Re: Problems with Palatino sans serif

[Rory Molinari <context@quokka70.fastmail.fm>]

Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Hi Rory,

Hi Taco,

Thanks for responding.


> 
> Because there is no fallback font defined either, you get 'nothing'
> when you switch to \ss in the older contexts. You could attempt
> to update your context installation,  but this could introduce
> new problems, so it may be easiest to add a \definetypeface line

I've already updated my installation, which cleared up the problem.  Is 
it risky in general to use 'ctxtool --updatecontext'?

> for palatino ss in your document someplace before the \setupbodyfont.
> 
>   \definetypeface [palatino] [ss] [sans]  [modern]
>                   [default] [encoding=ec,rscale=1.075]

Oh, I see.  This uses the Computer Modern sans.

So if I understand things correctly, the various arguments are:

[palatino]: the typeface being defined (or modified in this case)
[ss]:       the part of the typeface being defined (the \ss name)
[sans]:     refers to a part of the "modern" typeface
[modern]:   pick the "sans" part of the this typeface
[default]:  what's this bit?
[encoding]: the encoding to use
[rscale]:   a scaling adjustment to make up for CM's smaller x-size.

Is that the general idea?

Cheers,
Rory

> 
> Best wishes,
> Taco
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