Re: Support for Bold Small Caps font alternative

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com>]

Am 17.11.2013 um 13:23 schrieb honyk <j.tosovsky@email.cz>:

> On 2013-11-17 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 
>> Am 17.11.2013 um 11:04 schrieb honyk <j.tosovsky@email.cz>:
>>> 
>>> in my document I combine both regular and bold small caps.
>>> As there is no predefined alternative for bold small caps variant,
>>> moreover, combining bold style and small caps has no effect, I've 
>>> had to override an unused one:
>>> 
>>> \definefontsynonym[SerifCaps][file:pala.ttf][features=small-caps]
>>> \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldSlanted][file:palab.ttf][features=small-
>>> caps] % bold caps
>>> 
>>> Now I can switch styles using \sc and \bs.
>>> 
>>> It would be nice to have a dedicated alternative for this. Or am I
>>> missing something?
>> 
>> When you use a opentype font you can enable the small caps feature 
>> with the \feature command, there is no need for an additional font 
>> synonym.
>> 
>> \setupbodyfont[pagella]
>> 
>> \starttext
>> 
>> Text {\feature[+][f:smallcaps]Text} {\bf Text
>> {\feature[+][f:smallcaps]Text}}
>> 
>> Text \smallcaps{Text} \bold{Text \smallcaps{Text}}
>> 
>> \stoptext
> 
> Thanks for pointing me to this nice feature! This is even more robust. 
> 
> All my font definitions are based on this example 
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Palatino_Linotype_under_MKIV


You can save a few lines in the font setup when you the new simplefonts code (works only with a recent beta).

\definefontfamily[mainface][rm][Palatino Linotype][features={default,quality}]

\setupbodyfont[mainface]

\setupalign[hanging,hz]

\starttext

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\stoptext

Wolfgang
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