From: Robert Zydenbos <context@zydenbos.net>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: ConTeXt, XeTeX, special effects in Indic font for Kannada
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 14:26:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5737573C-7C10-4F83-9819-44A43CAB1585@zydenbos.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5203862A.2030605@wxs.nl>
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Hans,
Just now I tried your suggestions:
On Aug 8, 2013, at 13:51 , Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>> Here I see two possibilities:
>>
>> (1) use the XeTeX parameters FakeSlant and FakeBold, which I have done in LaTeX. But I do not know how this is done in ConTeXt.
>
> \starttext
>
> \definefontfeature[slanted] [slant=.2]
> \definefontfeature[boldened][extend=1.2]
>
> \definedfont[file:kedage-n*default] ...
The slanting and stretched effects come out nicely -- but the complex combinations of the signs are not supported as they are in XeTeX. XeTeX supports the combinations, but not the effects (see attachments hagen-kan-luatex.pdf and hagen-kan-xetex.pdf).
>> (2) use the other font files (Kedage-b.TTF etc.), and again I do not know how to do this.
>
> \definefontfeature[slanted] [slant=.2]
> \definefontfeature[boldened][extend=1.2]
>
> \starttypescript [serif] [kedage] [name] ...
No, unfortunately that one doesn't work so well (see attachment hagen-kan1-luatex.pdf).
> in context, there is experimental support for devanagari
> \definedfont[file:kedage-n*devanagari-one]
>
> but it all depends on what the font provides
Is there any way to find out the font's possibilities, if one doesn't have any technical documentation about it?
Robert
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-08 11:00 Robert Zydenbos
2013-08-08 11:51 ` Hans Hagen
2013-08-08 12:26 ` Robert Zydenbos [this message]
2013-08-08 16:51 ` Hans Hagen
2013-08-08 19:39 ` Rajeesh K Nambiar
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