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From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Dimension in mkiv definefont
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 06:39:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <A402372C-853D-4254-A318-04DC805A2773@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53B47D08.1090405@koloro.de>


Am 02.07.2014 um 23:43 schrieb Uwe Koloska <ml@KOLORO.DE>:

> Dear list,
> 
> the following runs fine in mkii (i.e. if compiled with 'texexec') but
> gives an error with mkiv (compiled with 'context'):
> 
> \showframe
> 
> \newdimen\Ssize \Ssize=18pt
> %\definefont[MyFont][Serif at 18pt]
> \definefont[MyFont][Serif at \Ssize]
> 
> \starttext
> \MyFont
> \input knuth
> \stoptext
> 
> I have just installed the current version of context-minimals:
> ConTeXt  ver: 2013.06.07 17:34 MKII  fmt: 2014.7.2  int: english/english
> 
> What ist the mkiv way to set a dimension that will be used in a number
> of \definefont commands?


Use the \definemeasure command to set the value and the \measure command to access it.

\definemeasure[Ssize][18pt]

\definefont[MyFont][Serif at \measure{Ssize}]

\starttext
\MyFont
\input knuth
\stoptext

Wolfgang
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      reply	other threads:[~2014-07-03  4:39 UTC|newest]

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2014-07-02 21:43 Uwe Koloska
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