Re: xetext-pdftex differences

["Mojca Miklavec" <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>]

On 4/8/07, Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
> Hi,
>
> as there are some on this list working/playing with xetex/context:
> Where do I go when I experience differences between context/pdftext and context/xetex?

What do you mean?

> For example with context/xetex I get ...
>
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> \stopframedtext ->\dostopframedtext

Which version of ConTeXt? It works OK here with 2007.03.22, but I need
to try the new beta. In principle this should not happen, it's
probably a bug or some other local problem.

> ... and I do get "SS" instead of eszett ("ß") with the following:

Interesting effect ... (as if the encoding was unknown)

> \usetypescriptfile[type-gyr]
> \usetypescript[times][ec]

This should be
    \usetypescript[times][uc]
but in principle it shouldn't work without additional definitions in
typescript files. See below.

> \mainlanguage[de]
> \enableregime[utf]
> \setupbodyfont[times,9pt]

Or, to prevent from an additional source of problems (overloading
times properly):
    \definetypeface[times][rm][serif][termes][default][encoding=uc]
    \setupbodyfont[times,9pt]

> Hello Thermes! 1234567890 üööäß
>
>
> Whom to tell this?

Mailing list is the perfect place.

OK, so here are some additional definitions (which should probably go
to type-gyre.tex one day):

A complete list of synonyms:

\definetypescriptprefix [n:adventor] [TeXGyreAdventor] % gothic     URW Gothic L
\definetypescriptprefix [n:bonum]    [TeXGyreBonum]    % bookman
URW Bookman L
\definetypescriptprefix [n:chorus]   [TeXGyreChorus]   % chancery
URW Chancery L
\definetypescriptprefix [n:cursor]   [TeXGyreCursor]   % curier
Nimbus Mono L
\definetypescriptprefix [n:heros]    [TeXGyreHeros]    % helvetica
Nimbus Sans L
\definetypescriptprefix [n:pagella]  [TeXGyrePagella]  % palatino
URW Palladio L
\definetypescriptprefix [n:schola]   [TeXGyreSchola]   % schoolbook
Century Schoolbook L
\definetypescriptprefix [n:termes]   [TeXGyreTermes]   % times
Nimbus Roman No9 L


\definetypescriptprefix [f:adventor] [ag]
\definetypescriptprefix [f:bonum]    [bk]
\definetypescriptprefix [f:chorus]   [zc]
\definetypescriptprefix [f:cursor]   [cr]
\definetypescriptprefix [f:heros]    [hv]
\definetypescriptprefix [f:pagella]  [pl]
\definetypescriptprefix [f:schola]   [cs]
\definetypescriptprefix [f:termes]   [tm]


Then you need definitions for uc encoding:

\starttypescript [serif] [adventor,bonum,heros,pagella,schola,termes] [uc]
  \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-Regular]
   [file:texgyre\typescripttwo-regular]    [encoding=\typescriptthree]
  \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-Italic]
   [file:texgyre\typescripttwo-italic]     [encoding=\typescriptthree]
  \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-Bold]
   [file:texgyre\typescripttwo-bold]       [encoding=\typescriptthree]
  \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-BoldItalic]
   [file:texgyre\typescripttwo-bolditalic] [encoding=\typescriptthree]

  \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-Caps]
   [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-ItalicCaps]
   [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-Italic]
  \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-BoldCaps]
   [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-Bold]
  \definefontsynonym
[\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-BoldItalicCaps]
[\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-BoldItalic]

  \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-Slanted]
   [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-Italic]
  \definefontsynonym [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-BoldSlanted]
   [\typescriptprefix{n:\typescripttwo}-BoldItalic]
\stoptypescript

% definitions for SmallCaps are wrong, since they're a feature in OT
fonts and that is a bit broken (or at least not stable enough) at the
moment.


And you also need the following:

% ec,texnansi,cs,el,qx,rm,t5,t2a,t2b,t2c,l7x
\starttypescript [serif] [times] [uc]

  \definefontsynonym [Times-Roman]       [TeXGyreTermes-Regular]
[encoding=\typescriptthree]
  \definefontsynonym [Times-Italic]      [TeXGyreTermes-Italic]
[encoding=\typescriptthree]
  \definefontsynonym [Times-Bold]        [TeXGyreTermes-Bold]
[encoding=\typescriptthree]
  \definefontsynonym [Times-BoldItalic]  [TeXGyreTermes-BoldItalic]
[encoding=\typescriptthree]
  \definefontsynonym [Times-Caps]        [TeXGyreTermes-Caps]
[encoding=\typescriptthree]

  \definefontsynonym [Times-Slanted]     [Times-Italic]
  \definefontsynonym [Times-BoldSlanted] [Times-BoldItalic]
\stoptypescript

Something strange is happening though. If you load these definitions
with XeTeX, it works OK. If one loads them with pdfTeX, it doesn't
work, since TeXGyreTermes-Regular isn't defined. When I think a bit, I
understand why it's not defined (because it's part of "termes" family,
not part of "times" family), but I don't understand why these
definitions work in XeTeX then.

Of course one could also say
  \definefontsynonym [Times-Roman] [file:texgyretermes-regular]    [encoding=uc]
but there should be a better way than to define the same font twice.

Is there any nice way to make "times" aware of "TeXGyreTermes-*" font names?

At the beginning I had problems with XeTeX as well since Times
resolved to 'Times Roman:mapping=tex-text', which resolved to the name
'mapping=tex-text' (a side effect of recent that should probably be
fixed somehow in the near future), but that problem disappeared later.
I had to temporary fix this (leftovers before TeXGyre family managed
to overload everything perhaps?):

\starttypescript[serif][times][uc]

\definefontsynonym[Times-Roman]     [Times Roman]       [encoding=uc]
\definefontsynonym[Times-Italic]    [Times Italic]      [encoding=uc]
\definefontsynonym[Times-Bold]      [Times Bold]        [encoding=uc]
\definefontsynonym[Times-BoldItalic][Times Bold Italic][encoding=uc]

\stoptypescript

Mojca