Changes in simplefonts

Changes in simplefonts

[John Haltiwanger]

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Hi all,

So the following used to work perfectly, but no longer does:

\usemodule[simplefonts]
\setmainfont[Liberation-Serif]

\starttext

I feel so Liberated that {\ConTeXt} can see all my system fonts!

\stoptext

I don't seem to remember changing any configuration in order to get ConTeXt
to see my system fonts (running ArchLinux, so it follows Linux standards).
Yet now I cannot get the simplefonts module to see what it used to see fine.
Has there been some backend changes so that *.ttf files on the system are
now ignored? Do I need to install it to the ConTeXt directory or is there
another alternative?

(Updating my font database does nothing, unless 'luatools --generate' does
not do this?)

% context --version
MTXrun | main context file:
/home/serk17/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex
MTXrun | current version: 2009.11.24 10:13

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Re: Changes in simplefonts

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 02.02.10 12:43, schrieb John Haltiwanger:
> Hi all,
>
> So the following used to work perfectly, but no longer does:
>
> \usemodule[simplefonts]
> \setmainfont[Liberation-Serif]
>
> \starttext
>
> I feel so Liberated that {\ConTeXt} can see all my system fonts!
>
> \stoptext
>
> I don't seem to remember changing any configuration in order to get 
> ConTeXt to see my system fonts (running ArchLinux, so it follows Linux 
> standards). Yet now I cannot get the simplefonts module to see what it 
> used to see fine. Has there been some backend changes so that *.ttf 
> files on the system are now ignored? Do I need to install it to the 
> ConTeXt directory or is there another alternative?
>
> (Updating my font database does nothing, unless 'luatools --generate' 
> does not do this?)
For system fonts on Linux you need a entry the OSFONTDIR environment 
variable,
how you can do this is explained here:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTex#Getting_access_to_the_system_fonts
http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20091026.201256.cbd7927c.en.html
http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20091027.062301.0a8817d0.en.html

Wolfgang

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Re: Changes in simplefonts

[John Haltiwanger]

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Alright! Thanks Wolfgang!

However, I'm running into another weirdness: all the text is italicized.

See attached (and for Liberation fonts see your package manager or
https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/).

~~~~~~~~~
% context --version
MTXrun | main context file:
/home/serk17/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex
MTXrun | current version: 2010.02.01 11:19

% luatex --version
This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.50.0-2009122419
~~~~~~~~~~

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Am 02.02.10 12:43, schrieb John Haltiwanger:
>
>  Hi all,
>>
>> So the following used to work perfectly, but no longer does:
>>
>> \usemodule[simplefonts]
>> \setmainfont[Liberation-Serif]
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> I feel so Liberated that {\ConTeXt} can see all my system fonts!
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>> I don't seem to remember changing any configuration in order to get
>> ConTeXt to see my system fonts (running ArchLinux, so it follows Linux
>> standards). Yet now I cannot get the simplefonts module to see what it used
>> to see fine. Has there been some backend changes so that *.ttf files on the
>> system are now ignored? Do I need to install it to the ConTeXt directory or
>> is there another alternative?
>>
>> (Updating my font database does nothing, unless 'luatools --generate' does
>> not do this?)
>>
> For system fonts on Linux you need a entry the OSFONTDIR environment
> variable,
> how you can do this is explained here:
>
>
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTex#Getting_access_to_the_system_fonts
> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20091026.201256.cbd7927c.en.html
> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20091027.062301.0a8817d0.en.html
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
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Re: Changes in simplefonts

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 02.02.10 14:35, schrieb John Haltiwanger:
> Alright! Thanks Wolfgang!
>
> However, I'm running into another weirdness: all the text is italicized.
I uploaded a new version today which should fix this, please update
your context (it can take a few hours till the minimals use the new
simplefonts version).

Wolfgang

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Re: Changes in simplefonts

[John Haltiwanger]

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Thanks Wolfgang! simplefonts is an amazing tool to tide me over until I take
the time to tackle the native font stuff (which seems to be too in flux to
really learn at this point anyway). Perfect for getting short documents
together and looking good.

So, to clarify, I just wait a few hours and then update my minimals?

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Am 02.02.10 14:35, schrieb John Haltiwanger:
>
>  Alright! Thanks Wolfgang!
>>
>> However, I'm running into another weirdness: all the text is italicized.
>>
> I uploaded a new version today which should fix this, please update
> your context (it can take a few hours till the minimals use the new
> simplefonts version).
>
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
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>
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>

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Re: Changes in simplefonts

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 02.02.10 15:18, schrieb John Haltiwanger:
> Thanks Wolfgang! simplefonts is an amazing tool to tide me over until 
> I take the time to tackle the native font stuff (which seems to be too 
> in flux to really learn at this point anyway).
The font system is stable and from the user side nothing has changed
since a very long time, you write a typescript where you map the font
files to a style (Serif, Sans, Mono) and load it in your document
with \setupbodyfont.

One new feature is that \setupbodyfont is enough in certain cases and
you no longer need \usetypescript.
> Perfect for getting short documents together and looking good.
>
> So, to clarify, I just wait a few hours and then update my minimals?
Yes, it takes a while till the files from the modules section
are included in the minimals (only Mojca can tell how long :).

Wolfgang

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Re: Changes in simplefonts

[John Haltiwanger]

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On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Am 02.02.10 15:18, schrieb John Haltiwanger:
>
>  Thanks Wolfgang! simplefonts is an amazing tool to tide me over until I
>> take the time to tackle the native font stuff (which seems to be too in flux
>> to really learn at this point anyway).
>>
> The font system is stable and from the user side nothing has changed
> since a very long time, you write a typescript where you map the font
> files to a style (Serif, Sans, Mono) and load it in your document
> with \setupbodyfont.
>
> One new feature is that \setupbodyfont is enough in certain cases and
> you no longer need \usetypescript.


Okay, I guess I've gotten myself confused reading documents describing many
new features that were opened up by LuaTeX. Good to know, but still glad to
have simplefonts ;)

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