Re: chancery font

[Rob Ermers <r.ermers@hccnet.nl>]

Hi Ciro,

I completely agree. Context works fine but, like you, I have not 
succeeded in installing any new font thusfar.
A few months ago I tried again with a very simple font, which I got 
working under Latex, but not under Context, despite all my attempts and 
suggestions from other subscribers: alas!

Two years ago I recoded a cyrillic font under Latex, that contains 
special characters not available in other fonts, therefore I guess I 
know how the TeX font mechanism works. I achieved that by carefully 
reading all kinds of manuals available on the net.

For the time being I manage with Context with the standard fonts & 
Palatino, waiting for a breakthrough of some kind: the golden tip!

Kind regards,

Robert





Ciro Soto wrote:
>>(untested, but hopefully you get the idea...)
>>
>>adam
> 
> 
> unfortunately, I have a mental mess with the font business in tex.
> How can one keep track with so many directories, encodings, file types,
> maps, etc... I am tired of trying to undestand. Manuals are useless
> because they are outdated, trees are changed and need texhash, plus,
> on top, one needs to learn the syntax for Context to use fonts.
> I've been spending days trying to install a verdana font, and no
> matter what I do,
> it doesnt' work, and I think the same is happening with the garamond. 
> I have no lesss than 3000 font files in my computer, but so far, only a handful
> are available in context. At this point,
> I really wish I had a graphical tool to install and use a font,
> without going through
> all the --always changing-- steps...
> I guess, some day, someone will clear this up for once...
> 
> ciro
> Ciro
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