From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/43919 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: One very silly question Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:45:45 +0200 Message-ID: <48C94B39.9080002@wxs.nl> References: <68bfdc900809110821p18fa137cl77c0829c230f224f@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 1221151697 5437 80.91.229.12 (11 Sep 2008 16:48:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:48:17 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Sep 11 18:49:08 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 1KdpLG-0003yc-5d for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:48:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE0C01FF7E; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:47:23 +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 02215-01-2; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:46:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36BFD1FF11; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:46:45 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF621FF7E for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:46:41 +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 30454-02-14 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:45:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF2F1FF11 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:45:45 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.9e) with ESMTP id 18484-1840426 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:45:45 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) In-Reply-To: <68bfdc900809110821p18fa137cl77c0829c230f224f@mail.gmail.com> X-Originating-IP: 10.100.1.100 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 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:43919 Archived-At: Yue Wang wrote: > Hi, > > I read the manual, and it said: > > rm, ss,tt,hw,cg are styles, bf,it,bi,sl,bs, sc, os, tf are alternatives. > one can use one alternative in one style like \rm\bf. > However, I think we should add more alternatives like boldsmallcaps or > bold old style number? no, in such cases, just create another typeface with relevant fonts using smallcaps and then switch to that typeface > in opentype, smcp, onum are just features, and every alternatives > (like bold, bold italic) have them. > > btw, I think there should be a (fontconfig like) mechanism for setting > up opentype fonts easier? hm, it's nbot that complex, just define a featureset and use it; one can even adapt features in between if needed (dynamic features) you can be pretty sure that whatever you 'predefine' (font-blabla-using-oldstyle-and-smallcaps) will have exceptions and then we end up with n! possible combinations Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________