From: Yue Wang <yuleopen@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Ambitious project (Font Folio)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:59:17 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <68bfdc900903090559w15464771n6cf70100324b8e8a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49B50C00.7000004@gmail.com>
There are also LinoType, MonoType and ITC pack installed on my machine.
So there are thousands and thousands fonts there.
Without an automatic font selecting mechanism / script, it will be
very difficulty to do that.
ConTeXt's font naming mechanism is very different with commercial
fonts. digital fonts themselves have their own distinct naming
conventions. For example, Frutiger's fonts use numbers to define the
weight/style of the font family.
Moreover, when company X release a font pack version N+1 and break/fix
old font presentation/file names, then you will be very busy fixing
those stuffs.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
<yatskovsky@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have an ambitious project in mind. I'm in position to make typescripts for
> the whole Adobe Font Folio 11. By now, I'm only concerned with
> Western/Cyrrilic Fonts (490+ fonts), and MKIV engine.
>
> The benefit is that users will be able to use most popular fonts
> out-of-the-box, thus giving the ConTeXt strong advantage in professional
> typesetting world.
>
> I think my effort will require some support from NTG ;o), but before
> applying I'd like to hear your response.
>
> Best regards,
> Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
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2009-03-09 12:30 ` Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
2009-03-09 12:59 ` Yue Wang [this message]
2009-03-09 13:36 ` Hans Hagen
2009-03-09 13:38 ` Hans Hagen
2009-03-09 14:01 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
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