* Lucida small caps @ 2020-02-15 15:34 Mikael P. Sundqvist 2020-02-15 20:50 ` Hans Hagen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Mikael P. Sundqvist @ 2020-02-15 15:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 193 bytes --] Hi, One can easily enable small caps when using lucida, see the old mail https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2018/090997.html . Could this be added to the type script file? /Mikael [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 369 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 493 bytes --] ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Lucida small caps 2020-02-15 15:34 Lucida small caps Mikael P. Sundqvist @ 2020-02-15 20:50 ` Hans Hagen [not found] ` <CAHy-LL9jbpyPiTuyPk1tg8-cerRrbHmq303b2-U4T09iG4=+Lg@mail.gmail.com> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Hans Hagen @ 2020-02-15 20:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Mikael P. Sundqvist, ntg-context@ntg.nl >> mailing list for ConTeXt users On 2/15/2020 4:34 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: > Hi, > > One can easily enable small caps when using lucida, see the old mail > https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2018/090997.html . > > Could this be added to the type script file? best use \smallcaps or somethign equivalent ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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* Re: Lucida small caps [not found] ` <CAHy-LL9jbpyPiTuyPk1tg8-cerRrbHmq303b2-U4T09iG4=+Lg@mail.gmail.com> @ 2020-02-16 10:34 ` Hans Hagen 2020-02-17 15:48 ` Mikael P. Sundqvist 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Hans Hagen @ 2020-02-16 10:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Mikael P. Sundqvist, mailing list for ConTeXt users On 2/15/2020 10:02 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:50 PM Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl > <mailto:j.hagen@xs4all.nl>> wrote: > > On 2/15/2020 4:34 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: > > Hi, > > > > One can easily enable small caps when using lucida, see the old mail > > https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2018/090997.html . > > > > Could this be added to the type script file? > > best use \smallcaps or somethign equivalent > Ah, so it was the \sc that was the problem. Thanks! \sc is more somthing mkii ... when type1 fonts (in an 8 bit universum) smallcaps and oldstyle and such meant using a different font nowadays one can turn them on/off as features and when you need them a lot you can even define an extra bodyfont variant from them and switch to that one when needed now, when smallcaps and oldstyle etc became features instead of font properties that didn't mean it always became easier because when opentype came around there was no 'recipe' or possibility to define what is default; for instance some fonts default to oldstyle in the sense that these shapes are in the default slots and you need to turn them off instead; also one needs to keep in mind that some features are language / script dependent and fonts differ in what they do default summary: see smallcaps as features but always look at what the font assumes and does by default; be prepared for inconsistencies (after all this is why we want/need control over what context does with a font) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Lucida small caps 2020-02-16 10:34 ` Hans Hagen @ 2020-02-17 15:48 ` Mikael P. Sundqvist 2020-02-17 16:20 ` Hans Hagen 2020-02-17 18:40 ` Henning Hraban Ramm 0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Mikael P. Sundqvist @ 2020-02-17 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Hans Hagen; +Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2237 bytes --] On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 11:34 AM Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On 2/15/2020 10:02 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:50 PM Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl > > <mailto:j.hagen@xs4all.nl>> wrote: > > > > On 2/15/2020 4:34 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > One can easily enable small caps when using lucida, see the old > mail > > > https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2018/090997.html . > > > > > > Could this be added to the type script file? > > > > best use \smallcaps or somethign equivalent > > > Ah, so it was the \sc that was the problem. Thanks! > \sc is more somthing mkii ... when type1 fonts (in an 8 bit universum) > smallcaps and oldstyle and such meant using a different font > > nowadays one can turn them on/off as features and when you need them a > lot you can even define an extra bodyfont variant from them and switch > to that one when needed > > now, when smallcaps and oldstyle etc became features instead of font > properties that didn't mean it always became easier because when > opentype came around there was no 'recipe' or possibility to define what > is default; for instance some fonts default to oldstyle in the sense > that these shapes are in the default slots and you need to turn them off > instead; also one needs to keep in mind that some features are language > / script dependent and fonts differ in what they do default > > summary: see smallcaps as features but always look at what the font > assumes and does by default; be prepared for inconsistencies (after all > this is why we want/need control over what context does with a font) > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > That is good to know, thank you. While replacing all \sc with \smallcaps in a document I work on, I realized that in a \setuphead I had style={\sca}, What is the correct substitute for that? /Mikael [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/html, Size: 3236 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 493 bytes --] ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Lucida small caps 2020-02-17 15:48 ` Mikael P. Sundqvist @ 2020-02-17 16:20 ` Hans Hagen 2020-02-17 18:40 ` Henning Hraban Ramm 1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Hans Hagen @ 2020-02-17 16:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Mikael P. Sundqvist; +Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users On 2/17/2020 4:48 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: > style={\sca}, \tf\smallcaps ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: Lucida small caps 2020-02-17 15:48 ` Mikael P. Sundqvist 2020-02-17 16:20 ` Hans Hagen @ 2020-02-17 18:40 ` Henning Hraban Ramm 1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Henning Hraban Ramm @ 2020-02-17 18:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users > style={\sca}, > > What is the correct substitute for that? Do your titles wear garb? (SCA = Society for Creative Anachronism) ;D HR ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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