* default parameter in \definefont
@ 2013-02-25 23:00 john Culleton
2013-02-26 7:18 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: john Culleton @ 2013-02-25 23:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Some time back Wolfgang advised me to use statements like this:
\definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp]
I cannot find what the *default parameter does. Can someone educate me?
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* Re: default parameter in \definefont
2013-02-25 23:00 default parameter in \definefont john Culleton
@ 2013-02-26 7:18 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2013-02-26 15:04 ` john Culleton
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2013-02-26 7:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Am 26.02.2013 um 00:00 schrieb john Culleton <John@wexfordpress.com>:
> Some time back Wolfgang advised me to use statements like this:
> \definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp]
>
> I cannot find what the *default parameter does. Can someone educate me?
When you use a font in MkIV you have to specify which features of the font
should be enabled/disabled, to do this you define first a list for them with
the \definefontfeature command, e.g.
\definefontfeature[myfeatures][liga=yes,onum=yes,…]
For the main fonts in the document which are loaded with \setupbodyfont
these settings are applied in the typescripts, e.g.
\defintfontsynonym[Serif][MyRegularFont][features=myfeatures]
but when you load a single font with \definefont you apply
the list as argument to the font name after the asterisk.
When you want only a bigger version of the serif or sans version of your
document you can say \definefont[SansBold at 70bp] without applying
the list of features because the are already set in the typescripts.
Wolfgang
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* Re: default parameter in \definefont
2013-02-26 7:18 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2013-02-26 15:04 ` john Culleton
2013-02-26 16:43 ` john Culleton
2013-02-27 11:19 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: john Culleton @ 2013-02-26 15:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:18:25 +0100
Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Am 26.02.2013 um 00:00 schrieb john Culleton <John@wexfordpress.com>:
>
> > Some time back Wolfgang advised me to use statements like this:
> > \definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp]
> >
> > I cannot find what the *default parameter does. Can someone educate
> > me?
>
> When you use a font in MkIV you have to specify which features of the
> font should be enabled/disabled, to do this you define first a list
> for them with the \definefontfeature command, e.g.
>
> \definefontfeature[myfeatures][liga=yes,onum=yes,___]
>
>
> For the main fonts in the document which are loaded with
> \setupbodyfont these settings are applied in the typescripts, e.g.
>
> \defintfontsynonym[Serif][MyRegularFont][features=myfeatures]
>
> but when you load a single font with \definefont you apply
> the list as argument to the font name after the asterisk.
>
>
> When you want only a bigger version of the serif or sans version of
> your document you can say \definefont[SansBold at 70bp] without
> applying the list of features because the are already set in the
> typescripts.
>
> Wolfgang
Is there a document or documents whare all this knowledge is
dispensed?
I hesitate to trouble you with a string of questions,
one by one. Right now the two critical files are:
\input formatting.tex
-----------------------------------------------
\usemodule [simplefonts]
\definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp]
\definefont [subtitle][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 25bp]
\definefont [gauthor][MinionPro-Regular*default at 25bp]
-----------------------------------------------
followed by:
\input title.tex
---------------------------------------------
\startstandardmakeup[align=middle]
\startstyle[titlefont]
Classic COBOL
\stopstyle
\vfil
\style[subtitle]{A Concise Guide}
\vfil
\null
\vfil
\style[gauthor]{John Culleton}
\vfil
\style[subtitle]{Wexford Press}
\stopstandardmakeup
--------------------------------
And the error messages indicate that MKIV cannot find those otf
files but they exist in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. The run completes
but other fonts and sizes are used for the title page.
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2013-02-26 15:04 ` john Culleton
@ 2013-02-26 16:43 ` john Culleton
2013-02-26 16:55 ` Marco Patzer
2013-02-27 11:19 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: john Culleton @ 2013-02-26 16:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:04:38 -0500
john Culleton <John@wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:18:25 +0100
> Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Am 26.02.2013 um 00:00 schrieb john Culleton
> > <John@wexfordpress.com>:
> And the error messages indicate that MKIV cannot find those otf
> files but they exist in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. The run completes
> but other fonts and sizes are used for the title page.
>
Solved my problem the ugly way. I moved the fonts to the
directory where I was compiling the document. Added otf suffix to
the \definefont file names. Now MKIV can find the fonts.
A better solution is of course welcome.
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John Culleton
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* Re: default parameter in \definefont
2013-02-26 15:04 ` john Culleton
2013-02-26 16:43 ` john Culleton
@ 2013-02-27 11:19 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2013-02-27 11:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users; +Cc: john Culleton
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Am 26.02.2013 um 16:04 schrieb john Culleton <John@wexfordpress.com>:
> I hesitate to trouble you with a string of questions,
> one by one. Right now the two critical files are:
> \input formatting.tex
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> \usemodule [simplefonts]
> \definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp]
> \definefont [subtitle][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 25bp]
> \definefont [gauthor][MinionPro-Regular*default at 25bp]
> -----------------------------------------------
\startenvironment[formatting]
\usemodule [simplefonts]
\definefont [titlefont][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 70bp]
\definefont [subtitle][MyriadPro-Bold*default at 25bp]
\definefont [gauthor][MinionPro-Regular*default at 25bp]
\stopenvironment
> followed by:
> \input title.tex
\component[title]
> ---------------------------------------------
> \startstandardmakeup[align=middle]
>
> \startstyle[titlefont]
> Classic COBOL
> \stopstyle
>
> \vfil
>
> \style[subtitle]{A Concise Guide}
>
> \vfil
> \null
> \vfil
> \style[gauthor]{John Culleton}
> \vfil
> \style[subtitle]{Wexford Press}
> \stopstandardmakeup
> --------------------------------
\environment[formatting]
\startcomponent[title]
\startstandardmakeup[align=middle]
…
\stopstandardmakeup
\stopcomponent
When you use \startcomponent etc. you can compile individual parts of your
document whig is faster when you want to check the content of them.
Wolfgang
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