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([82.113.106.159]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm975231eyx.53.2009.08.18.13.14.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:14:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200908181609.34021.john@wexfordpress.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:52442 Archived-At: Am 18.08.2009 um 22:09 schrieb John Culleton: >>> Also I find font handling easier in pdftex. Just a single >>> statement is needed. >> >> Can you a bit more specific what do you mean with this sentence. > > Well if I want bitstream charter roman at 11.2pts I can say > \font\rm bchr8r at 11.2pt > and I am done. > > Or I can define something called \fontsize and make it the referent > for all my font statements: > \newdimen\fontsize > \fontsize=11.2pt > \baselineskip= 1.1\fontsize > \font\rm bchr8r at \fontsize > \font\bo bchbo8t at 1.1\fontsize > ...and so on. If I need the book a little longer I just change > \fontsize. I have even done tricks like this: > \fontfam=bch > \font\rm \fontfam r8r at \fontsize > > Introducing a new font into TeX is never simple but I find it easier > if I don't have to construct (and debug) an elaborate chain of > font synonyms. Use XeTeX or LuaTeX and you have no problem to use the font you like. > It may be the luatex has made life simpler (or at least more > exciting!) I will examine that prospect next. But right now I am > typesetting novels, memoirs and the like. The fewer variables I > have to contend with the better. In MkIV you can write the above as: \usemodule[simplefonts][size=11.2pt] \setmainfont[CharterBT] and when you want to make a global change of the font size you can do this with \setupsimplefonts[size=xxpt] Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________