[NTG-context] Re: additional font faces

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

On 3/8/2024 5:55 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> Hi, if I need an additional pair of upright and italic font faces, e.g. 
> a Medium or Light version, would it make sense to define them like this:

I'd just define a new typeface / bodyfont, using fo rinstance

\starttypescript [sans] [AlegreyaMedium]

and then use

\switchtobodyfont[AlegreyaMedium]\sl

or

\AlegreyaMedium\sl

which is also more efficient than adding more variants

Hans

> % adapted from font-pre.mkxl
> 
> \definefontalternative[md]
> \definefontalternative[mi]
> \definefontalternative[ms]
> 
> \definealternativestyle [medium]                     [\md] []
> \definealternativestyle [mediumitalic,italicmedium]  [\mi] []
> \definealternativestyle [mediumslanted,slantedmedium][\ms] []
> 
> \definealternativestyle [sansmedium]  [\ss\md] []
> \definealternativestyle [serifmedium] [\rm\md] []
> \definealternativestyle [monomedium]  [\tt\md] []
> 
> %\definealternativestyle [mediumface]    [\mediumface]    []
> 
> \unexpanded\def\normalmd{\let\fontalternative\md\font_helpers_synchronize_font}
> \unexpanded\def\normalmi{\let\fontalternative\mi\font_helpers_synchronize_font}
> \unexpanded\def\normalms{\let\fontalternative\ms\font_helpers_synchronize_font}
> 
> \let\md\normalmd
> \let\mi\normalmi
> \let\ms\normalms
> 
> \definehighlight[medium       ] [command=no,style=medium]
> \definehighlight[mediumitalic ] [command=no,style=mediumitalic]
> \definehighlight[mediumslanted] [command=no,style=mediumslanted]
> 
> 
> Is that necessary? And is it enough?
> 
> 
> \starttypescript [sans] [alegreya]
>    \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-Regular][name:AlegreyaSans-Regular]
>    \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-Italic][name:AlegreyaSans-Italic]
>    \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-Caps][name:AlegreyaSansSC-Regular]
>    \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-ItalicCaps][name:AlegreyaSansSC-Italic]
>    \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-Medium][name:AlegreyaSans-Medium]
> 
> \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-MediumItalic][name:AlegreyaSans-MediumItalic]
>    \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-MediumCaps][name:AlegreyaSansSC-Medium]
> 
> \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-MediumItalicCaps][name:AlegreyaSansSC-MediumItalic]
>    \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-Bold][name:AlegreyaSans-Bold]
>    
> \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-BoldItalic][name:AlegreyaSans-BoldItalic]
>    \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-BoldCaps][name:AlegreyaSansSC-Bold]
> 
> \definefontsynonym[AlegreyaSans-BoldItalicCaps][name:AlegreyaSansSC-BoldItalic]
> \stoptypescript
> 
> \starttypescript [sans] [alegreya] [name]
>    \definefontsynonym [Sans]           [AlegreyaSans-Regular]     []
>    \definefontsynonym [SansItalic]     [AlegreyaSans-Italic]      []
>    \definefontsynonym [SansSlanted]    [AlegreyaSans-Italic]      []
>    \definefontsynonym [SansMedium]       [AlegreyaSans-Medium]     []
>    \definefontsynonym [SansMediumItalic] [AlegreyaSans-MediumItalic][]
>    \definefontsynonym [SansMediumSlanted][AlegreyaSans-MediumItalic][]
>    \definefontsynonym [SansBold]       [AlegreyaSans-Bold]        []
>    \definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [AlegreyaSans-BoldItalic]  []
>    \definefontsynonym [SansBoldSlanted][AlegreyaSans-BoldItalic]  []
>    \definefontsynonym [SansCaps]       [AlegreyaSans-Caps] \stoptypescript
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