From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: MM fonts and texfont
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 21:09:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020914210641.01fdf008@remote-1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B9A50B55.3C37%darcusb@muohio.edu>
At 03:01 PM 9/11/2002 -0400, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
>Hi Hans,
>
>I was able to get texfont to generate some (but not all) of the instances
>and metrics of Myriad MM that I wanted, but I could never get the font
>working correctly because I couldn't figure out how to set up the typescript
>file correctly. Do you have any example typescripts you could make
>available that allow one to access fonts like light or semibold or medium
>(or condensed)?
>
>What I did instead: used a fantastic perl package called Fontkit:
>
> <http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~oneill/download/FontKit-20020322.tar.gz>
>
>This script makes using MM fonts totally transparent for LaTeX. If you
>invoke an instance that is not currently installed (say semibold,
>semicondensed), it will automatically generate metrics and fonts and typeset
>it. (It'd nice if It could be modified to work with ConTeXt.)
>
>Anyway, I used that to generate the files, then modified a font file I have
>for ConTeXt... Now it works , though I don't know how to access anything
>more than the standard bold, italic, etc.
==== typeface.tex ======
\loadmapfile [texnansi-adobe-myriad.map]
\starttypescript [sans] [myriad] [name]
\definefontsynonym [Sans] [Myriad]
\definefontsynonym [SansBold] [MyriadBold]
\definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [MyriadItalic]
\definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [MyriadBoldItalic]
\definefontsynonym [SansSlanted] [MyriadItalic]
\definefontsynonym [SansBoldSlanted] [MyriadBoldItalic]
\definefontsynonym [SansCaps] [Myriad]
\stoptypescript
\starttypescript [sans] [myriad] [texnansi,ec,8r]
\definefontsynonym
[Myriad] [\typefaceencoding-myriadmm-weight-400-width-600]
[encoding=\typefaceencoding]
\definefontsynonym
[MyriadBold] [\typefaceencoding-myriadmm-weight-700-width-600]
[encoding=\typefaceencoding]
\definefontsynonym
[MyriadItalic] [\typefaceencoding-myriadmm-it-weight-400-width-600]
[encoding=\typefaceencoding]
\definefontsynonym [MyriadBoldItalic]
[\typefaceencoding-myriadmm-it-weight-700-width-600]
[encoding=\typefaceencoding]
\stoptypescript
====== main file =====
\usetypescriptfile[typeface]
\definetypeface [mainface] [ss] [sans] [myriad] [default] [encoding=texnansi]
\setupbodyfont[mainface,ss,10pt]
=======
Hans
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