Re: simplefonts

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

On 14-3-2010 14:12, Michael Saunders wrote:
> Thomas A. Schmitz:
>
> Thank you, Thomas.  I've been studying this closely.
>
>> A typescript file can contain a series of typeface definitions, e.g., one for serif, one for sans, one for mono, one for math, etc. hence the syntax \starttypescript
>
> [<typeface>] [<identifier>]
>
> I see!  So, I'm guessing that it is this<typeface>  which connects the
> typescripts to the font switching commands like \rm.  My guess is:
> <typeface>      switch
> serif              \rm
> sans              \ss
> mono            \tt
> math             \mm
> ??                 \hw
> ??                 \cg
> and that Context only permits these six families?

it can support as many as you want but only a few make sense

you can combine such combinations in typefaces and mix then any way and 
use multiple such mixtures in one document

> (major axis: rm, it, sl, ui; minor axis:  rg, ac, sc, sw, in, su, nu,
> de, po, pl, to, tl  +  ornaments, which handles all of the variations
> that Adobe makes, anyway).  Maybe I'll be able to reproduce it once I
> get this working.

sounds complex .. it's more like:

[typefaceone|typefacetwo|...| [rm|ss|tt|..] [tf|it|..]

so if you want a smallcaps set, you'd best do something

\definetypeface[Whatever]         [....]
\definetypeface[WhateverSmallcaps][....]

and then switch the lot to smallcaps using a typeface switch (which is 
quite fast) instead of defining all kind of extra smallcaps instances 
within the main typeface

Hans

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