From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/54644 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: MetaPost integration: default parameters Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:17:11 +0100 Message-ID: <4B0A36F7.9060204@elvenkind.com> References: <6faad9f00911131620v5b066fe6t90d653becc2d34@mail.gmail.com> <6E7CC73F-63B4-411E-9143-09698B487CF3@mpq.mpg.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258960649 10748 80.91.229.12 (23 Nov 2009 07:17:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:17:29 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Nov 23 08:17:22 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NCTAo-0006FV-AJ for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:17:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86FC8C9A9C; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:38 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id BAO3ofirAEPh; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:35 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99E4EC9A70; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:35 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 725C1C9A70 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:33 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id F0ajayOnIwZG for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from plane.elvenkind.com (elvenknd.xs4all.nl [82.95.203.226]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C70CC9A41 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:14:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from glenlivet.elvenkind.com (glenlivet.elvenkind.com [10.10.0.6]) by plane.elvenkind.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42DC9802BE1F for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:17:11 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090319) In-Reply-To: <6E7CC73F-63B4-411E-9143-09698B487CF3@mpq.mpg.de> X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:54644 Archived-At: Oliver Buerschaper wrote: > Hi Mojca, > = >>> Also, is there a way to directly get the glyph outlines of, say, = >>> $\bigotimes$ in MetaPost code and use it to derive some length >>> unit from it? >> Yes, but this only works for Type1 fonts, not for OpenType. >> = >> The example below is a literal copy from metapost manual (created >> by Taco). > = > This is quite impressive! This will make it much easier for me to > obtain the right dimensions=85 > = > Now if only this worked with OpenType as well (or any other font At some point next year I will rewrite the font backend of luatex, and at the same time make it a bit more generic. Once that is done, the new code can be ported to metapost. Don't hold your breath, it will likely take more than a year. Best wishes, Taco ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________