Re: font size switching

["Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>]

On 10/17/2016 07:31 PM, Csikos Bela wrote:
> Do you mean it's better to use e.g. {\bf some text} then \bf{some text}?

The latter is not valid syntax. You want to read the wiki section on 
font switching: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Font_Switching

>
>> >x and xx are different font sizes, not x repeated (it could have been
>> >named y or w instead). Here you have the difference:
>> >
>> >    \starttext
>> >    default, {\tfx smaller (x) {\tfx not smaller (x again)}}
>> >
>> >    default, {\tfx smaller (x) {\tfxx smaller (xx now)}}
>> >    \stoptext
> I know this. What I don't understand is that if I have the code:
>
> \starttext
> Default {\tfa Larger} {\tfx Smaller1} \\
> Default \tfa Larger \tfx Smaller2
> \stoptext
>
> then I have Smaller1 in (x) size and Smaller2 in default size. Why?
> I would expect Smaller2 to be in (x) size too (as the manual implies).
>
I'm not sure where you found the sentence you copied in your first mail. 
My copy of contextref.pdf says p. 107: "The various commands will adapt 
themselves to the actual setup of font and size." Which is exactly what 
you see.


Thomas




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