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From: Pavneet Arora <pavneet_arora@waroc.com>
To: ConTeXt Mailing list <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Specifying font style variant with \definefontfamily
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 16:37:43 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160609203743.GO39769@lahore> (raw)

I'm still a bit at a loss on how one goes about correctly specifying the 
variants in \definefontfamily using the default form given in the wiki.  
Usually adding "* Light", etc. is sufficient (see commented line using 
Junction font).

(As an aside, is it also possible to combine \sc\bf?  I haven't been 
able to figure that out).

My application is using the (free) Andada font family, and I need to 
point the smallcaps style to the correct font 
(https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/andada).

In the following MWE I tried the following without success:

1.  [sc=* SC Regular]
2.  [sc=Andada SC Regular]
3.  [sc=* SC-Regular]
4.  [sc=Andada SC-Regular]

All give the following (or similar) error to stdout:

...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-sel.lua:121: attempt to index local 'file' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
  ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-sel.lua:121: in function 'selectfont_savefile'
  ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-sel.lua:151: in function <...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-sel.lua:142>
  ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-sel.lua:526: in function 'registerfiles'
  ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-sel.lua:567: in function 'action1'
  [string "local function scan1()..."]:55: in function <[string "local function scan1()..."]:42>

 1     \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][Latin Modern]
 2 >>  \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][Andada][sc=Andada SC Regular]


I end up finally settling on the form using the explicit file: 
[sc=file:AndadaSC-Regular.otf], which does work.

But I really would like to understand how the first form as given in the 
wiki should be used properly?  What patterns should I be looking for?

An output of 'strings' on the font .otf file yields:

    "... with Reserved Font Name 'Andada'Andada SCRegular"
    "AndadaSC-Regular"

advTHANKSance.

>>>> MWE

\definefontfamily[mainface][rm][Latin Modern]
\definefontfamily[mainface][rm][Andada][sc=Andada SC Regular]
%\definefontfamily[mainface][rm][Andada][sc=file:AndadaSC-Regular.otf]
%\definefontfamily[mainface][ss][Junction][tf=* Light,bf=* Regular]
\definefontfamily[mainface][ss][Fira Sans]
\definefontfamily[mainface][tt][Inconsolata]
\definefontfamily[mainface][mm][Latin Modern Math]

\setupbodyfont[mainface,9pt]

\starttext
    \sc Test of Small Caps.
\stoptext

<<<< MWE

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             reply	other threads:[~2016-06-09 20:37 UTC|newest]

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2016-06-09 20:37 Pavneet Arora [this message]
2016-06-09 20:59 ` Wolfgang Schuster

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