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From: Vladimir Lomov <lomov.vl@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: using font from a specified location
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:01:29 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101224010129.GA26682@smoon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTingEvn9s0RUV9RYvg4sOZ64eqx8K8m2Do3xR74o@mail.gmail.com>

** Mojca Miklavec [2010-12-23 19:53:14 +0100]:

> Dear list,

> I have a bunch of fonts at some location (../myfonts/) relative to TeX
> files (for example ../myfonts/myfontA.otf).

> What is the best way to access them in MKIV?

> The best option might be to specify something equivalent to "export
> TEXINPUTS=../myfonts", but I don't know what exactly I have to use. (A
> command like \addtotexinputs or \addtosearchpath[../myfonts].)
> Alternatively \definefontsynonym[a][file:../myfonts/myfontA.otf] would
> also be acceptable, though I find it a bit ugly.

> Thanks a lot,
>     Mojca
On Linux (I'm not sure about Mac OS) or Windows you can use symbolic
links or juntions resp. For example,
$CONTEXT_MINIMAL_PATH/tex/texmf-fonts/data/myfonts -> $WHATEVER/myfonts

---
WBR, Vladimir Lomov

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-12-24  1:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-23 18:53 Mojca Miklavec
2010-12-24  1:01 ` Vladimir Lomov [this message]
2010-12-24 11:27   ` Mojca Miklavec

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