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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Subject: Re[2]: \switchtobodyfont[cmr]  in Gamma
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:12:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20021112191134.00ad6e78@server-1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <881635301.20021112150636@iol.it>

At 03:06 PM 11/12/2002 +0100, you wrote:

>Tuesday, November 12, 2002 Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>HH> When mixing fonts, esp with similar names, and esp in an ungrouped way,
>HH> it's best to use the typeface mechanism, since it provides a namespace,
>HH> while the less clever mechanism overloads definitions (keep in mind that
>HH> there are some limitations to the amount of fonts and memory, so there 
>are
>HH> some trade off's)
>
>I never managed to get typeface working correctly, other than
>defining things similarly to type-pre and using those with
>\switchbodyfont. Is there any documentation on how to *use*
>typefaces (not *define* them)?

define:

   \definetypeface[mainface][....]

then use 'm:

   \setupbodyfont[mainface]

Hans



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  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-12 18:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-11 22:48 Idris S Hamid
2002-11-11 21:56 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2002-11-11 23:28 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2002-11-12  1:02   ` Idris S Hamid
2002-11-12  8:31 ` Hans Hagen
2002-11-12 14:06   ` Re[2]: " Giuseppe Bilotta
2002-11-12 18:12     ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2002-11-12 22:10       ` Re[3]: " Giuseppe Bilotta
2002-11-13  8:39         ` Hans Hagen
2002-11-13 11:31           ` Re[4]: " Giuseppe Bilotta
2002-11-13 16:16             ` Hans Hagen
2002-11-13 20:25           ` Re[3]: " Idris S Hamid
2002-11-13 20:07   ` Idris S Hamid
2002-11-12 11:59 ` Matthew Huggett
2002-11-13 19:53   ` Idris S Hamid
2002-11-13 22:16 ` Idris S Hamid
2002-11-13 23:06   ` Idris S Hamid

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