using font from a specified location

using font from a specified location

[Mojca Miklavec]

Dear list,

I have a bunch of fonts at some location (../myfonts/) relative to TeX
files (for example ../myfonts/myfontA.otf).

What is the best way to access them in MKIV?

The best option might be to specify something equivalent to "export
TEXINPUTS=../myfonts", but I don't know what exactly I have to use. (A
command like \addtotexinputs or \addtosearchpath[../myfonts].)
Alternatively \definefontsynonym[a][file:../myfonts/myfontA.otf] would
also be acceptable, though I find it a bit ugly.

Thanks a lot,
    Mojca
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Re: using font from a specified location

[Vladimir Lomov]

** Mojca Miklavec [2010-12-23 19:53:14 +0100]:

> Dear list,

> I have a bunch of fonts at some location (../myfonts/) relative to TeX
> files (for example ../myfonts/myfontA.otf).

> What is the best way to access them in MKIV?

> The best option might be to specify something equivalent to "export
> TEXINPUTS=../myfonts", but I don't know what exactly I have to use. (A
> command like \addtotexinputs or \addtosearchpath[../myfonts].)
> Alternatively \definefontsynonym[a][file:../myfonts/myfontA.otf] would
> also be acceptable, though I find it a bit ugly.

> Thanks a lot,
>     Mojca
On Linux (I'm not sure about Mac OS) or Windows you can use symbolic
links or juntions resp. For example,
$CONTEXT_MINIMAL_PATH/tex/texmf-fonts/data/myfonts -> $WHATEVER/myfonts

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Re: using font from a specified location

[Mojca Miklavec]

On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 02:01, Vladimir Lomov wrote:
> ** Mojca Miklavec [2010-12-23 19:53:14 +0100]:
>
>> Dear list,
>
>> I have a bunch of fonts at some location (../myfonts/) relative to TeX
>> files (for example ../myfonts/myfontA.otf).
>
>> What is the best way to access them in MKIV?
>
>> The best option might be to specify something equivalent to "export
>> TEXINPUTS=../myfonts", but I don't know what exactly I have to use. (A
>> command like \addtotexinputs or \addtosearchpath[../myfonts].)
>> Alternatively \definefontsynonym[a][file:../myfonts/myfontA.otf] would
>> also be acceptable, though I find it a bit ugly.
>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>     Mojca
> On Linux (I'm not sure about Mac OS) or Windows you can use symbolic
> links or juntions resp. For example,
> $CONTEXT_MINIMAL_PATH/tex/texmf-fonts/data/myfonts -> $WHATEVER/myfonts

I know all that. But I would like to make sure that person X (who
knows how to use ConTeXt, but nothing more) would be able to compile
files from a repository without having to install fonts or make any
local modifications of ConTeXt or TeX Live installation.

If fonts from a current folder can be used, I see no real reason for
why I would not be able to use fonts from some other folder as long as
I specify it.

Thanks,
    Mojca
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