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(87-194-191-26.bethere.co.uk [87.194.191.26]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm835112eyh.20.2009.05.13.15.12.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 13 May 2009 15:12:38 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090409) In-Reply-To: <5df5befa0905130931u35f777eh102b0ef94c5ec2ea@mail.gmail.com> X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.219.180; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 224984373 - 753a4bcffb00 - 20090514 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.152 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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:50450 Archived-At: if you don't require anything completex http://github.com/contextgarden/otfinstall/tree/master automates a lot of the tasks required in installing a font in mkii. afsmith wrote: > Luigi, Hans, and Wolfgang, thank you for your responses. I'm still > unclear on several things. (comments on your responses follow > afterwards) > > Let me try asking these things as questions. Specifically, could > someone please tell me... > 1. How do I determine whether I am using MKII, MKIV, or XeTeX to > process my documents? I tend to use \begin{XETEX,OLDTEX,LUATEX} ... \end{XETEX,OLDTEX,LUATEX} > 2. Given the line from a typescript... > \definefontsynonym[LiberationSerif] [name:liberationserif] > ... how do I determine which file "name:liberationserif" corresponds to? > 3. In both MKII and MKIV, how can I determine which typescripts exist? > In other words, how do I determine working arguments for > "\usetypescriptfile"? > 3b. Specifically, in the case of... > \usetypescript[palatino][ec] > ... in which typescript is this defined? (given a vanilla context > minimals installation) > 4. What defines the output of "fc-list" or "mtxrun --script fonts > --list"? Do they correspond to files? Type synonyms? etc. fc-list also looks in $HOME/.fonts/ > 5. Do I need to bother with map files for MKII? > 6. Is it particularly recommended that I use MKIV? How stable is it > compared to MKII? > > Luigi, what do you mean by "and look into base/*"? Which 'base'? Are > you talking about in the context minimals distribution? some specific > online repository? I have seen the two documents you mentioned. > Re-reading them has clarified things a little bit. > > Wolfgang, > Currently the module you linked to > (http://bitbucket.org/wolfs/simplefonts/) is beyond my > understanding... I would first like to understand the mechanism your > module operates on before trying to automate it. > > Hans, > I am aware that there are such types of parameters that must be > defined for fonts. I understand 'it is complicated' but this does not > really help make things clearer to me. The inner workings of fonts are > of little concern to me to me at the moment. Right now I do not even > know where to look. I have seen the examples you gave for palatino, > such as... > \usetypescript[palatino][ec] > ...but I have no idea where those arguments come from > > Thanks. > > > On 5/13/09, afsmith wrote: > ... >> What I would like to do is use the full range of TeX-Gyre fonts (and >> later possibly others) for my existing documents. >> It is not clear to me... >> Whether or not I am using MKIV, nor how to determine which engine I am >> running. >> If not running MKIV/XeTeX, how to determine which fonts are installed. >> What the items from the output of "fc-list" or "mtxrun --script fonts >> --list" correspond to. >> How to use available fonts, nor where to draw valid parameters from >> for use in font commands. >> How to determine what font configurations are available for a given font. >> Whether I need to write typescripts, nor how to find any existing ones. >> Whether I need to concern myself with .map or any other font files. >> Whether I need to configure anything, move any files, etcetera. >> ...As well as anything else I might need to install or use a font >> >> For what it's worth, I have been using the command "texexec" to >> process my tex files, am using a context minimals downloaded about two >> months ago, and am running Linux. > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________