On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

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> Am 29.01.2011 um 06:42 schrieb David Rogers:
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> > * John Culleton <john@wexfordpress.com> [2011-01-28 16:39]:
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> >> Is there a short, simple guide somewhere that shows how to use TTF and
> >> OTF fonts in Context? I downloaded the new Fonts chapter but it goes
> >> deep into the weeds on typescripts etc.  I am looking for a method
> >> that allows me to do in Context what I can already do in most other
> >> DTP programs: simply designate for use a font or font family that
> >> exists in /usr/share/fonts without typescripts, complex and confusing
> >> aliasing schemes or tfm files.
> >
> > The Simplefont module by Wolfgang Schuster is very good for my (not
> > highly demanding) purposes. Certainly it is intended to do just what you
> > describe.
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> Or you use \definetypeface and specserif, specsans and specmono, e.g.
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> \definetypeface[mainface][rm][specserif][Times New Roman][default]
> \definetypeface[mainface][ss][specsans] [Arial]          [default]
> \definetypeface[mainface][tt][specmono] [Courier]        [default]
> \definetypeface[mainface][mm][math]     [times]          [default]
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> \setupbodyfont[mainface]
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> \starttext
> …
> \stoptext
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I've added this to the wiki page on using Fonts in LuaTeX, but since I don't
know anything about these spec settings it for now just consists of our
example Wolfgang. If you send back some explanations then I will add them to
the wiki as well.

Are these basically the same settings as used in simplefonts?



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