Font style switching

Font style switching

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Hello,

Yet Another Proposal (I think I already went over this, or maybe
not, whatever).

Some users (me, but I just discovered I'm not the only one) like
to be able to switch font style/weight/size/whatever without
touching the other characteristics.

For example: triggering a \bf within the scope of an \it should
actually call \bi, and conversely. Or, boldfacing or italicizing a
Caps font (yes, I know it's a typographical horror).

(BTW, no Upright Italic in ConTeXt?)

--
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Re: Font style switching

[Hans Hagen]

At 12:41 PM 1/22/2002 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Yet Another Proposal (I think I already went over this, or maybe
>not, whatever).
>
>Some users (me, but I just discovered I'm not the only one) like
>to be able to switch font style/weight/size/whatever without
>touching the other characteristics.
>
>For example: triggering a \bf within the scope of an \it should
>actually call \bi, and conversely. Or, boldfacing or italicizing a

you can do that using the low level yet undocumented but feel free to 
document them (one example per macro will do) macros:

\setcurrentfont
\setcurrentfontbody
\setcurrentfontstyle
\setcurrentfontbodyalternative
\setcurrentfontalternative
\setcurrentfontsize
\setcurrentfontstylealternative
\setcurrentfontstylesize
\setcurrentfontalternativesize
\setcurrentfontstylealternativesize

>Caps font (yes, I know it's a typographical horror).

then why ask?

>(BTW, no Upright Italic in ConTeXt?)

no, never felt the need -)

Hans
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Re[2]: Font style switching

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Tuesday, January 22, 2002 Hans Hagen wrote:

HH> you can do that using the low level yet undocumented but feel free to 
HH> document them (one example per macro will do) macros:

HH> \setcurrentfont
HH> \setcurrentfontbody
HH> \setcurrentfontstyle
HH> \setcurrentfontbodyalternative
HH> \setcurrentfontalternative
HH> \setcurrentfontsize
HH> \setcurrentfontstylealternative
HH> \setcurrentfontstylesize
HH> \setcurrentfontalternativesize
HH> \setcurrentfontstylealternativesize

Are there also \getcurrentfont<whatever> counterparts?

Re[2]: Font style switching

[Hans Hagen]

At 06:08 PM 1/22/2002 +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:

>Tuesday, January 22, 2002 Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>HH> you can do that using the low level yet undocumented but feel free to
>HH> document them (one example per macro will do) macros:
>
>HH> \setcurrentfont
>HH> \setcurrentfontbody
>HH> \setcurrentfontstyle
>HH> \setcurrentfontbodyalternative
>HH> \setcurrentfontalternative
>HH> \setcurrentfontsize
>HH> \setcurrentfontstylealternative
>HH> \setcurrentfontstylesize
>HH> \setcurrentfontalternativesize
>HH> \setcurrentfontstylealternativesize
>
>Are there also \getcurrentfont<whatever> counterparts?

what are the gets supposed to do? the current values are available in 
\currentfontstyle cum suis

Hans
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Re[3]: Font style switching

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

>>
>>Are there also \getcurrentfont<whatever> counterparts?

HH> what are the gets supposed to do? the current values are available in 
HH> \currentfontstyle cum suis

Ok, I'll look further into the matter.

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Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta