Re: [NTG-context] Google's Roboto Flex font typescript and goodies definition.

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 4/18/2023 12:37 PM, Pawel Urbanski via ntg-context wrote:
> Dear Everyone,
> Following my attempts to create and learn Context's ways to manage 
> fonts, I would like to ask about the following:
> 
> I've created the structure for fonts in texmf-local folder and after 
> running scripts they are listed. The output for Roboto Flex is as follows:
> identifier                          familyname   fontname           
>   filename         subfont   instances
> 
> robotoflex                          robotoflex   robotoflexregular   
> robotoflex.ttf             thin extralight light regular medium semibold 
> bold extrabold black extrablack thinitalic extralightitalic lightitalic 
> italic mediumitalic semibolditalic bolditalic extrabolditalic 
> blackitalic extrablackitalic
> 
> What is the proper way to use family name or font name to create a 
> typescript file and a goodies file to take advantage of optical sizes. 
> Google's Roboto Flex is an upgraded Roboto as a variable font.
> 
> I know that this topic has been discussed many times and I've read the 
> fonts manual but still have these questions. Most of the examples are 
> rather ready solutions or templates but not always cover ways how to 
> figure out values from scratch and how they correspond.
all these naames and combining them into 'regular-bold' pairs is pretty 
much a visual thing as these names are not used consistently; when you 
just use four fonts, a simple few line tyopescript will do (no need to 
make an imp file, just put it in your style)

(variable fonts is not really improving this)

Hans

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