From: Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>,
Gerben Wierda via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Probably simple: using a variable for \switchtobodyfont size
Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 12:15:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <155acd72-8541-ce73-7681-b38adebf925d@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D1288673-2F02-4FD8-BD8D-2EC444541F17@rna.nl>
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Gerben Wierda via ntg-context schrieb am 19.05.2023 um 11:43:
> I want to use a variable for a font size so I can set it based on
> language (as some translated texts have widely different sizes)
>
> This fails:
>
> %===========================
> \newdimen\relationsFontSize
> \relationsFontSize=8pt
> \starttext
> \switchtobodyfont[\relationsFontSize]
> Hello, world!
> \stoptext
> %===========================
>
> How can I use a variable to steer \switchtobodyfont size?
You need \the\<register>, i.e.
\switchtobodyfont[\the\relationsFontSize]
but I would use the measure command, e.g.
\definemeasure[relationsFontSize][8pt]
\starttext
\switchtobodyfont[\measure{relationsFontSize}]
Hello, world!
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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2023-05-19 9:43 Gerben Wierda via ntg-context
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