[Newbie] Fonts!

[Newbie] Fonts!

[Fabio Mancinelli]

Hello all.

Maybe this is a trivial question but I cannot understand what's going on.
I've read the mfonts.pdf and I tried to compile the following file:

\usetypescript[palatino]
\switchtobodyfont[palatino,11pt]
\starttext
Hello world
\stoptext

It works. Changing palatino to whatever other font name (even non-existant ones
like hfdjfh!) produces the same output. I used also the \setupbodyfont but same
result. texexec always says bodyfont: 12pt rm is loaded no matter what I
specify.

So the question is: how do I actually change the font my document is typeset in?

Thank you.
Fabio

Re: [Newbie] Fonts!

[Richard Gabriel]

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Hi Fabio,

it seems as a problem in your typescripts somewhere. 
I recommend you the Bill McClain's ConTeXt beginners manual:

http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html

It is IMHO the best documentation on fonts and typescripts.

Try to test your fonts step by step (starting with the simple \font command) - you'll soon find error like missinf TFM files, MAP files problems and so on...

Good luck!

-Richard




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From: Fabio Mancinelli [mailto:mancinel@di.univaq.it]
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Subject: [NTG-context] [Newbie] Fonts!

Hello all.

Maybe this is a trivial question but I cannot understand what's going on.
I've read the mfonts.pdf and I tried to compile the following file:

\usetypescript[palatino]
\switchtobodyfont[palatino,11pt]
\starttext
Hello world
\stoptext

It works. Changing palatino to whatever other font name (even non-existant ones
like hfdjfh!) produces the same output. I used also the \setupbodyfont but same
result. texexec always says bodyfont: 12pt rm is loaded no matter what I
specify.

So the question is: how do I actually change the font my document is typeset in?

Thank you.
Fabio
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Re: [Newbie] Fonts!

[Taco Hoekwater]

Fabio Mancinelli wrote:
> Hello all.
> 
> Maybe this is a trivial question but I cannot understand what's going on.

Not competely trivial, but it is a recurring theme, for sure.
First, here is an input file that should actually work:

   \usetypescript[adobekb][8r,ec]
   \usetypescript[palatino][ec]
   \switchtobodyfont[palatino,11pt]
   \starttext
   Hello world
   \stoptext

The problem with your input is that you have to specify
an encoding (or a set of encodings) to \usetypescript. That's what
the extra "[ec]" is for on the second line of my example.

The other problem is that you do not have palatino
installed in way that is usable by a default ConTeXt
installation. For palatino to work, you have three
options :

   a. install the font family using texfont
   b. download cont-fnt.zip from the pragma site
   c. load the latex psnfss compatibity typescripts (as above)

More on this is on the Wiki,

     http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts

Cheers, Taco

Re: [Newbie] Fonts!

[Hans Hagen]

Fabio Mancinelli wrote:

>Hello all.
>
>Maybe this is a trivial question but I cannot understand what's going on.
>I've read the mfonts.pdf and I tried to compile the following file:
>
>\usetypescript[palatino]
>  
>
\usetypescript[palatino][ec] % or whatever encoding you need

>\switchtobodyfont[palatino,11pt]
>\starttext
>Hello world
>\stoptext
>
>It works. Changing palatino to whatever other font name (even non-existant ones
>like hfdjfh!) produces the same output. I used also the \setupbodyfont but same
>result. texexec always says bodyfont: 12pt rm is loaded no matter what I
>specify.
>
>So the question is: how do I actually change the font my document is typeset in?
>
>Thank you.
>Fabio
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