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From: Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: How to use Helvetica Neue Light (OS X)?
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:19:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56BB54E5.6050200@gmx.es> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <n9fief$af3$1@ger.gmane.org>

On 02/10/2016 03:45 PM, Nicola wrote:
> On 2016-02-10 14:13:37 +0000, Hans Hagen said:
>>>
>>> Ok, good to know. Any suggestion on how to select a font within a .ttc?
>>
>> normally by name
>>
>>> Btw, I read in the wiki(*) that “the current version of LuaTeX (0.60)
>>> has severe problems dealing with the new TrueType collection fonts in
>>> Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6).”
>>
>> 0.60 is ancient ... we have approx 0.90 now
>>
>>> Is that still the case with the current LuaTeX (I am on El Capitan)? That
>>> might explain my results.
>>
>> i don't use osx but others can tell you
>>
>>> What is the best practice: do you recommended using only ttf and otf fonts?
>>
>> ttc is okay
> 
> So, if someone using OS X could tell me how to, say, use Avenir Light or
> Avenir Next Ultra Light (both are .ttc), that would be much appreciated :)

Hi Nicolca,

I’m not OS user, but the following works with Junction
(https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/junction):

    \definefontfamily[mainface][ss][Junction][tf=style:light]

I hope it helps,


Pablo
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-10 15:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-09 22:15 Nicola
2016-02-10 11:36 ` Nicola
2016-02-10 12:48   ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-10 13:51     ` Nicola
2016-02-10 14:13       ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-10 14:45         ` Nicola
2016-02-10 15:19           ` Pablo Rodriguez [this message]
2016-02-10 15:49             ` Taco Hoekwater
2016-02-10 17:06               ` Nicola
2016-02-10 19:16                 ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-10 16:44             ` Nicola
2016-02-10 20:04               ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-11  8:36                 ` Taco Hoekwater
2016-02-11  9:31                   ` Nicola
2016-02-11  9:48                     ` Hans Hagen
2016-02-11 10:14                     ` Taco Hoekwater
2016-02-11 10:46                       ` Nicola
2016-02-11 10:32                     ` Wolfgang Schuster
2016-02-11 10:49                       ` Nicola
2016-02-11 11:03                         ` Wolfgang Schuster
2016-02-11 13:38                           ` Nicola

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