From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/15679 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Adam Lindsay" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Virtual font tip Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:25:03 +0100 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <20040708152503.18185@news.comp.lancs.ac.uk> References: <20040708135035.GA16728@swordfish> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1089297038 8429 80.91.224.253 (8 Jul 2004 14:30:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:30:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Thu Jul 08 16:30:20 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BiZul-0002HJ-00 for ; Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:30:19 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9020210B48; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:30:15 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from mail.comp.lancs.ac.uk (mail.comp.lancs.ac.uk [148.88.3.45]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70A7D10B27 for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:25:07 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from [81.135.132.87] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.comp.lancs.ac.uk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i68ELlWI008557; Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:24:57 +0100 (BST) Original-To: , "Matt Gushee" In-Reply-To: <20040708135035.GA16728@swordfish> X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail version 5.0.1 build 4305 English Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:15679 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:15679 Don't be discouraged, Matt. I think your tool is really nifty--it's precisely one of those "if I have time, I'll learn about VPLs" projects that I wanted to have realised at some point. Your solution goes far beyond the FontSite500 support, as far as I can see. cheers, adam Matt Gushee said this at Thu, 8 Jul 2004 07:50:35 -0600: >On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 01:03:55PM +0200, Holger Sch=F6ner wrote: >> >> > After purchasing the FontSite 500 CD, I wanted to make good use of some >> > of the nice text fonts it contains--in particular I wanted to create >> > TeX virtual fonts that would add ff, ffi, and ffl ligatures and >> > replace the ugly ( ;-) ) lining numerals with old-style figures. >> >> I do not know, whether this is exactly what you looked for. But I found = a >> page by Christopher League, who created those virtual fonts (I think) = for >> use in LaTeX. I had good success in using the stuff he put on his >webpage as >> well for ConTeXt, and have set up a page in the Wiki, at > >Oh, I love when people provide solutions for my problems after I've >already solved them for myself! Of course, I never asked. Maybe I should >have. > >Thanks anyway. > >-- >Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, >Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through >mgushee@havenrock.com its fields; >http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, > Horses bear soldiers through > its streets. > > --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.) >=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F= =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context@ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context -- =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D Adam T. Lindsay atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-