From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/19550 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rob Ermers Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: chancery font Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:03:24 +0200 Message-ID: <424FF7AC.4050507@hccnet.nl> References: <297ee2eb0504021200420469f9@mail.gmail.com> <20050402222233.1752@mail.comp.lancs.ac.uk> <297ee2eb0504021533408e74d0@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: r.ermers@hccnet.nl, mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112536507 15437 80.91.229.2 (3 Apr 2005 13:55:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Apr 03 15:55:04 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DI5Z5-0001GT-WF for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Apr 2005 15:55:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB068127A3; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:56:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 00400-03; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:56:39 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1326B127FC; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:53:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E1D127FC for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:53:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 32648-06 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:53:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hnexfe06.hetnet.nl (hnexfe06.hetnet.nl [195.121.6.172]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF4E7127A3 for ; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:53:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([81.206.233.107]) by hnexfe06.hetnet.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6874); Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:53:16 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: ciro@kavyata.com, mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <297ee2eb0504021533408e74d0@mail.gmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Apr 2005 13:53:16.0776 (UTC) FILETIME=[7C8A1680:01C53854] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:19550 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:19550 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 > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >