From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41456 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Bitstream Charter vs. Charis SIL Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:04:30 +0200 Message-ID: <484CD5FE.7080207@elvenkind.com> References: <6faad9f00806070234j777520f4nc2343a82f3c7a2d9@mail.gmail.com> <115224fb0806082359q1a921d19y812419181aa6567f@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: ger.gmane.org 1212995181 10726 80.91.229.12 (9 Jun 2008 07:06:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 07:06:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Jonathan Kew To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jun 09 09:07:03 2008 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 1K5bSg-0005g4-PA for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:06:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BCD91FD06; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:05:49 +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 24121-04-7; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:05:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 414411FCC7; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:05:07 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A29A1FCC7 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:05:05 +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 24121-04-6 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:04:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from plane.elvenkind.com (elvenknd.xs4all.nl [82.95.203.226]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE76A1FC98 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:04:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from glenlivet.elvenkind.com (glenlivet.elvenkind.com [10.10.0.6]) by plane.elvenkind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6F5080416E5; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:04:30 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080305) In-Reply-To: <115224fb0806082359q1a921d19y812419181aa6567f@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:41456 Archived-At: Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > There is no difference, the same fonts are loaded, I tried this a month ago. > >> Now that I'm looking at it again at >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitstream_Charter: >> >>> This has resulted in derivatives of Bitstream Charter becoming available, including Charis SIL. >> What about adding >> http://scripts.sil.org/CharisSILfont >> to the distribution, possibly including TeX Live, and replacing the >> definitions to use CharisSIL in XeTeX/LuaTeX instead of Bitstream >> Charter? The same move that has happened with TeX Gyre? Any comments? >> Suggestions? > > The fonts include more characters but come without any kerning information. The kerning of Bitstream Charter is so dodgy that this is not a big loss. 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________