From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/67067 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Charles Doherty Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: What are the best fonts to use Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:50:41 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20110315003147.GC30375@beigebox> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1300279871 12310 80.91.229.12 (16 Mar 2011 12:51:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:51:11 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Mar 16 13:51:07 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PzqBv-00026k-J0 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:51:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1511ECAB22; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:51:07 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id xEAt7cHmWrma; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:51:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A84A2CAAF0; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:51:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9F91CAAF0 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:51:02 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id n-JCnm8yiq6m for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:51:00 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-nij.mf.surf.net (filter2-nij.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.153]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE69ACAAEE for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:51:00 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from dakota.ucd.ie (mailhost.ucd.ie [193.1.169.34]) by filter2-nij.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p2GCLUHc016608 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:21:37 +0100 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.dakota.ucd.ie by dakota.ucd.ie (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) id <0LI500D01GXMFL00@dakota.ucd.ie> (original mail from charlie.doherty@ucd.ie) for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:50:44 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from dhcp-892b90a0.ucd.ie ([137.43.144.160]) by dakota.ucd.ie (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <0LI5008HMICHYNE9@dakota.ucd.ie> for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:50:41 +0000 (GMT) In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=193.1.169.34; country=IE; region=07; city=Dublin; latitude=53.3331; longitude=-6.2489; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=53.3331,-6.2489&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0aEjMlu14 - d883f86c7f13 - 20110316 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.153 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:67067 Archived-At: Dear all, In light of the question on fonts I have wondered how ConTeXt deals with this Monotype Baskerville 11/12.5 pt or Monotype 11 on 12 point Bembo that I see at the beginning of books. Are there commands to achieve this. There probably are but I haven't recognised them. Thanks, Charlie On 16 Mar 2011, at 11:45, Curiouslearn wrote: > Cecil, thanks for asking this question. Even though the answers > may/will be subjective, it is quite likely that there are people here > who have given some thought to font choice. I agree with previous > responses that reading a book on typography would certainly be > helpful. Nevertheless, I am interested in hearing what fonts people > like (if they do not mind sharing). I, and perhaps some others, may > learn about a few fonts. > > Bharat ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________