From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/39890 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Mojca Miklavec" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: first steps with XeTeX Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:53:28 +0200 Message-ID: <6faad9f00804061553m5f5b0b2ei72ccfc9a0912364b@mail.gmail.com> References: <6faad9f00804051935g3b292bd3g4d17f7f00cd5080f@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207522525 32301 80.91.229.12 (6 Apr 2008 22:55:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 22:55:25 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Apr 07 00:55:57 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JidmG-0007H1-S8 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:55:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF5171FB60; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:55:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 15056-03-3; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:54:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 013661FB1D; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:54:36 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 087B01FA41 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:54:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 14148-03 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:53:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com (yw-out-1718.google.com [74.125.46.158]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA2B1FB1F for ; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:53:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 6so216375ywa.74 for ; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:53:29 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.150.192.7 with SMTP id p7mr2288159ybf.90.1207522409154; Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:53:29 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.150.122.20 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Apr 2008 15:53:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:39890 Archived-At: > > Else you need to ask on the XeTeX mailing list. (But indeed: why not > > trying out LuaTeX?) > > I'm too lazy to recompile my binaries all the time; my old Mac is > rather slow... That's why the "minimal distribution" (minimals.contextgarden.net) has been created. A single command should update everything. > >> Tomorrow I'll try to use an additional PostScript font - is that > >> even > >> possible? Otherwise I must convert it to OpenType. > > > > It is, but which OS and what kind of PostScript font are you using? > > Mac type of PostScript fonts doesn't work (or better: it only works > > with xdv2pdf, which isn't supported in ConTeXt any more). You can use > > the "windows type" Type1 fonts (i.e. just the normal .pfb files). That > > should work on any system, but on Mac you need to reference it by > > filename. Font name won't work. > > Ok, thanks. > I guess I could have found out on my own, but was too tired yesterday... > I knew that resource fork fonts don't work. Conditionally they do, but there are too many problems - it really doesn't pay out to try to use them. > But I installed all necessary fonts for pdfTeX anyway. > Lots of them, back in 2004/2005, see my typescripts collection: > http://www.fiee.net/texnique/?menu=0-1-4&lang=en Those should work, I guess. Not when called by name, but calling them by filename should be no problem. > BTW: I'd love to come to the gathering in Slovenija, but I must > typeset my main project (a monthly city magazine) at that time. But that's a remote job, right? ;-) (We will have internet connection there :) Besides that - BachoTeX might be interesting to visit as well. 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