Re: txfonts

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 11:47 AM 10/2/2002 +0200, Wybo Dekker wrote:
>On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
> > >And would `times' really give me txfonts' txtt instead of Courier?
> >
> > no, just computer modern typewriter which is a quite good one
> >
> > of course you can create yoru own typescript file and replace 'm (see
> > type-exa.tex for how times is defined)
>
>I already had a look there and tried several things but it's quite unclear
>to me how that works. I cannot to any extent match the txfonts

make a series of

\starttypescript[mono][tx][..]

\stoptypescript

and put that in for instance typeface.tex and say 
\usettypescriptfile[typeface] before loading typescripts.

>documentation (/texlive/texmf/doc/fonts/txfonts/txfontsdoc.pdf) with the
>definition of times in type-exa.tex.

in type-enc the symbolic names are mapped onto tx files, aren't those tx 
files somewhere in yout path?

\starttypescript [math] [times] [all]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Roman-Upright]     [txr]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Roman-Italic]      [txi]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Roman-Slanted]     [txsl]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Roman-Caps]        [txsc]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Companion-Upright] [tcxr]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Companion-Italic]  [tcxi]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Companion-Slanted] [tcxsl]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Math-Italic]       [txmi]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Math-Symbols]      [txsy]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Math-Extension]    [txex]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Math-SymbolsA]     [txsya]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Math-SymbolsB]     [txsyb]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Math-SymbolsC]     [txsyc]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Math-Italic-A]     [txmia]
   \definefontsynonym [Times-Math-Extension-A]  [txexa]
\stoptypescript


>For example, my first interest is to replace courier with txfonts' version
>of \tt (I don't like courier at all, there is no accounting for tastes...)
>but replacing `courier' with `txtt' did not work (of course).

well, in that case i would have to look into the proper names of the tx 
mono spaced characters (something for the 'ntg sleuteldag')

>Also, I am sometimes told to say (in \setupbodyfont and friends) `pos',
>but at other times `times' - I need a book!

no, \setupbodyfont[pos] will give you times + helvetica + courier but cmr math

\usetypescript[berry][ec]
\usetypescript[postscript][ec]
\setupbodyfont[postscript]

should give you times + helvetica + courier + tx math

and

\usetypescript[berry][ec]
\usetypescript[times][ec]
\setupbodyfont[times]

gives times + helvetica + cmr + tx math

where in the last two cases the fonts are relatively scaled in order to match

>Is there a clear description of the \definetypeface command somewhere?

mfonts.pdf

>And why are txfonts not an integral part of context?

hm, because i only looked into the times part, and not in the accompanying 
sans and monospaced fonts

>You yourself made me a devotee of txfonts (and pxfonts)!

it's really not that hard, (on the next ntg installation day i will give 
you a copy of my minimal system with all those free fonts including the 
tx/px's)

[i'm willing to add all kind of mappings and fonts, but have no time to 
build lists myself, so if someone provides me the names of fonts to use ... ]

Hans
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