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From: Gerben Wierda via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
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Cc: Gerben Wierda <gerben.wierda@rna.nl>
Subject: [NTG-context] Probably simple: using a variable for \switchtobodyfont size
Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 11:43:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <D1288673-2F02-4FD8-BD8D-2EC444541F17@rna.nl> (raw)


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I want to use a variable for a font size so I can set it based on language (as some translated texts have widely different sizes)

This fails:

%===========================
\newdimen\relationsFontSize
\relationsFontSize=8pt
\starttext
\switchtobodyfont[\relationsFontSize]
Hello, world!
\stoptext
%===========================

How can I use a variable to steer \switchtobodyfont size?

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             reply	other threads:[~2023-05-19  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-19  9:43 Gerben Wierda via ntg-context [this message]
2023-05-19 10:15 ` Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
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