefontsynonym [Junicode-Bold] [texnansi-Junicode-Bold]  
[encoding=texnansi]
and
\definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Junicode-Bold]

The fact that the problem occurs with two different fonts and type- 
scripts should exclude a typo.
Thanks for your help, Jörg

Re: bold versions of fonts

[Jörg Hagmann]

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Let me try again:
After installing the LinLibertine and the Junicode fonts, everything  
works (including bolditalic) except the bold version.

- System: ubuntu, minimal tex/context installation

- I followed the instructions by T. Schmitz (Practex Journal 2005:  
Integrating TrueType Fonts into Context). I.e., using texfont.

- After compiling the texfont-generated (texnansi-...-junicode.tex)  
file, the pdf shows all the fonts (including bold).

- A testfile stalled with the error message below.  After removing  
the lines defining the bold version (typescript-file: see attachment)  
everything except bold works. Testfile: \usetypescriptfile[type- 
junicode] \usetypescript[Junicode] \setupbodyfont[MyJunicode,12pt]  
\starttext etc.

- Replacing the bold ttf, vf, and tfm fonts by those I found on the  
fiee website didn't help.

  I suspect that it will turn out to be an embarassing error, but I  
couldn't spot it. Thanks for your help, Jörg


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\loadmapfile[texnansi-public-junicode.map]
\usetypescriptfile[type-buy]

\starttypescript [serif] [junicode] [texnansi]
\definefontsynonym [Junicode-Roman] [texnansi-Junicode-Regular] [encoding=texnansi]
%\definefontsynonym [Junicode-Bold] [texnansi-Junicode-Bold] [encoding=texnansi]%comment this line
\definefontsynonym [Junicode-Italic] [texnansi-Junicode-Italic] [encoding=texnansi]
\definefontsynonym [Junicode-Bold-Italic] [texnansi-Junicode-BoldItalic] [encoding=texnansi]
\stoptypescript

\starttypescript [serif] [junicode] [name]
\usetypescript [serif] [fallback][]
\definefontsynonym [Serif] [Junicode-Roman]
\definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Junicode-Italic]
%\definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [[Junicode-Bold]%comment this line
\definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Junicode-Bold-Italic]
\stoptypescript

\starttypescript [Junicode]
\definetypeface [MyJunicode] [rm] [serif] [junicode] [default] [encoding=texnansi]
%Math font:
\definetypeface [MyJunicode] [mm] [math] [palatino] [default] [encoding=texnansi]
%Sans Serif:
\definetypeface [MyJunicode] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [encoding=texnansi]
\stoptypescript

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Error message:

> ConTeXt  ver: 2007.01.23 13:32 MKII  fmt: 2007.2.4  int: english/ 
> english
> .....
>
> ! Font \*MyJunicode7ptrmbfrm*:=[Junicode-Bold at 7.0pt not loadable:
> Metric (TF
> M) file not found.
> <to be read again>
>                     \relax
> \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier
>                                                    \let
> \localrelativefontsiz...
>
> \dodosettextfamilyB ...amily \fontsize \endcsname
>                                                    \else \ifcsname
> \fontclass...
>
> \dosettextfamily ...ttextfamily \scriptscriptfont
>                                                    \let \fontbody
> \scriptface...
> <inserted text> ...y \c!tf \dosettextfamily \c!bf
>                                                    \dosettextfamily
> \c!sl \do...
>
> \synchronizetext ...athfonts \the \textstrategies
>                                                    \fi
> ...
> l.4 \setupbodyfont[MyJunicode,12pt]


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Re: bold versions of fonts

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On Feb 13, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Jörg Hagmann wrote:

