How to add a font folder with local fonts?

How to add a font folder with local fonts?

[Ulrike Fischer]

How can I add a simple folder (not a texmf tree) with opentype or
truetype fonts to the search path of context? 

I have tried with a local texmfcnf.lua and 

return {
   content = {
     variables = {
       OPENTYPEFONTS   =
".;D:/myfonts//;$TEXMF/fonts/{data,opentype}//;$OSFONTDIR",
     },
   },
 }

but while `mtxrun --expand-var` reports the new value the folder is
ignored when I run `mtxrun --script fonts --reload`.


(Side remark: I found some small problems in mtxrun while testing:
mtxrun and also the wiki give as an example

    mtxrun --script font --list somename

but correct would imho be 

    mtxrun --script fonts --list somename

Also I would have expected that "mtxrun --script base --expand-var
VAR" works, but actually I needed "mtxrun --expand-var VAR".) 



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Re: How to add a font folder with local fonts?

[Hans Hagen]

On 10/9/2017 4:09 PM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> How can I add a simple folder (not a texmf tree) with opentype or
> truetype fonts to the search path of context?
> 
> I have tried with a local texmfcnf.lua and
> 
> return {
>     content = {
>       variables = {
>         OPENTYPEFONTS   =
> ".;D:/myfonts//;$TEXMF/fonts/{data,opentype}//;$OSFONTDIR",
>       },
>     },
>   }

context doesn't look at those variables, it looks for fonts in:

(1) the tree i.e. the file database (in the order: otf, ttf, ttc, afm)
(2) in OSFONTDIR
(3) i the fonts.conf xml file (never used that one myself)

and I'll add

(4) EXTRAFONTS

for you to play with (although you can also add the path to OSFONTDIR 
for testing).

Hans



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Re: How to add a font folder with local fonts?

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 2017-10-09 um 16:09 schrieb Ulrike Fischer <news3@nililand.de>:

> How can I add a simple folder (not a texmf tree) with opentype or
> truetype fonts to the search path of context? 

The official way is to set OSFONTDIR like any other PATH.
ConTeXt also recognizes fontconfig fonts.conf files (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontconfig).

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Re: How to add a font folder with local fonts?

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Mon, 9 Oct 2017 21:48:39 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen:

> On 10/9/2017 4:09 PM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
>> How can I add a simple folder (not a texmf tree) with opentype or
>> truetype fonts to the search path of context?
>> 
>> I have tried with a local texmfcnf.lua and
>> 
>> return {
>>     content = {
>>       variables = {
>>         OPENTYPEFONTS   =
>> ".;D:/myfonts//;$TEXMF/fonts/{data,opentype}//;$OSFONTDIR",
>>       },
>>     },
>>   }
> 
> context doesn't look at those variables, it looks for fonts in:
> 
> (1) the tree i.e. the file database (in the order: otf, ttf, ttc, afm)
> (2) in OSFONTDIR

I don't want something "systemwide". I have too many texsystems and
don't want side-effects (actually I want context to see the texlive
fonts, to make test easier). 

I can set OSFONTDIR only for context, but it would be a bit tricky.

> (3) i the fonts.conf xml file (never used that one myself)

Is there a context specific fontconfig (I'm on windows, so don't
have a system fontconfig)

> 
> and I'll add
> 
> (4) EXTRAFONTS
> 
> for you to play with (although you can also add the path to OSFONTDIR 
> for testing).

Thanks. That would be the easiest (and cleanest).  I will wait for
the next update. 


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Re: How to add a font folder with local fonts?

[Hans Hagen]

On 10/9/2017 10:37 PM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> Am Mon, 9 Oct 2017 21:48:39 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen:
> 
>> On 10/9/2017 4:09 PM, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
>>> How can I add a simple folder (not a texmf tree) with opentype or
>>> truetype fonts to the search path of context?
>>>
>>> I have tried with a local texmfcnf.lua and
>>>
>>> return {
>>>      content = {
>>>        variables = {
>>>          OPENTYPEFONTS   =
>>> ".;D:/myfonts//;$TEXMF/fonts/{data,opentype}//;$OSFONTDIR",
>>>        },
>>>      },
>>>    }
>>
>> context doesn't look at those variables, it looks for fonts in:
>>
>> (1) the tree i.e. the file database (in the order: otf, ttf, ttc, afm)
>> (2) in OSFONTDIR
> 
> I don't want something "systemwide". I have too many texsystems and
> don't want side-effects (actually I want context to see the texlive
> fonts, to make test easier).
> 
> I can set OSFONTDIR only for context, but it would be a bit tricky.
> 
>> (3) i the fonts.conf xml file (never used that one myself)
> 
> Is there a context specific fontconfig (I'm on windows, so don't
> have a system fontconfig)

no, and apart from testing it years ago i never used it myself (i'm on 
windows too and even on the linux boxes i put all fonts in 
texmf-fonts/fonts/data)

>>
>> and I'll add
>>
>> (4) EXTRAFONTS
>>
>> for you to play with (although you can also add the path to OSFONTDIR
>> for testing).
> 
> Thanks. That would be the easiest (and cleanest).  I will wait for
> the next update.
> 
> 


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Re: How to add a font folder with local fonts?

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 2017-10-09 um 22:37 schrieb Ulrike Fischer <news3@nililand.de>:

>> (2) in OSFONTDIR
> 
> I don't want something "systemwide". I have too many texsystems and
> don't want side-effects (actually I want context to see the texlive
> fonts, to make test easier). 
> 
> I can set OSFONTDIR only for context, but it would be a bit tricky.

Hm, I’m used to setup/make scripts per project, setting some path works well with that.


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Re: How to add a font folder with local fonts?

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:31:15 +0200 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:

>> I can set OSFONTDIR only for context, but it would be a bit tricky.
> 
> Hm, I’m used to setup/make scripts per project, setting some path works well with that.

The tricky part is to fit it in my current configuration system. I
share configuration between two PC and so adding things which should
have an effect only on one of them needs (due to different pathes)
always a bit thinking -- not impossible and not so difficult but a
bit tricky ;-). So adjusting a local file would be easier. 


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Re: How to add a font folder with local fonts?

[Floris van Manen]

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you might consider using git
easy to keep track of your data and to share / clone the latest state.

.F


> On 10 Oct 2017, at 12:25, Ulrike Fischer <news3@nililand.de> wrote:
> 
> Am Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:31:15 +0200 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm:
> 
>>> I can set OSFONTDIR only for context, but it would be a bit tricky.
>> 
>> Hm, I’m used to setup/make scripts per project, setting some path works well with that.
> 
> The tricky part is to fit it in my current configuration system. I
> share configuration between two PC and so adding things which should
> have an effect only on one of them needs (due to different pathes)
> always a bit thinking -- not impossible and not so difficult but a
> bit tricky ;-). So adjusting a local file would be easier.
> 
> 
> --
> Ulrike Fischer
> http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/
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Re: How to add a font folder with local fonts?

[Ulrike Fischer]

Am Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:34:02 +0200 schrieb Floris van Manen:

> you might consider using git
> easy to keep track of your data and to share / clone the latest state.

I use git. But on two Computer there are always some settings that
you don't want to share e.g. on the one texlive is in D:\texlive and
on the other in C:\users\...\texlive. And the relative pathes
between context and texlive are different too. 



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