From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/60988 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Khaled Hosny Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: xits font in ~/.fonts Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:01:44 +0200 Message-ID: <20100817160144.GA21509@khaled-laptop> References: <20100817130018.GA19503@khaled-laptop> <4C6A89C7.9090508@wxs.nl> <20100817145331.GE20956@khaled-laptop> <4C6AAA1B.80808@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282060932 19114 80.91.229.12 (17 Aug 2010 16:02:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:02:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users To: Hans Hagen Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Aug 17 18:02:10 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 1OlOc4-0007iJ-GA for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:02:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA20CCA56D; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:02:07 +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 eMpgBrdC0AWh; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:02:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FDADCA562; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:02:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 287D5CA562 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:02:02 +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 LNkdF2YBrDU1 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:01:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter5-til.mf.surf.net (filter5-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.221]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E977CA246 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:01:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-ww0-f45.google.com (mail-ww0-f45.google.com [74.125.82.45]) by filter5-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id o7HG1nT0029628 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:01:49 +0200 Original-Received: by wwc33 with SMTP id 33so4900665wwc.2 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:01:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:date:from:to:cc :subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=MboGNbBdEJykARkA0Rl2QE+X4Mq+JlVYt/B1q/ItYqI=; b=F0g9Z/PHGglqbeANRhfGRVPbwivbtRGUYjC7Bl8i3Z+INgZarsoIyIPbgynnW5Tvbb h6zEl3/cdCJC2WnzOggGF7RdXyTfud2xh00yXcQnfbs7EQdnFRVbaZrtvDdtCbeFHWi6 HaW+T7H8dHQmQX+i6YWXQr1hKC3SQd40pxeJs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=PjwdgvJwi/SFSLJb3SLKSaKQwb2miovLshumWxmKHa5UP55kaxsqL8KsmVmxHo1pR8 RCtnhrz+FhbIMwnCVM1/OEyilvdkeVjEY5G2psHP/H47i86UyDC6UDxwzQCh1Vht73+H gII7IVxJJsyDJKbJqfHSmbOOW9Wh4OZLor3qU= Original-Received: by 10.227.145.148 with SMTP id d20mr6046967wbv.117.1282060909062; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:01:49 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost ([41.238.233.74]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e31sm6614124wbe.11.2010.08.17.09.01.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:01:48 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C6AAA1B.80808@wxs.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=74.125.82.45; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0xCTs1NVd - 361205beb355 - 20100817 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.221 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:60988 Archived-At: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 05:26:19PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 17-8-2010 4:53, Khaled Hosny wrote: > >On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 03:08:23PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > >>On 17-8-2010 3:00, Khaled Hosny wrote: > >> > >>>The typescript uses file names, however ConTeXt can not load system > >>>fonts by filename. Hans, I think it would be nice to be able to load > >>>fonts by either font name or file name regardless of where they reside > >>>(I'm not sure how easy is that, though, with luaotfload and kpse setting > >>>OSFONTDIR is all what I need, since kpathsea appends it to its font > >>>searching paths). > >> > >>\starttext > >> > >>\definedfont[vera at 50pt] test > >>\definedfont[file:vera.ttf at 100pt] test > >> > >>\stoptext > >> > >>works quite ok on my machine and the log reports: > >> > >> > >> > >>so it must be something in the typescripts .. maybe the old names? > > > >This works for me, but not with .otf fonts. > > \starttext > > \definedfont[file:STIXGeneral at 100pt] test > > \stoptext > > I'm getting unpredictable results here, some fonts are found and some are not, but I can't identify a pattern, I thought it is related to symbolic links but could not prove it (replacing symlinks by a copy, and updating the databases but still the font is not found by file name). -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________