Re: Using Bold SmallCaps in LuaTeX - typescript

["Ch. B." <metan0r@gmx.de>]

Am Montag, 29. November 2010, um 13:41:27 schrieb Khaled Hosny:
> 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

Hello Khaled,

\fontchar results in an undefined controll sequence =\

Regards,
Chris
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