From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/30337 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ricard Roca Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: A few questions (mostly about fonts) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:08:41 +0000 Message-ID: <200608162008.41679.ricardroca@gmail.com> References: <2e8813a0608161152h545cb0b6l1f61224337f0788f@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1155759359 18919 80.91.229.2 (16 Aug 2006 20:15:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:15:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Aug 16 22:15:57 2006 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 ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GDRnn-0006CL-LF for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:15:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C2661FCC6; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:15:47 +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 14364-01; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:15:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37D2F1FE71; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:13:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6DD41FE71 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:13:50 +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 14047-04-3 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:13:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.173]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id B43051FE6F for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:13:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id h2so254402ugf for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:13:49 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.67.100.12 with SMTP id c12mr564799ugm; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:13:49 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ?192.168.1.3? ( [84.77.179.252]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id e1sm1273359ugf.2006.08.16.13.13.48; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:13:49 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 In-Reply-To: <2e8813a0608161152h545cb0b6l1f61224337f0788f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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:30337 Archived-At: Hi! Quick answers: > a) Somehow I can't come up with small caps in a Times font. Is this > normal? This happens either by using \sc or \setupcapitals[sc=3Dyes] > along with \cap. Times font that comes with TeX distros doesn't have real small caps, but \c= ap = should work, as with any font. The only Times with real small caps is sold = by = Adobe (and others, probably). > b) LaTeX has a package for the International Phonetic Alphabet called > tipa. Is it possible to use it in ConTeXt? If not, can anybody point > me to the relevant manuals that will help me incorporate official IPA > fonts (say, the TTF version) in my ConTeXt installation? I'm using the > stand-alone Windows distribution, btw. Well, some time ago an experimental tipa module for Context was posted in t= his = list, but it was never finished. It works only for simple characters (no = accents, diacritics, tonal marks, etc.; this part was not adapted). I can = send you it if you want to test a bit. Using non-tipa (computer modern like= ) = ipa fonts is difficult, because you would have to write encoding files for = dvips, ConTeXt, etc. (if you don't understand this terms, better forget = that). But this happens with pdfTeX... I think the way to do ipa typesetting with ConTeXt is using XeTeX. With Xe= TeX = you can use ipa *unicode* fonts (not old fonts), like Gentium, Lucida Sans, = new versions of Doulos, etc., using directly unicode ipa input in your text = which was not possible with tipa. > Two language related issues: > > c) There was a French language specific package in LaTeX that made > possible the direct use of accented characters in the source text > (like =E9, =E0, =F4) without using the explicit commands themselves. Can > this be achieved in ConTeXt (because right now their direct use simply > halts the compiling)? I would believe so, since the manual for French > documents by Peter M=FCnster shows how to set up automatic spacing > before the strong punctuation marks (! ? ; :) without explicit > commands every time. I'm guessing the strategy would be the same with > accented characters, but so far I haven't been able to make it work. You can use accented characters in the source with latin1 or utf8 encodings = (use \enableregime[il1] or [utf]). You can get colon spacing using = \useencoding[ffr] *before* \mainlanguage[fr] or \fr. > d) Is it possible to build some sort of macro that would automatically > make \quotation marks different when inside another \quotation > command? Basically, we use =AB =BB (the French guillemets) as standard > quotation marks, but we use single quotes instead inside another > quotation. At this point, I'd only need a yes or no answer. It would > ease my mind to know there can be a way to streamline this usage of > quotation marks, thereby simplifying greatly the input text. Don't know. Possibly, but I'm not a TeX guru. > And finally, a silly question: > > e) If purists say that LaTeX is to be pronounced latek, is ConTeXt to > be pronounced contekt? :-) I think it is correct to pronounce ['leiteks] too. > Thanks for your help! > Jeff Smith > Qu=E9bec, Canada > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context