From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/15490 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jimarin@bayesinf.com Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Re: when trying to setup Arial fonts... Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:35:19 +0200 (CEST) Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <51379.80.58.5.46.1087918519.squirrel@bitmail.bitmailer.com> References: <40256.80.58.5.46.1087913117.squirrel@bitmail.bitmailer.com> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1087918718 25999 80.91.224.253 (22 Jun 2004 15:38:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:38:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Tue Jun 22 17:38:19 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BcnLn-0008Q2-00 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:38:19 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAFB910B89; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:38:13 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from www2.bitmailer.com (smtp-launch.bitmailer.com [195.16.159.17]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8219410B85 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:35:19 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from bitmail.bitmailer.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.bitmailer.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 4BBBFAE3C7; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:35:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from 80.58.5.46 (proxying for 80.37.6.70) (SquirrelMail authenticated user bayesinf.com:jimarin) by bitmail.bitmailer.com with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:35:19 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.0 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:15490 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:15490 Hi Patrick, thanks for your reply... hmmm, I tried your code but I get a funny message. The thing is that I suspect I am lacking some files... *********************** ... ... many things here...at the end crashes because... ... typescript : [map] [ec] [] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex))kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-u hvr8a /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for ec-uhvr8 a. /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ? mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; inpu t ec-uhvr8a This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.4.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-uhvr8a ! I can't find file `ec-uhvr8a'. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uhvr8a Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uhvr8a Transcript written on mfput.log. mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uh vr8a' failed. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptsstf*=ec-uhvr8a at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun d. \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.3 \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] ? ******************************** I think something is not ok in my configuration...perhaps I donīt have the whole font set...I am running the TeX that comes wrapped with cygwin...and ConTeXt on top of it... any clue? Jose > Hello Jose, > > >> I am trying to setup Arial fonts...I am quite a newbie to this ConTeXt >> thing... > >> >> I have just done \setupbodyfont[helvetica,ss,12pt] cause >> >> \usetypescript apparently is not recognised in my ConTeXt (previous >> version to the latest update of these days) > > \usetypescript is an old command. Your ConTeXt surely knows about > this command. > >> what is the use of this \usetypescript thing? > > Well, typescripts are complicated. See Bill' page at > http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html > > using Helvetica works for me: > -------------------------------------------------- > \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] > \usetypescript [postscript][\defaultencoding] > \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] > > \starttext > foo > \stoptext > -------------------------------------------------- > > >> is Arial just a nickname for Helvetica sans-serif? > > Well, yes and no. > > There is no such thing as Helvetica sans-serif, because Helvetica > *is* without serifs. And Arial and Helvetica are two different fonts, > though similar looking and same metrics. But, depending on your > setup, asking for Helvetica can result in using Arial in Acrobat > Reader. > > Patrick > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >