From: Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: What are the best fonts to use
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <D76B352D-7081-4475-8B91-C55027C13D28@boede.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B23930AB-6CA8-42F2-97B2-86FF130827CF@ucd.ie>
Hi,
Graphic designers describe in this way the font-size and linespacing.
So one can do things like this:
\definedfont[Baskerville at 11pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=12.5pt]...
Willi
On 16 Mar 2011, at 13:50, Charles Doherty wrote:
> 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
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-16 12:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-14 11:44 Cecil Westerhof
2011-03-14 22:19 ` Pontus Lurcock
2011-03-15 0:31 ` David Rogers
2011-03-16 11:45 ` Curiouslearn
2011-03-16 12:50 ` Charles Doherty
2011-03-16 12:59 ` Willi Egger [this message]
2011-03-16 13:03 ` Charles Doherty
2011-03-16 13:18 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2011-03-16 14:02 ` Charles Doherty
2011-03-16 16:51 ` Christian
2011-03-16 18:44 ` Taco Hoekwater
2011-03-16 21:47 ` Christian
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