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micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J" Content-Disposition: inline --VbJkn9YxBvnuCH5J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 01:17:42PM +0100, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > On Feb 23, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Khaled Hosny wrote: > >> For scaling, we can specify a size, some thing like: >> >> \setupbodyfont[arabic=3Dfoo,20pt,latin=3Dbar,18pt] >> >> or so. > > I don't know Arabic, but I've done similar things for Greek, and that is= =20 > not a good interface. You want a scaling factor, so users won't have to= =20 > worry about scaling in footnotes, titles, etc., an absolute size is not a= =20 > viable alternative. I think ConText defines footnote and other font sizes relative to body font, no? I'm not defending my idea either, I'm OK with whatever being better. 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