Re: Minimal ConTeXt and texfont!

From: "Verhaag, G.C.H.M." <verhaaggchm@ziggo.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Minimal ConTeXt and texfont!
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:21:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D062BDD.2040601@ziggo.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimGDWkdZt9Kmcpn=mFpgVSw1KNSUoOMOZmTFCxN@mail.gmail.com>

Mojca Miklavec wrote:

>On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:27, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. wrote:
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>>I want to try to install some new fonts and it is common practice to use
>>texfont for that. ConTeXt comes with its own texfont, but when I type
>>texfont at my linux-prompt, no texfont can be found? Do I need to install
>>additional tools to be able to build new fonts?
>>    
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>TeXfont used to be a common practice until the arrival of MKIV. It's
>not maintained, it is somewhat buggy, it has been removed from
>standard tools (though you can still make it work easily), but I would
>strongly recommend you to use ConTeXt MKIV (LuaTeX instead of pdfTeX)
>if you need non-texie fonts. In that case all you need to do is to put
>your fonts into texmf-fonts or texmf-local under
>tex/opentype/company/fontname (the part "tex/opentype" is the most
>important part - assuming that you are indeed dealing with OpenType
>fonts).
>
>Alternatively you may configure OSFONTDIR to point to the folders
>where you have your system fonts and they will be picked up
>automatically. If you use XeTeX your system font should be found by
>default.
>
>You only need the right typescripts, but no font conversion at all.
>
>Mojca
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Hi,

I use the latest ConTeXt MkIV version on a Linux (kernel 2.4) based PC; 
so I use LuaTeX!

I understand that I don't need to use texfont when using ttf-fonts, with 
this version of ConTeXt.

But still need to write the proper typescripts, right?
Does the same apply to opentype fonts?

Regards,
Gerard Verhaag
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