Re: typescript problem (hw variants)

[Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>]

Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> Hi wizards!
> 
> I'm reworking my setup of Apostrophe's huge "Republika" font clan and  
> reckognized that handwriting (hw) doesn't accept style switches; the  
> following doesn't work:
> 
> \starttypescript    [handwriting]    [republika1-cond]    [name]
>     \definefontsynonym    [Handwriting]        [RepublikaCnd-Sketch]
>     \definefontsynonym    [HandwritingItalic]        [RepublikaCnd- 
> Sktech-Italic]
>     \definefontsynonym    [HandwritingBold]        [RepublikaCnd-Haze]
>     \definefontsynonym    [HandwritingBoldItalic]    [RepublikaCnd- 
> Haze-Italic]
>     \definefontsynonym    [HandwritingRegularBlack][RepublikaCnd- Shatter]
>     \definefontsynonym    [HandwritingItalicBlack]    [RepublikaCnd- 
> Shatter-Italic]
>     \definefontvariant    [Handwriting] [black] [Black]
>     \definefontsynonym    [HandwritingSlanted]    [HandwritingItalic]
>     \definefontsynonym    [HandwritingBoldSlanted]     
> [HandwritingBoldItalic]
> \stoptypescript
> 
> I always get only the "plain" font (Handwriting).
> I need rm, ss and tt for other purposes.
> Could the font mechanism get enhanced?

 From font-unk.tex:

\definebodyfont [default] [hw]  [tf=Handwriting sa 1]

So, you would need something like this:

    \definebodyfont [default] [hw]
    [tf=Handwriting sa 1,
     bf=HandwritingBold sa 1,
     it=HandwritingItalic sa 1,
     sl=HandwritingSlanted sa 1,
     bi=HandwritingBoldItalic sa 1,
     bs=HandwritingBoldSlanted sa 1,
     sc=HandwritingCaps sa 1]

As well as (perhaps?):

    \definefontsynonym [HandwritingBold]        [Handwriting]
    \definefontsynonym [HandwritingItalic]      [Handwriting]
    \definefontsynonym [HandwritingSlanted]     [Handwriting]
    \definefontsynonym [HandwritingBoldItalic]  [Handwriting]
    \definefontsynonym [HandwritingBoldSlanted] [Handwriting]
    \definefontsynonym [HandwritingCaps]        [Handwriting]

It should be possible to fix this in font-unk  without breaking
compatibility.

Cheers, Taco