From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/60720 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "R. Bastian" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: font catalogue (re) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:55:48 +0200 Message-ID: <20100805215548.65fe0afd@KUBUNTU64> References: <20100805124709.64fc1bdf@KUBUNTU64> <4C5AAAFB.8080909@googlemail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281038166 11225 80.91.229.12 (5 Aug 2010 19:56:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 19:56:06 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Aug 05 21:56:03 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oh6Xp-0007fE-2C for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:56:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3972CA059; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:55:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id i2ESI-U2vnY3; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:55:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 027BDCA053; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:55:55 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B905CA054 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:55:53 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id u8qRbXBGxSEV for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:55:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp.smtpout.orange.fr (smtp08.smtpout.orange.fr [80.12.242.130]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 481D2CA052 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:55:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from KUBUNTU64 ([81.51.43.109]) by mwinf5c16 with ME id qjvo1e0182MKPFV01jvpzl; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:55:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4C5AAAFB.8080909@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.12.0; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:60720 Archived-At: On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:13:47 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster 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 c= an 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 fi= l (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. -- = Ren=E9 Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/ ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________