* Re: MM fonts and texfont
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@ 2002-09-14 19:09 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2002-09-14 19:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ntg-context
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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* Re: MM fonts and texfont
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@ 2002-09-16 10:04 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2002-09-16 10:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ntg-context
At 09:22 PM 9/15/2002 -0400, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
>Thanks Hans. But...this only gets me standard weights and widths. How
>do I set up, as an example, a semibold, semicondensed font, and access
>it for a chapter title? Or what about simply a "light" font? There
>aren't any examples I can find in the documentation or source beyond
>the standard bold, italic, etc.
>
>I assume as a general rule in dealing with an MM font like Myriad one
>would want to distinguish typescripts based on width, but beyond that I
>just don't get it...
just define additional typescript named
... [myriad-semi] ....
and a typeface
[semiface]
and activate that
... style={\switchtobodyfont[semiface]}, ...
Hans
>Bruce
>
> >==== 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]
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