From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/35735 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: OpenType in ConTeXt Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:16:34 +0200 Message-ID: <46B81C52.8090703@elvenkind.com> References: <1186321866.8624.6.camel@carnifex> <1186420834.5981.23.camel@carnifex> <20070806175414.GG26634@phare.normalesup.org> <1186430472.5991.3.camel@carnifex> <46B78045.8000101@wxs.nl> <36121a670708062346x3da89967p5418eeeda366a597@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1186476124 721 80.91.229.12 (7 Aug 2007 08:42:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:42:04 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Aug 07 10:42:03 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IIKdd-00016G-HF for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:42:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 539DF1FBE2; Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:41:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 08004-09-29; Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:41:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C031FFCC; Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:16:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B3501FF91 for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:16:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 02428-01-5 for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:16:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from post-24.mail.nl.demon.net (post-24.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.194]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD8C11FFBE for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:16:34 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from boo.demon.nl ([82.161.175.147]:38812 helo=[10.10.0.6]) by post-24.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1IIJIw-0000ro-JE for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:16:34 +0000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070305) In-Reply-To: <36121a670708062346x3da89967p5418eeeda366a597@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:35735 Archived-At: Pascal de Bruijn wrote: > On 8/6/07, Hans Hagen wrote: >> >> well, i still use texfont for type 1 fonts, but for open type i use >> luatex anyway which can handle it directly (actually, mkiv also uses afm >> files instead of tfm when available, so texfont is not needed any more) > > > How stable/reliable is LuaTeX for general use? Well, "not at all" is the wisest answer I can give. But I know for a fact that there are people out there (you know who you are!) that use luatex for production work already. As long as you stick to the highlevel context interface, are not interested in the archivability of documents and do not hit a showstopper bug, it is somewhat ok to do that. Luatex is an early beta. I am always happy to hear about bugs, but it may take a while for them to get fixed (in the next beta), so don't start anything time-critical in luatex that cannot easily be handled in another way, just in case. > Does LuaTeX already support OpenType things like > SmallCaps, Old Style Figures, Alternates, Ligatures, etc? Yes. Best read the magazine has mentioned, and lookup \definefontfeature. http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/magazines/mag-0012.pdf Best wishes, Taco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________