Re: how to convert font size to pt number ?

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

Am 13.07.2008 um 13:16 schrieb Alan Stone:

> (1) \setupbodyfont[somebodyfont,12pt]
> \definefont[chapterfont][somefont sa 1.728]
> \setuphead[chapter][style=chapterfont]
>
> gives a compile error at \chapter{chapter title} :
>
> ! Font \**chapterfont**:=somefont at 20.736pt not loadable: metric  
> data not found or bad

somefont is only a placeholder for a real font name or a style like  
Serif, Sans ...

> However
>
> \setuphead[chapter][style=\tfc\somefont] works OK.

\setuphead[chapter][style=\tfc\somefont]

\starttext

\chapter{Chapter}

\stoptext

This gives me a error message, give us working samples.

> \setupbodyfont[somefont,12pt] also work OK, while

How should we know, it's hard to give you an answer with just one line  
of code.

> \setupbodyfont[chapterfont,12pt] defaults to LM font
>
> Uh ?

You have no typeface with the name 'chapterfont'.

> (2) fc-list output extract
>
> Times New  
> Roman:style 
> = 
> Regular 
> ,Normal 
> ,obyčejné 
> ,Standard 
> ,Κανονικά 
> ,Normaali 
> ,Normál 
> ,Normale 
> ,Standaard 
> ,Normalny,Обычный,Normálne,Navadno,thường,Arrunta
> Times New  
> Roman:style 
> = 
> Italic 
> ,cursiva 
> ,kurzíva 
> ,kursiv 
> ,Πλάγια 
> ,Kursivoitu 
> ,Italique 
> ,Dőlt 
> ,Corsivo 
> ,Cursief 
> ,kursywa,Itálico,Курсив,İtalik,Poševno,nghiêng,Etzana
> Times New  
> Roman:style 
> = 
> Bold 
> ,Negreta 
> ,tučné 
> ,fed 
> ,Fett 
> ,Έντονα 
> ,Negrita 
> ,Lihavoitu 
> ,Gras 
> ,Félkövér 
> ,Grassetto 
> ,Vet 
> ,Halvfet 
> ,Pogrubiona 
> ,Negrito,Полужирный,Fet,Kalın,Krepko,đậm,Lodia
> Times New Roman:style=Bold Italic,Negreta cursiva,tučné  
> kurzíva,fed kursiv,Fett Kursiv,Έντονα Πλάγια,Negrita  
> Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Félkövér dőlt,Grassetto  
> Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito  
> Itálico,Полужирный Курсив,Tučná kurzíva,Fet  
> Kursiv,Kalın İtalik,Krepko poševno,nghiêng đậm,Lodi etzana
>
> With the following typescript
>
>     \starttypescript[serif][timesnewroman]
>         % --- MS TrueType Core Font ---
>         \definefontsynonym[Dummy][name:Times New Roman] 
> [features=default]
>         \definefontsynonym[DummyBold][name:Times New Roman Bold] 
> [features=default]
>         \definefontsynonym[DummyItalic][name:Times New Roman Italic] 
> [features=default]
>         \definefontsynonym[DummyBoldItalic][name:Times New Roman  
> Bold Italic][features=default]
>     \stoptypescript

\starttypescript [serif] [timesnewroman]
   \definefontsynonym [TimesNewRoman-Regular]    [name:Times New  
Roman]            [features=default]
   \definefontsynonym [TimesNewRoman-Italic]     [name:Times New Roman  
Italic]     [features=default]
   \definefontsynonym [TimesNewRoman-Bold]       [name:Times New Roman  
Bold]       [features=default]
   \definefontsynonym [TimesNewRoman-BoldItalic] [name:Times New Roman  
Bold Italic] [features=default]
\stoptypescript

>     \starttypescript[serif][timesnewroman][name]
>         \definefontsynonym[Serif][Dummy][features=default]
>         \definefontsynonym[SerifBold][DummyBold][features=default]
>         \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic][DummyItalic][features=default]
>         \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic][DummyBoldItalic] 
> [features=default]
>         \definefontsynonym[SerifSlanted][DummyItalic] 
> [features=default]
>         \definefontsynonym[SerifIBoldSlanted][DummyBoldItalic] 
> [features=default]
>         \definefontsynonym[SerifCaps][Dummy][features=default]
>     \stoptypescript

\starttypescript [serif] [timesnewroman]
   \setups[font:fallback:serif]
   \definefontsynonym [Serif]           [TimesNewRoman-Regular]
   \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic]     [TimesNewRoman-Italic]
   \definefontsynonym [SerifBold]       [TimesNewRoman-Bold]
   \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [TimesNewRoman-BoldItalic]
\stoptypescript

>     \definetypeface[myBodyFont][rm][serif][timesnewroman][default]

\starttypescript [timesnewroman]
   \definetypeface [timesnewroman] [rm] [serif] [timesnewroman]  
[default]
\stoptypescript

\usetypescript[timesnewroman]
\setupbodyfont[timesnewroman]

\starttext

text \bf text \it text \bi text

\stoptext

> \bf displays in bold italic (??) so something is wrong/missing.  
> Seems to be something with the style=... stuff. Fruitlessly searched  
> the wiki and mailing list archive.


Wolfgang

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