From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/61836 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: New typescript mechanism for weights/opticals? Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:35:01 +0200 Message-ID: <20100922133501.6e2ec5d8@vorbis> 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 1285156164 1967 80.91.229.12 (22 Sep 2010 11:49:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:49:24 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Sep 22 13:49:19 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 1OyNp9-0006Zo-EM for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:49:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 451ACCA6E7; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:49:18 +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 xoow6lE-Jdtq; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:49:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65679CA740; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:49:15 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AE13CA74D for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:49:13 +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 bZNYBezyBiqT for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:49:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter2-til.mf.surf.net (filter2-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.218]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4C2DCA6E7 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:49:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by filter2-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id o8MBn0a0026584 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:49:01 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OyNon-0006PO-HO for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:48:57 +0200 Original-Received: from 83.68.239.197 ([83.68.239.197]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:48:57 +0200 Original-Received: from netuse by 83.68.239.197 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:48:57 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.68.239.197 X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i486-pc-linux-gnu) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=80.91.229.12; country=NO; region=12; city=Oslo; latitude=59.9167; longitude=10.7500; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=59.9167,10.7500&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0bD9LN0aW - f626e914cb61 - 20100922 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.218 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:61836 Archived-At: Hi, I like Mojcas idea for new typescripts: %%%%%%%%%%% \startsomenewfonttypescriptcommand [kepler] [width={condensed,semicondensed,*regular,extended}] [size={caption,*regular,subhead,display},switch={10pt,12pt,17pt}] [weight={light,*regular,medium,semibold,*bold,black}] ... %%%%%%%%%%% \switchtofontdimension[width=semicondensed,weight={light,medium}] %%%%%%%%%%% That would make different weight/opticals font handling much less cumbersome. At the moment its no fun dealing with weights/opticals. I really would appreciate that (or any other easy usable) solution that provides a standardized way to handle weights/opticals with not too much overhead. Regards Marco ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________