Re: Using Bold SmallCaps in LuaTeX - typescript

[Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny@eglug.org>]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 01:27:25PM +0100, Ch. B. wrote:
> Am Montag, 29. November 2010, um 12:50:01 schrieb Florian Wobbe:
> > On Nov 29, 2010, at 12:40 , Ch. B. wrote:
> > > Am Montag, 29. November 2010, um 09:17:10 schrieb Florian Wobbe:
> > >> On Nov 29, 2010, at 00:29 , ... wrote:
> > >>> Good evening!
> > >>> 
> > >>> First of all, I'm new to this list and also a context/luatex newbe. I
> > >>> have some experience with LaTeX.
> > >>> I want to use a font (Neutraface2) in my documents and I'm struggeling
> > >>> with the typescript. I'm not able to get bold SmallCaps working (the
> > >>> bold face .otf file has the feature smcp, I checked).
> > >>> I tried various combinations and variations of \bf \sc in my document.
> > >>> It gives me bold OR smallcaps, but not bold AND smallcaps. Whats wrong
> > >>> here? Can someone give me an example typescript that I could modify to
> > >>> fit the Neutraface2 font? My attempt to make one is attached.
> > >>> 
> > >>> Greetings,
> > >>> Chris
> > >> 
> > >> Hi Chris,
> > >> 
> > >> it does not work for pagella either. Did you try \setff{smallcaps} \bf
> > >> instead?
> > >> 
> > >> \usetypescript[pagella]
> > >> \setupbodyfont[pagella]
> > >> 
> > >> \starttext
> > >> {\setff{smallcaps} This is in {\bf bold} SmallCaps} (works).
> > >> {\sc This is in {\bf bold} SmallCaps} (does not).
> > >> \stoptext
> > >> 
> > >> Florian
> > > 
> > > Hi Florian,
> > > 
> > > that does work, thank you very much.
> > > I assume the \setff means something like set font feature. If so,  I
> > > could shorten my typescript and only specify the 4 main font faces
> > > (regular, bold italic, bold-italic) since the fonts all have all the
> > > opentype features i need (onum & smcp etc.) And these can be accessed
> > > via \setff{feature}, I guess.
> > 
> > Yes, you can define for instance
> > 
> >  \definefontfeature[dlig][default][dlig=yes] % Discretionary Ligatures:
> > Activates uncommon ligatures
> > \definefontfeature[frac][default][frac=yes,numr=yes] % Fractions e.g. 3/4
> > \definefontfeature[sups][default][sups=yes] % Superscript
> >  \definefontfeature[subs][default][subs=yes] % Subscript
> > 
> > and access the font features with \setff{dlig}, \setff{subs} etc.
> > 
> > Florian
> 
> Wonderfull!
> I'm starting to get the hang of it. Even the stylistic sets work like a charm. 
> I've attached the output file in case you want to have a look at what I'm doing 
> here.
> Now one last question would be: How can I insert a certain character with its 
> opentype name? For example \insertopentypecharacter{f_f_h.alt}. That would be 

\fontchar{f_f_h.alt} I think

Regards,
 Khaled

-- 
 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
 Free font developer
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