Thanks, Wolfgang, that was another step in the right direction. Could you
help me with the next step? This is what I did so far. (N.B. I'm not
interested in TeX's standard fonts. I want to use my own type1 and otf fonts
which are in c:\fonts).
1. I set OSFONTDIR to c:\fonts
2. I ran mtxrun --script font --reload

That was succesfull. Mtxrun recursed the entire font directory tree.

3. I ran mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern=*stone*.
I got about twenty lines of output in three columns. Here is an example:

stonesans  StoneSans c:/fonts/ITC Stone Sans/SS______.AFM

So far, so good. Now, I want to use this font and you included a link to a
Wiki article. This article says I have to use a typescript. The example
typescript from the Wiki uses the \definetypeface command. I searched
everywhere for a good description of this command, but wasn't able to find
one, unfortunately. Using the example from the Wiki:

\definetypeface [Bonum] [rm] [serif] [bonum] [default]

how would I use this command to be able to use my Stone Sans font from the
mtxrun output? In the [Bonum] example I can't find a reference to a font
file of the type c:\fonts\etc.....

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Harrie.





On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

>
> Am 17.07.2009 um 11:11 schrieb Harrie Frericks:
>
>  Could someone show me how to use type1 font files with Luatex without
>> having to go the TexFont route.
>>
>
> When you placed your fonts in the TeX directory (afm plus pfb files)
> regenerate the file database
> with 'context --generate' to let ConTeXt know about the new files.
>
> To see what the real names of the fonts is you can show the complete list
> on the terminal with
> 'mtxrun --script fonts --list', you can narrow down the list with names
> when you use a search
> pattern what could e in your case something like 'mtxrun --script fonts
> --list --pattern=*stone*'
>
> When you're font is not listed in the output from mtxrun update also the
> font database with
> the command 'mtxrun --script font --regenrate'.
>
> To use the fonts in your document you can write a typescript for them by
> hand [1] or use
> the simplefonts module which offers a simpler method and does the hard work
> itself hidden
> for the user.
>
> [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTex
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
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