Re: How to cook Garamond

[Ciro Soto <cirosoto@gmail.com>]

Idris, 
I forgot to give you my thanks for posting the steps...
I'll try with my verdana font.
ciro

On Apr 2, 2005 10:13 PM, Ciro Soto <cirosoto@gmail.com> wrote:
> Idris ...  great... my garamond is working now.
> A couple of things ... for a real novice like me... you need to tell where the
> type-* file should be located, and whether we need to do a texhash after
> moving the type-* file.
> 
> On Apr 2, 2005 7:15 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid <ishamid@lamar.colostate.edu> wrote:
> > Dear syndicate,
> >
> > [Garamond is a nice font. Now that there is a free version, this would be a
> > nice default font to add to the next ConTeXt distribution. In the meantime:]
> >
> > How to cook Garamond (my apologies to the experts for the verbosity):
> >
> > 1. Download
> >
> > ftp://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/urw/garamond.zip (actually, you only
> > need the pfb and afm files, unless your texfont does not work);
> >
> > 2. place ONLY the afm and pfb files in an empty temporary directory;
> >
> > 3. from /temp>, run
> >
> > texfont --ma --in --ve=urw --co=garamond --show
> >
> > you may verify the installation of your font by examining
> > texnansi-urw-garamond.pdf.
> >
> > 4. If texfont does not work, you will have to do more work-> the zip package
> > contains tfms etc, and here is a map file you will need:
> >
> > =============texnansi-urw-garamond.map==============
> > % You need to add the following line to pdftex.cfg:
> > %
> > %   map +texnansi-urw-garamond.map
> > %
> > % Alternatively in your TeX source you can say:
> > %
> > %   \pdf    {+texnansi-urw-garamond.map}
> > %
> > % In ConTeXt you can best use:
> > %
> > %   \loadmapfile[texnansi-urw-garamond.map]
> >
> > texnansi-raw-ugmm8a GaramondNo8-Med 4 < ugmm8a.pfb texnansi.enc
> > texnansi-raw-ugmmi8a GaramondNo8-MedIta 4 < ugmmi8a.pfb texnansi.enc
> > texnansi-raw-ugmr8a GaramondNo8-Reg 4 < ugmr8a.pfb texnansi.enc
> > texnansi-raw-ugmri8a GaramondNo8-Ita 4 < ugmri8a.pfb texnansi.enc
> > =========================================================
> >
> > If texfont works, ignore step 4;
> >
> > 5. Now write to file the following typescript:
> >
> > ==========================type-ugm.tex======================
> > % raw fonts
> >
> > \starttypescript[serif]               [garamond] [texnansi]
> >
> > \definefontsynonym[Garamond]          [ugmr8a]   [encoding=texnansi]
> > \definefontsynonym[GaramondItalic]    [ugmri8a]  [encoding=texnansi]
> > \definefontsynonym[GaramondBold]      [ugmm8a]   [encoding=texnansi]
> > \definefontsynonym[GaramondBoldItalic][ugmmi8a]  [encoding=texnansi]
> >
> > \stoptypescript
> >
> > %Names
> >
> > \starttypescript [serif] [garamond] [name]
> >
> > \setups[font:fallback:serif]
> >
> > \definefontsynonym[Serif]          [Garamond]
> > \definefontsynonym[SerifBold]      [Garamond-Bold]
> > \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic]    [Garamond-Italic]
> > \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic][Garamond-BoldItalic]
> >
> > \stoptypescript
> >
> > %Synonyms
> >
> > \starttypescript [serif] [garamond] [texnansi]
> >
> > \definefontsynonym [Garamond]
> > [\typescriptthree-ugmr8a]
> > [encoding=\typescriptthree]
> >
> > \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Bold]
> > [\typescriptthree-ugmri8a]
> > [encoding=\typescriptthree]
> >
> > \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Italic]
> > [\typescriptthree-ugmm8a]
> > [encoding=\typescriptthree]
> >
> > \definefontsynonym [Garamond-BoldItalic]
> > [\typescriptthree-ugmmi8a]
> > [encoding=\typescriptthree]
> >
> > \stoptypescript
> >
> > % maps
> >
> > \starttypescript [map] [garamond] [texnansi]
> >
> > \loadmapfile[texnansi-urw-garamond.map]
> >
> > \stoptypescript%
> >
> > % typefaces
> >
> > \starttypescript [URWGaramond]
> >
> > \definebodyfontenvironment
> >   [urwgaramond]
> >   [default]
> >   [interlinespace=2.8ex]
> >
> > \definetypeface [urwgaramond]
> > [rm] [serif] [garamond] [default]
> > [encoding=texnansi]
> >
> > \definetypeface [urwgaramond]
> > [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default]
> > [encoding=texnansi]
> >
> > \definetypeface [urwgaramond]
> > [mm] [math] [palatino] [default]
> > [encoding=texnansi]
> >
> > \definetypeface [urwgaramond]
> > [tt] [mono] [modern] [default]
> > [encoding=texnansi]
> >
> > \stoptypescript
> >
> > ===========================
> >
> > If there are better/more aesthetic choices for sans and math, let me know-)
> >
> > 6. Test it out:
> >
> > ===========================
> > % output=pdf interface=en
> >
> > \starttext
> >
> > \usetypescriptfile[type-ugm]
> > \usetypescript[URWGaramond]
> > %\setupbodyfont[urwgaramond,12pt]
> >
> > \definetypeface  [garamond][rm][serif][garamond][default][encoding=texnansi]
> > \switchtotypeface[garamond]
> >
> > \input knuth
> >
> > \stoptext
> > ===========================
> >
> > You try \setupbodyfont instead of \definetypeface.
> >
> > Have fun with Garamond!
> >
> > Best
> > Idris
> >
> > ============================
> > Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
> > Department of Philosophy
> > Colorado State University
> > Fort Collins, CO 80523
> >
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> 
> --
> =======================================
> "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution."
> from:
> "The Guitar Maker, An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love."
> A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. Pub. Date: Aug. 2005.
> 


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"All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution."
from:
"The Guitar Maker, An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." 
A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. Pub. Date: Aug. 2005.