From: "R. Bastian" <rbastian@free.fr>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: font catalogue (re)
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:55:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100805215548.65fe0afd@KUBUNTU64> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C5AAAFB.8080909@googlemail.com>
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:13:47 +0200
Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> scribit:
> Am 05.08.10 12:47, schrieb R. Bastian:
> > Hello,
> >
> > it is not a list of available fonts i need, but a catalogue where one can see the typefaces.
> >
> > In the Minimal directory there are 91 tfm files, 309 pfb files and 2043 thm files.
> >
> > Chap 31 'Fonts and font switches' of ".. an excursion" or
> > Sect 5.1.1 in '...the 'Manual' gives no example hwo to go from a tfm fil (say "tcxr.tfm")
>
> There are manuals for this:
>
> - Fonts in ConTeXt: http://pragma-ade.com/show-man-6.htm
> - TeXfont explained: http://pragma-ade.com/show-man-8.htm
>
> A overview over the fonts in the minimals would be nice but we should it
> keep then simple:
>
> - name of the font
> - short sample text
> - characater chart (limited to ascii and a few diacritics)
> - example how to use it in context
> (- for mkiv a list of the available features, there is a free symbol
> font from adobe for this)
>
> Wolfgang
Thanks Wolfgang.
I copied the PDFs and played with the rules given in showfont.pdf, using a very short
sample text ( azert, capitals + the diacritics used in french & german).
But I am not clear with the .map, .tfm etc.
--
René Bastian
www.pythoneon.org
www.musiques-rb.org
http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/
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