How to access special quotationsmarks and the euro symbol

How to access special quotationsmarks and the euro symbol

[Stefan Wachter]

Hi all,

can anyone tell me how the following unicode characters can be accessed 
with ConTeXt?

“ - left double quotation mark
„ - double low 9 quotation mark

In LaTeX I used the \grqq- and \glqq-macros.

In addition, I have difficulties in accessing the Euro character. The 
proposed method

\usesymbols[euro] and the later use of

\euro or \texteuro

does not work. I get the message

\definedfont=eurose at 14.39996pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.

What steps do I have to perform in order to install that font correctly?

Thanks for your attention and effort,
--Stefan

Re: How to access special quotationsmarks and the euro symbol

[Thomas A.Schmitz]

> “ - left double quotation mark
> „ - double low 9 quotation mark
>
> In LaTeX I used the \grqq- and \glqq-macros.

Try \quotedblleft and \quotesinglebase

I find it useful to produce pdfs for the fonts that I use most often 
which will show these symbols. This would be an example for an input 
file:

\usemodule[fnt-01]

\starttext

\ShowFont[Charter][bchr8r][ec]

\stoptext

This will show you all the symbols and glyphs available and how they 
can be obtained.

All best

Thomas

Re: How to access special quotationsmarks and the euro symbol

[Stefan Wachter]

Hi Thomas,

thanks for your reply. The quotedblleft and quotedblbase produce what I 
need. The ShowFont command is very useful, indeed.

--Stefan

Thomas A.Schmitz wrote:
>> “ - left double quotation mark
>> „ - double low 9 quotation mark
>>
>> In LaTeX I used the \grqq- and \glqq-macros.
> 
> 
> Try \quotedblleft and \quotesinglebase
> 
> I find it useful to produce pdfs for the fonts that I use most often 
> which will show these symbols. This would be an example for an input file:
> 
> \usemodule[fnt-01]
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \ShowFont[Charter][bchr8r][ec]
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> This will show you all the symbols and glyphs available and how they can 
> be obtained.
> 
> All best
> 
> Thomas

Re: How to access special quotationsmarks and the euro symbol

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am Freitag, 06.02.04, um 13:01 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Stefan 
Wachter:
> can anyone tell me how the following unicode characters can be 
> accessed with ConTeXt?
> “ - left double quotation mark
> „ - double low 9 quotation mark
> In LaTeX I used the \grqq- and \glqq-macros.

Use logical markup:
\quotation{That’s quoted in double quotes}, \quote{and that’s in single 
quotes}.
You get right quotation marks if you setup the right language:
\setupmainlanguage[de]

If you need foreign quotes for longer citations, just switch the 
language:
{\fr \quotation{C’est la vie!}}

> In addition, I have difficulties in accessing the Euro character. The 
> proposed method
> \usesymbols[euro] and the later use of
> \euro or \texteuro
> does not work. I get the message
>
> \definedfont=eurose at 14.39996pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not 
> found.
>
> What steps do I have to perform in order to install that font 
> correctly?

That seems to use Adobe(?) Euro fonts. Hans?



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