Re: Re: newbie question about fonts

Re: Re: newbie question about fonts

[Ciro A. Soto]

Thank you Patrick...

I am my distributor maintainer. 
I installed linux in my pc box less than a year ago,
and I see font files everywhere (X directory fonts,
TeX directory fonts, TrueType, OpenType, Type1,
etc...)
but don't know if they are accessible from Context.
what is the "local guide" you refer to?

Wouldn't it be nice to have a command in Context like:

\listavailablefonts [type1 | truetype | ... | all]

or

\listavailablefamilyfonts [] ...

and another to check whether  a font is properly
installed (that is, whether it has \bf, \it,
\sc, math, etc), like:

\checkfont [fontname]

Luigi, thank you. I've read the outdated documents
you suggested, but still ...

Ciro





--- Patrick Gundlach <patrick@gundla.ch> wrote:
> Hello Ciro,
> 
> > Okay, this business of
> fonts/files/names/encoding/etc
> > is really difficult to understand for me.
> 
> welcome to the club ;-)
> 
> > I have a simple question. How do I list all fonts
> > I have available to use in ConTeXt in the
> > machine/system I have? Is there a file
> > where I can see the names of all these fonts?
> 
> This should be stated in your local guide. If not,
> complain to the
> distribution maintainer.
> 
> > And is there a template file or a command
> > to display the entire set of characters once I
> know
> > the
> > name of fonts?
> 
> \showfont[Serif]
> 
> and alike.
> 
> Patrick
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Re: newbie question about fonts

[Patrick Gundlach]

Hello Ciro,

> I am my distributor maintainer. 

But you got your distribution from some source?

> what is the "local guide" you refer to?

This should come with your TeX system (Linux system, downloaded TeX
system, whatever) that tells you about things that you need to know
about your TeX system. Including the available fonts. Since I don't
know what your TeX system is, I can't tell you if you have such a
local guide. If it is not on your system, you should complain to the
person that gave you the TeX.


> Wouldn't it be nice to have a command in Context like:

> \listavailablefonts [type1 | truetype | ... | all]

Then please define what a font is. But apart from that, it is not
possible from within TeX.

Patrick
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Re: Re: newbie question about fonts

[Ciro A. Soto]

Thank you Patrick. I'm still looking for


--- Patrick Gundlach <patrick@gundla.ch> wrote:
> Hello Ciro,
> 
> > I am my distributor maintainer. 
> 
> But you got your distribution from some source?

I downloaded the CD iso image from a website
and installed Fedora Core 3.

> 
> > what is the "local guide" you refer to?
> 
> This should come with your TeX system (Linux system,
> downloaded TeX
> system, whatever) that tells you about things that
> you need to know
> about your TeX system. Including the available
> fonts. Since I don't
> know what your TeX system is, I can't tell you if
> you have such a
> local guide. If it is not on your system, you should
> complain to the
> person that gave you the TeX.

Similarly, I downloaded texlive2004 CD from the
tug.org, and installed it according to the
instructions
in the CD. What is the name of the 'local guide' file?