From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44899 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Problems with Palatino sans serif Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:14:00 +0200 Message-ID: <48FD02A8.5040501@elvenkind.com> References: <4BEBFEFE-545B-4529-9103-A64EE396D603@quokka70.fastmail.fm> <48FC51D0.8050809@elvenkind.com> <48FCF235.5030208@quokka70.fastmail.fm> 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 1224544864 24418 80.91.229.12 (20 Oct 2008 23:21:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:21:04 +0000 (UTC) To: context@quokka70.fastmail.fm, mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Oct 21 01:22:03 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1Ks33I-0001WQ-1o for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:16:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ADBB1FBB8; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:15:31 +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 27171-02; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:14:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 341AE1FB98; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:14:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0391FB98 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:14:41 +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 24617-02-4 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:14:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CC2E1FB8E for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:14:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [192.168.178.20] (boo.demon.nl [82.161.175.147]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m9KME0ku079006; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:14:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from taco@elvenkind.com) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070305) In-Reply-To: <48FCF235.5030208@quokka70.fastmail.fm> X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner 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:44899 Archived-At: Rory Molinari wrote: > > 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? Yes, spot on. The [default] is for font families with optical scaling instances and is only used with the computer modern fonts. When combined with a different font set, like palatino, it doesn't make much sense so it is usually left at [default]. 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________