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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Consolas
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:57:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CA6594D.5010807@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <279CF11E-A139-4A90-BA7A-FA7D16CD3868@awi.de>

On 1-10-2010 11:41, Florian Wobbe wrote:
> On Oct 1, 2010, at 23:26 , Hans Hagen wrote:
>> On 1-10-2010 12:42, Florian Wobbe wrote:
>>> On Sep 30, 2010, at 21:01 , Patrick Gundlach wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> several days ago I asked about companions to Cambria, and Wolfgang kindly gave me this:
>>>>
>>>> \definetypeface [mainface] [rm] [serif] [cambria]  [default]
>>>> \definetypeface [mainface] [ss] [sans]  [corbel]   [default] [rscale=auto]
>>>> \definetypeface [mainface] [tt] [mono]  [consolas] [default] [rscale=auto]
>>>> \definetypeface [mainface] [mm] [math]  [cambria]  [default]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> which works fine, except for consolas. Shouldn't consolas be defined like
>>>>
>>>> \starttypescript [mono] [consolas] [name]
>>>>    \setups[\s!font:\s!fallback:\s!sans]
>>>>         \definefontsynonym [\s!Mono]           [\s!file:consola]  [\s!features=\s!default]
>>>>         \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoBold]       [\s!file:consolab] [\s!features=\s!default]
>>>>         \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoItalic]     [\s!file:consolai] [\s!features=\s!default]
>>>>         \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoBoldItalic] [\s!file:consolaz] [\s!features=\s!default]
>>>>     \stoptypescript
>>>>
>>>> instead of
>>>>
>>>> Sans.... ? It's much more a monospace font then a Sans.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Patrick
>>>
>>> It seems, the ClearType fonts come with different filenames, so I had to define them by name like Cambria is in type-otf (\definefontsynonym [CambriaSerif] [name:cambria]):
>>
>> btw, we need to make decisions here ... in tex live such fonts get different names so do we follow that convention or do we opt for the official files
>>
>> Hans
>
> Actually, what I meant was that there are no common official filenames for these MS Fonts. In Windows they are like calibri.ttf, calibrib.ttf, calibrii.ttf, ... In Office for Mac the font files are named Calibri.ttf, Calibri Bold.ttf, Calibri Italic.ttf, etc. So going by name is explicit.


well, if someone figures out the names ...

(btw, it's not entirely fail save either as for instanc the commercial 
cambria clashes with the ms one)

Hans

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      reply	other threads:[~2010-10-01 21:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-30 19:01 Consolas Patrick Gundlach
2010-10-01 10:42 ` Consolas Florian Wobbe
2010-10-01 21:26   ` Consolas Hans Hagen
2010-10-01 21:34     ` Consolas Khaled Hosny
2010-10-01 21:41     ` Consolas Florian Wobbe
2010-10-01 21:57       ` Hans Hagen [this message]

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