From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/12910 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henning Hraban Ramm Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: texfont and font mechanism Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:18:53 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <5955E2DC-D0B5-11D7-A168-0030659899AA@fiee.net> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061126698 14255 80.91.224.253 (17 Aug 2003 13:24:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:24:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Sun Aug 17 15:24:57 2003 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 19oNWj-00011z-00 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:24:57 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B800B10AE7; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:24:51 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D8510ACC for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:19:42 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from [212.227.126.155] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19oNRe-0000ZX-00 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:19:42 +0200 Original-Received: from [194.230.164.253] (helo=fiee.net) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 19oNRd-00031e-00 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 15:19:41 +0200 Original-To: ConTeXt ML X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) 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:12910 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:12910 Digging deep... ;-) While playing with some freeware fonts by apostrophic labs, shy fonts et al., I recognized some limitations of ConTeXt's (or TeX's?) font mechanism. I know this was discussed earlier, but I can't remember/find and answer. I've an overcomplete font family like: \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Covington] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] = [Covington-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifSlanted] [Covington-Rev-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [CovingtonSC] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Covington-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] = [Covington-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldSlanted] = [Covington-Rev-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldCaps] [CovingtonSC-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalicCaps] [CovingtonSC-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalicCaps] = [CovingtonSC-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldSlantedCaps] = [CovingtonSC-Rev-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifSlantedCaps] = [CovingtonSC-Rev-Italic] You can see, there's SC for every normal font (okay, they're no real small caps, but the like). But I can't access them. There's not even a possibility to access bold caps, is it? Further, why there's only [OldStyle] instead [SerifOldStyle], [SerifBoldOldStyle] etc.? And why don't work these family options (Italics, Bold etc.) with handwriting style? (Some hand fonts have more than one style!) Next question: What does texfont's --expert switch do? Is there already any docs how to write VFs to use expert fonts? (Even for LaTeX, maybe I'd understand it anyway?) If I'd like to setup CE, Greek or Cyrillic fonts, what must I provide? Only an encoding? Is it possible with texfont? Regarding OpenType I'll first read Adam's MyWay. (More questions are in the queue...) Gr=FC=DFlis vom Hraban! --=20 http://www.fiee.net/texnique/