From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/11506 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Patrick Gundlach Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: 8r vs. ec vs. texnansi Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:58:48 +0100 Organization: privat Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <87wuivcvaf.fsf@gundla.ch> References: <20030220163139.GA25234@idi.ntnu.no> <5.1.0.14.0.20030220182954.0234dfc0@server-1> <20030318131323.GB12151@idi.ntnu.no> <87el54vhdz.fsf@gundla.ch> <20030318184827.1399fd6e.morawski@gmx.net> <87wuiwti3w.fsf_-_@gundla.ch> <20030319145107.6f996f14.morawski@gmx.net> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1048082527 5350 80.91.224.249 (19 Mar 2003 14:02:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:02:07 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Wed Mar 19 15:02:02 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ve8o-0001Nm-00 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 15:02:02 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD5810B61; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 15:02:03 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.186]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16BC610B60 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:59:06 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from [212.227.126.206] (helo=mrelayng.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18ve5y-0003qd-00; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:59:06 +0100 Original-Received: from [129.217.137.149] (helo=levana) by mrelayng.kundenserver.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18ve5y-0005T0-00; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:59:06 +0100 Original-Received: from pg by levana with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18ve5g-0000nG-00; Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:58:48 +0100 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Lieblings-Musik: a.c. In-Reply-To: <20030319145107.6f996f14.morawski@gmx.net> (Jens-Uwe Morawski's message of "Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:51:07 +0100") Original-Lines: 31 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:11506 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:11506 Jens-Uwe Morawski writes: Hello Jens and others, > some time ago Hans and me discussed how to make TS1 symbols available. > I've never tried it but it sounds interesting since it is an unified > way to access the symbols. For example for Palatino > > > add to the typescripts > > \definefontsynonym [PalatinoSymbols] [] > \definefontsynonym [PalatinoSymbolsBold] [] > > \definefontsynonym [SerifSymbols] [PalatinoSymbols] > \definefontsynonym [SerifSymbolsBold] [PalatinoSymbolsBold] > > and define the symbols in a symbol-typescript > > \definesymbol[textregistered] [{\symbol[\currentencoding-registered]}] > \definesymbol[ec-registered][\getglygh{SerifSymbols}{\char123}] > > this could add the capability that the LaTeX textcomp package provides At a quick glance this would fail for example for the euro sign/ec. (Not there in ec). Why not access the existing virtual fonts or generate new ones if needed? (phvr8c.vf for example - let us not fall back to the urw/adobe discussion yet :) Patrick