Re: Support for Bold Small Caps font alternative

["honyk" <j.tosovsky@email.cz>]

On 2013-11-17 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 
> Am 17.11.2013 um 13:23 schrieb honyk:
> > On 2013-11-17 Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> >> Am 17.11.2013 um 11:04 schrieb honyk:
> >>>
> >>> in my document I combine both regular and bold small caps.
> >>> As there is no predefined alternative for bold small caps variant,
> >>> moreover, combining bold style and small caps has no effect, I've
> >>> had to override an unused one:
> >>>
> >>> \definefontsynonym[SerifCaps][file:pala.ttf][features=small-caps]
> >>>
> >>> \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldSlanted][file:palab.ttf]
> >>> [features=small-caps] % bold caps
> >>>
> >>> Now I can switch styles using \sc and \bs.
> >>>
> >>> It would be nice to have a dedicated alternative for this. Or am I
> >>> missing something?
> >>
> >> When you use a opentype font you can enable the small caps feature
> >> with the \feature command, there is no need for an additional font
> >> synonym.
> >>
> >> \setupbodyfont[pagella]
> >>
> >> \starttext
> >>
> >> Text {\feature[+][f:smallcaps]Text} {\bf Text
> >> {\feature[+][f:smallcaps]Text}}
> >>
> >> Text \smallcaps{Text} \bold{Text \smallcaps{Text}}
> >>
> >> \stoptext
> >
> > Thanks for pointing me to this nice feature! This is even more
> > robust.
> >
> > All my font definitions are based on this example
> > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Palatino_Linotype_under_MKIV
>  
> You can save a few lines in the font setup when you the new simplefonts
> code (works only with a recent beta).
> 
> \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][Palatino
> Linotype][features={default,quality}]
> 
> \setupbodyfont[mainface]
> 

What a great improvement!

In sum 4 basic + 2 complementary (smallcaps, oldstyle) styles out-of-the-box thanks to this simple definition! Moreover, these basic and complementary ones can be combined easily.

Other OTF features needs to be declared though:
\definefontfeature[f:superscript][sups=yes]

and then used as written above:
25 m{\feature[+][f:superscript]2}

But it is not so big deal.

<joke>I suggest removing all font styles related descriptions in manuals, wiki pages to some special place marked as obsolete and replace it with this simple approach ending with a small note that if this is not applicable, there are other, but deprecated, ways - with the appropriate hyperlink.</joke>.

Jan

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