Thanks, Wolfgang.  This works pretty well.

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 4:31 PM Wolfgang Schuster <
wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Pablo Rodriguez schrieb am 15.02.2021 um 21:51:
> > On 2/15/21 8:47 PM, Mohammad Hossein Bateni wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Is there a way to set the fallback for fonts when we define them not as
> >> a typescript but using \definefont?
> >>
> >> \definefont[MyFont][Font.otf*MyFeatures]
> >>
> >> Is there a default fallback one can specify?
> >> Is simplefonts module deprecated or discouraged now?
> >
> > Hi Mohammad,
> >
> > the simplefonts module has been deprecated, since it has been
> > implemented in the ConTeXt core (see below).
> >
> > \definefontfallback might be the command you are looking for.
>
> You need also \definefontsynonym but it's easier to create a new
> typeface (fontfamily) and load it with \switchtobodyfont.
>
> \definefontfallback
>    [AnotherFontFallback]
>    [file:texgyreherosregular*default]
>    [lowercasenormal]
>    [force=yes]
>
> \definefontsynonym
>    [AnotherFontMain]
>    [file:texgyrepagellaregular]
>    [fallbacks=AnotherFontFallback]
>
> \definefont [AnotherFont] [AnotherFontMain*default]
>
> \starttext
>
> \dorecurse{26}{\convertnumber{A}{\recurselevel}\space}\par
> \dorecurse{26}{\convertnumber{a}{\recurselevel}\space}
>
> \AnotherFont
>
> \dorecurse{26}{\convertnumber{A}{\recurselevel}\space}\par
> \dorecurse{26}{\convertnumber{a}{\recurselevel}\space}
>
> \stoptext
>
> Wolfgang
>
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