> Let me try again:
> After installing the LinLibertine and the Junicode fonts,  
> everything works (including bolditalic) except the bold version.
>
> - System: ubuntu, minimal tex/context installation
>
> - I followed the instructions by T. Schmitz (Practex Journal 2005:  
> Integrating TrueType Fonts into Context). I.e., using texfont.
>
> - After compiling the texfont-generated (texnansi-...-junicode.tex)  
> file, the pdf shows all the fonts (including bold).
>
> - A testfile stalled with the error message below.  After removing  
> the lines defining the bold version (typescript-file: see  
> attachment) everything except bold works. Testfile:  
> \usetypescriptfile[type-junicode] \usetypescript[Junicode]  
> \setupbodyfont[MyJunicode,12pt] \starttext etc.
>
> - Replacing the bold ttf, vf, and tfm fonts by those I found on the  
> fiee website didn't help.
>
>  I suspect that it will turn out to be an embarassing error, but I  
> couldn't spot it. Thanks for your help, Jörg
>
> <type-junicode.tex>
>
> Error message:
>
>> ConTeXt  ver: 2007.01.23 13:32 MKII  fmt: 2007.2.4  int: english/ 
>> english
>> .....
>>
>> ! Font \*MyJunicode7ptrmbfrm*:=[Junicode-Bold at 7.0pt not loadable:
>> Metric (TF
>> M) file not found.
>> <to be read again>
>>                     \relax
>> \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier
>>                                                    \let
>> \localrelativefontsiz...
>>
>> \dodosettextfamilyB ...amily \fontsize \endcsname
>>                                                    \else \ifcsname
>> \fontclass...
>>
>> \dosettextfamily ...ttextfamily \scriptscriptfont
>>                                                    \let \fontbody
>> \scriptface...
>> <inserted text> ...y \c!tf \dosettextfamily \c!bf
>>                                                    \dosettextfamily
>> \c!sl \do...
>>
>> \synchronizetext ...athfonts \the \textstrategies
>>                                                    \fi
>> ...
>> l.4 \setupbodyfont[MyJunicode,12pt]
>

%\definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [[Junicode-Bold]%comment this line

There is one [ too many in this definition... Don't be too  
embarrassed, when you've looked at a file or a line for three hours,  
you don't see anything anymore.

Good luck

Thomas

Re: bold versions of fonts

[Jörg Hagmann]

>
> There is one [ too many in this definition... Don't be too
> embarrassed, when you've looked at a file or a line for three hours,
> you don't see anything anymore.

Thanks a lot. I AM embarassed, especially since I suspected something  
of the sort but didn't see it. And also because I successfully  
avoided quite a few premature interventions in the past months, but  
was too impatient this time.

I am editing the Annual Report of an ornithological society. In the  
past, this has been done with Word, the font was Gentium. I haven't  
changed to ConTeXt yet, because Gentium has no bold version and I  
want to stick with the same font (Word produces some kind of Gentium- 
bold itself). That's the reason why I am looking at other fonts, with  
the intention of smuggling a "SimilarToGentium-Bold" into a gentium- 
typescript. (I know that's not done -- but it's only the  
Ornithological Society of Basel ....)

Cheers, Jörg
>
> Good luck
>
> Thomas
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Re: bold versions of fonts

[Janko Hauser]

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Am 14.02.2007 um 11:34 schrieb Jörg Hagmann:

> I am editing the Annual Report of an ornithological society. In the
> past, this has been done with Word, the font was Gentium. I haven't
> changed to ConTeXt yet, because Gentium has no bold version and I
> want to stick with the same font (Word produces some kind of Gentium-
> bold itself).

As I do not understand fonts at all, but is it really so, that one  
needs to have the bold fontpackage if one wants to set a word in bold  
in tex? Asked another way, can tex not do the same as word in this  
regard?

with regards,

__Janko

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Re: bold versions of fonts

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On Feb 14, 2007, at 11:57 AM, Janko Hauser wrote:

> As I do not understand fonts at all, but is it really so, that one  
> needs to have the bold fontpackage if one wants to set a word in  
> bold in tex? Asked another way, can tex not do the same as word in  
> this regard?
>
> with regards,
>
> __Janko

TeX can produce an artificial bold version of type 1 fonts via  
postscript commands in the map file, and you can consult the index of  
the TeXbook for "poor man's bold" for another solution. In both  
cases, the typographic quality is so low that you really don't want  
to go there. Word output is ugly anyway, so nobody cares if it  
produces artificial bold that makes it even uglier...

Thomas