From: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>,
Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>
Subject: Re: typescripts and variants
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:01:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6b761125-3cfc-1c5d-10b8-4e8a80b64a71@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <897B3037-88A3-4D20-A568-1D43EA18ABEE@fiee.net>
On 6/23/2021 10:32 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>
>> Am 23.06.2021 um 21:42 schrieb Bruce Horrocks <ntg@scorecrow.com>:
>>
>>
>>> On 23 Jun 2021, at 07:43, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> You can combine whatever you like in one typescript, but you’re restricted to six styles (regular, italic, slanted, bold, bold italic, bold slanted). You can just “abuse” the italic or slanted styles for your other weights.
>>
>> If we're restricted to six styles why does this Wiki page show seven?
in principle one can define as many new ones as one wants ... it doesn't
happen in practice
>> <https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Typescript_Example>
>>
>> Not meant as a criticism - just a naive question from someone who is puzzled.
>
> Yes, you could also abuse \sc for another style.
>
> Small caps are a bit special though, nowadays they’re often contained in fonts and you address them via OpenType features.
>
> Hraban
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-23 21:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-22 22:17 denis.maier
2021-06-23 6:43 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2021-06-23 6:53 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2021-06-23 9:05 ` denis.maier
2021-06-23 16:22 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2021-06-24 14:53 ` BPJ
2021-06-23 19:42 ` Bruce Horrocks
2021-06-23 20:32 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2021-06-23 21:01 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
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