From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/40806 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Wolfgang Schuster" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Missing greeks characters in texgyreheros Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:13:33 +0200 Message-ID: <115224fb0804300313p20711648x153d9e9b9deb12@mail.gmail.com> References: 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: ger.gmane.org 1209550679 22974 80.91.229.12 (30 Apr 2008 10:17:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:17:59 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Apr 30 12:18:34 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1Jr9OS-00053E-Dh for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:18:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95DA21FC1B; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:17:48 +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 24086-01-7; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:17:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E66561FB7F; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:15:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 505E51FB7F for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:15:16 +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 21861-02-8 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:14:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com (yw-out-1718.google.com [74.125.46.153]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D657D1FB72 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:13:33 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 9so330438ywk.74 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:13:33 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.150.78.41 with SMTP id a41mr774540ybb.179.1209550413299; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:13:33 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.151.113.9 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:13:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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:40806 Archived-At: On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:06 PM, luigi scarso wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz > wrote: > > > > On Apr 30, 2008, at 11:37 AM, luigi scarso wrote: > > > > > I'm not searching for the perfect way, just a way to print a greek pdf > > > Suggestions welcome. > > > > Well, the easiest solution is: use a font that does have a full set of > > Greek characters. The TeXGyre fonts have some Greek characters, but > > they are not really finished and are not usable right now. > I need > an opentype like helvetica , plus some times and courier; > ie > \usetypescript[postscript] > is ok. You could use Microsofts new Vista fonts (Cambria, Corbel, Consolas ...) > >You're > > trying to fake characters which are not in the font; this is > > unsatisfying from an esthetical point of view and hackish as for the > > produced pdf (not cut-and-paste, no search etc.). > yes I know, but actually i need only print, and it's low/mid quality. > Very raw, I agree. > > >If it's > > important for you: for several months now, I have been using a version > > of my Greek module which works perfectly with mkiv; so far, I haven't > > seen the necesity to upload it, but I could do it any time (after some > > clean-up). > yes, of course. Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________