On 11/8/2020 12:46 PM, Sylvain Hubert wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 at 12:14, Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl
> <mailto:j.hagen@xs4all.nl>> wrote:
>
>     when yyou use several bodyfonts you can do this before \starttext:
>
>     \usebodyfont[face,24pt]
>     \usebodyfont[deface]
>
>     \starttext
>         ....
>     \stoptext
>
>
> Thank you for the information, Hans!
>
> Could you please also shed some light on the relation/difference among
> \{setup,switchto,use}bodyfont?
> There seems to be not much documentation on this. Can one conclude, from
> the wiki <https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/switchtobodyfont> and
> the source code
> <https://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-ini.mklx#l2287>,
> that they are mostly the same, except that \switchtobodyfont is
> restricted to the content area, and \usebodyfont is a helper to call
> \setupbodyfont in the beginning?
>
> If this is the case, is it recommended to always put a
> \setupbodyfont[...] in the beginning, even if it's just a
> \setupbodyfont[modern]?
> One reason might be that the following example somehow enlarges the page
> number in the header, intuitively contradicting what is claimed by the
> wiki <https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/switchtobodyfont>:
>
>      \switchtobodyfont[dejavu]
>      \starttext \switchtobodyfont[dejavu, 24pt]a\stoptext

\setup  is document wide
\switch is for local usage

(has to do with picking up font/space related issues after page breaks
and when typesetting page ornaments like headers and footers)



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