Re: Font and Typescript Questions

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

Am 01.04.2009 um 00:38 schrieb curiouslearn:

> Can someone please help me with the following questions so that I  
> can use some
> of the typescripts that Wolfgang and some others have so kindly made  
> available.
>
> I will use font Bera as an example, since I would like to use it.
>
> I have a Mac OS X Version 10.5.6
>
> (1) How do I know if I have font Bera? As in, where on my computer  
> do I look to
> see if I have font Bera installed?

All my typescripts work with XeTeX/LuaTeX only, if you want to use  
pdfTeX write
your own typescripts.

You can show a list of all available fonts for LuaTeX with 'mtxrun -- 
script fonts --list'
and for XeTeX with 'fc-list' on the terminal.

Bera is a Bitsream Vera modification and I suggest to use DejaVu  
instead, you can
find a link to the font in the file.

> (2) If I do not have the font, how do I install Bera? I see that  
> there are files
> on ctan. Where should I save this?

The easiest way is to install the font as normal system fonts.

> (3) Once I have installed the font and I have downloaded Wolfgang's
> type-bera.tex file, where do I save this file? Can I save it where I  
> save the
> third-party modules. Once I save it, do I run the usual texhash,  
> followed by
> luatools --generate followed by context --make

Save the file in your local TeX tree, I have them under 'texmf-local/ 
tex/context/third/typescrips/'.

Before you could use them TeX has to know about the file, to do this  
call
'mktexlsr' for XeTeX and 'luatools --generate' or 'context --generate'  
for LuaTeX.

'context --make' is only used to create a new format file for ConTeXt  
but you
don't need this for third party files which are loaded at runtime.

> (4) Once I have accomplished the top three steps, how do I use it in  
> a document?
> Do I just type
>
> \usetypescript[bera]
> \switchtobodyfont[bera,12pt]

\usetypescriptfile[type-...] % load the typescript file

\usetypescript[...] % load the typescript
\setupbodyfont[...]

Wolfgang

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