Re: simplefonts

[Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban@fiee.net>]

Am 2010-03-14 um 14:12 schrieb Michael Saunders:

>> A typescript file can contain a series of typeface definitions,  
>> e.g., one for serif, one for sans, one for mono, one for math, etc.  
>> hence the syntax \starttypescript
>
> [<typeface>] [<identifier>]
>
> I see!  So, I'm guessing that it is this <typeface> which connects the
> typescripts to the font switching commands like \rm.  My guess is:
> <typeface>     switch
> serif              \rm
> sans              \ss
> mono            \tt
> math             \mm
> ??                 \hw
> ??                 \cg
> and that Context only permits these six families?

see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Basic_Text_Formatting


> That's how I feel.  The command in question was:
> \definetypeface [GaramondPrem] [rm] [serif] [garamondprem] [default]
> The typography document says that the "[serif] [garamondprem]"
> "are pointers to already declared font sets; these are defined  
> elsewhere."
> I know now that "[garamondprem]" is the "font set" in your typescript.
> I don't know what font set "[serif]" points to or why.

"add a typeface to the GP family, that's a roman font, defined in the  
serif typescript garamondprem (i.e. [serif][garamondprem]) with  
features inherited from the default setting"

If you use "font clans" that have "families" for serif, sans-serif and  
perhaps other (like Latin Modern, Rotis, Stone, Lucida et al.) then  
you'll need typescripts for [serif][myclan] as well as [sans][myclan]  
etc.
When I define the font setup for a project, say a book, I define  
typescripts for [serif][mybook], [sans][mybook] etc, and just call the  
"mybook" font clan, even if it consists of completely different font  
families (say Palatino and Frutiger).

>> In ConTeXt, you are always within a certain bodyfont (the one  
>> defined with the \definetypeface command). A switch like \it or \rm  
>> will thus take the italic/roman from this bodyfont. Meaning: when  
>> you say \setubodyfont[GaramondPrem], it will use "normal" Garamond  
>> Premier, if you use \switchtobodyfont[GaramondPremUpper], it will  
>> use the superior numbers variant.
>
> Ahhh, okay.  It wasn't intuitive to me, as a user, that a relatively
> small change (from, say, oldstyle to superiors) would take a much
> bigger switch (of the whole bodyfont) than would a relatively big
> change (from, say, roman to italic, which only needs a little \it).  I
> wrote a set of font switches once (in LaTeX) that were all little
> digraph codes

You can also define your number style as a Variant, see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Font_Variants

>> I get the error:
>> !undefined control sequence
>> <recently read>  \usetypescript
>> l.12 \usetypescript

Check if there are any invisible characters that aren't spaces, tabs  
or newlines in or behind \usetypescript

> \usetypsecript [GaramondPrem]

Here's a typo.


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