Am 03.09.2014 um 21:40 schrieb Joshua Krämer <joshua.kraemer@gmail.com>:

> On 2014-09-01, 21:20, Sandra Snan wrote:
> 
>> This is probably a pretty basic question, but how do I find out the
>> name of the font that \definefontfamily expects in the third argument?
> 
> Hi Sandra,
> 
> the only reliable method I have found is to inspect the font with
> FontForge.
> 
> Here is an example: the Swiss 721 font from Bitstream (Helvetica
> digitization).
> 
> FontForge reports:
> 
> Font name:    Swiss721BT-Roman
> Family name:  Swis721 BT
> Display name: Swiss 721 BT
> Weight:       Book
> 
> "mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=swiss" result:
> 
> swiss721bt                  swiss721btroman             Swiss721.ttf
> swiss721btroman             swiss721btroman             Swiss721.ttf
> 
> The only name which works in ConTeXt is the family name (which can be
> seen in FontForge): "Swis721 BT", note the single "s".  However, this
> name is *not* shown in the mtxrun output.

Don’t expect logic in the internal names of a font, there is none.

> Interestingly, I have also seen mtxrun show the family name (different
> from the font name) for other fonts, so I really do not know how it
> makes up its output.  It is certainly not useful to find out the
> name that is to be used in ConTeXt.

The family name is shown when you use the info option, e.g.

mtxrun --script font --list --info --all texgyrepagella*

Wolfgang