From: Bernhard Rosensteiner <brosensteiner@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: getting new font variants to work
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 14:09:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2FA4F24E-5558-44CB-88D5-14CACED64C84@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C079793.4090309@uni-ulm.de>
Am 03.06.2010 um 13:52 schrieb Michael Murphy:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to get some new font variants defined, such as Medium, Semibold, etc. What I have so far is the following.
>
> \definealternativestyle[medium][\me][]
>
> \starttypescript [serif] [minionpro]
> ...
> \definefontsynonym[MinionPro-Medium][name:MinionPro-Medium]
> ...
> \stoptypescript
>
> \starttypescript [serif] [minionpro] [name]
> ...
> \definefontsynonym[SerifMedium][MinionPro-Medium]
> ...
> \stoptypescript
>
> \starttypescript [serif] [regular] [size]
> \definebodyfont [10pt, 11pt, 12pt] [rm] [%
> it=SerifItalic sa 1,
> bi=SerifBoldItalic sa 1,
> bf=SerifBold sa 1,
> tf=SerifRegular sa 1,
> me=SerifMedium sa 1]
> \stoptypescript
>
> then I set up the font with
>
> \definetypeface [adobe] [rm] [serif] [minionpro] [regular]
> \setupbodyfont[11pt]
>
> This all looks fine, but then
>
> {\me This should be medium}
>
> doesn't work, and neither does \me{...} or \medium{...}. I should say that
>
> \definedfont[SerifMedium]
>
> does work though. How can I fix this, short of
>
> \def\me{\definedfont[SerifMedium]}
when the rest if the typescript works the problem lies here:
instead or additionally of \definealternativestyle[medium][\me][] use \definefontalternative[me]
then the command \me should be available.
the \definealternativestyle command is only for key value pairs in style= keys as far as i know
best regards
Bernhard
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-02 22:32 list of figures (bug?) Rogutės Sparnuotos
2010-06-03 11:52 ` getting new font variants to work Michael Murphy
2010-06-03 12:09 ` Bernhard Rosensteiner [this message]
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