Re: Font woes

[Idris Samawi Hamid <ishamid@attbi.com>]

Sorry to be a pest, but has anyone been able to look at the two test files I sent a few days ago? Again, they require nothing but a standard Omega distribution so any one can compile them. I really hope to get my own fonts working with 
ConTeXt so I can move on to really learning the system. But I just can't bear going back to PlainFSS.

Also, I could not fint type-buy in my ConTeXt distribution from TeX-Live from Sept.`01. Is it a new file?

Finally, how hard would it be to write a perl script that can translate a LaTeX FD file into a typescript file? I'd do it, but I don't know Perl:-) I think an fd2typescript utility would be extremely useful. Or at least a document explaining how to port a 
generic fd file to typescripts. (If I ever figure this out I'd be glad to write such a how-to). So many of us (I presume) are migrating from LaTeX so an explanation of typescript files in comparison/contrast with fd fileswould help us a lot. 

Thnx in advance and best wishes
Idris

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4/7/02 2:02:36 

>Dear folks,
>
>Here are two Gamma (context-omega) files which any of you can test right out of the box with a standard Omega distribution (1.15 is current and on the latest TeX-Live). Just compile the omega 
>format as per Han's instructions: 
:
:
>>Put another way, I'm trying to translate the following NFSS code into typescripts:
>>
>>\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{mtnaskhi}{m}{n}{
>>   <9-> [1.6] mtnaskh
>>   <-9> [1.6] mtnaskh8
>>}{}
>>\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{mtnaskhi}{bx}{n}{
>>   <-> [1.6] mtnaskhb
>>}{}

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Dr. Idris Samawi Hamid
Depatment of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80526