Re: luatex and typescripts/fonts

["Wolfgang Schuster" <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

2007/8/29, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>:
> Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I missed some of the excitement of the last two weeks because I was
> > away. I tested the latest versions of ConTeXt and luatex and have
> > some problems:
> >
> > 1. Is there a simple switch to between luatex and pdftex? If I want
> > to write typescripts with the new name: syntax, I'd like to have the
> > old typsecripts as well to remain compatible. So: is there something
> > like a simple switch \ifluatex?

Hi Hans,

can't this be integrated in \usetypescriptfile to look at first for a file
with the extensions mkii, mkiii or mkiv and if there is no file use
a tex file as fallback.

Wolfgang

> one option is to make two versions (name.mkii and name.mkiv) and then in
> the name.tex file say \loadmarkfile{name} which will choose the right
> variant then
>
> > 2. I tested with a number of OpenType fonts from my Adobe Type
> > Classics CD: ConTeXt Mkiv can address these fonts (which is
> > wonderful), but it does not read the kerning information. I don't
> > know whether this is because Adobe's kerning tables are so big
> > (kerning appears to work with the TeXGyre fonts and Latin Modern) or
> > because the Adobe fonts have these tables included in a somewhat
> > different way.
>
> depends on the way you define things ... maybe the kerning is language
> dependent? kern is a feature
>
> in base mode, we use tex's kerning and ligatures and can only have
> simple replacement, in node mode, mkiv does everything itself
>
> > Will be back with lots of more question re. Greek soon!
>
> good
>
> Hans
>
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