Re: MM fonts and texfont

Re: MM fonts and texfont

[Hans Hagen]

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

[Hans Hagen]

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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