Re: Beginners Questions on Fonts

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

This should help:

  http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:39:39 +0200, Peter wrote:

> 
> Hi all!
> 
> Please help me to clarify following concepts:
> 
> - What is the difference between \setupbodyfont and 
>   \definebodyfont ? How do they relate to each other?
> 
> - What does an argument with multiple sizes mean? 
>   e.g. in: 
>   \definebodyfont [14.4pt,12pt,11pt,10pt,9pt,8pt,7pt,6pt,5pt] 
> 		  [ss] 
> 		  [default]
> 
>   What does "default" mean?
> 
> - What is a bodyfont-environment?
> 
> - What's the difference between 
>   \definebodyfontenvironment [12pt]
>                         [ text=12pt, script=9pt, scriptscript=7pt,
>                           x=10pt, xx=8pt,        
>                           big=12pt, small=10pt]  
>   and simple 
>   \definebodyfontenvironment [24pt]
> 
> - What's the difference between \definefontsynonym and 
>   \definefont? Both allow building aliases, but the 
>   latter also allows scaling, right?
> 
> I'm sorry for this rather stupid questions, but any answer 
> could help me to gain further insight. 
> 
> Thx in advance!
> Peter
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-- 
groeten,

Taco