From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/39392 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Font question Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:55:42 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20080229194224.GB18957@atos.labs.wmid.amu.edu.pl> <47C87116.4080209@wxs.nl> <20080229223120.GA26535@atos.labs.wmid.amu.edu.pl> <20080304225545.GA20252@atos.labs.wmid.amu.edu.pl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204700230 9138 80.91.229.12 (5 Mar 2008 06:57:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 06:57:10 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Mar 05 07:57:35 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JWnZH-000146-BG for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:57:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE47A1FB72; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:57:01 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23178-01-11; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:56:24 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30DEC1FB33; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:56:24 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 320D11FADF for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:56:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 20736-03-5 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:55:46 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mailout03.sul.t-online.com (mailout03.sul.t-online.de [194.25.134.81]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2E351FB33 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:55:46 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from fwd27.aul.t-online.de by mailout03.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1JWnXW-0004OP-02; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:55:46 +0100 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (Ze5i2TZFgh0jJJKxwCz6bka4i4tWtJ4HhHtwaVqved9fV+HnYV+pimTG0H1Ulegw2w@[87.178.93.143]) by fwd27.aul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1JWnXS-0h8Tfk0; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:55:42 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20080304225545.GA20252@atos.labs.wmid.amu.edu.pl> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) X-ID: Ze5i2TZFgh0jJJKxwCz6bka4i4tWtJ4HhHtwaVqved9fV+HnYV+pimTG0H1Ulegw2w@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: 860dffe4-9895-4a60-ac2a-4063438a2808 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:39392 Archived-At: On Mar 4, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > OK, so the first part of my questions about mfonts.pdf;) > > Thank you in advance for the answers; I'd like to stress that I'm > not in > a hurry, so please take your time! Also, as I said, I have nothing > against being "redirected" to some other part of documentation in case > it is easier than to write a full answer here. > > 1. Do I get it right when I think that \definefontsynonym takes 2 or 3 > arguments, and: > > When given two, they mean: (1) the synonym being defined > and (2) an earlier defined synonym being a "replacement text" for (1); > > When given three, (1) is as above, (2) is the filename of the font > (tfm > I guess?) and (3) contains some low-level options like the encoding > (are > there any other options available?) > > 2. What does exactly sa mean? Do I get it right when I think that > it's > the factor by which the "body font size" - i.e., some constant dimen > parameter defined for the whole document (or environment) - is > multiplied? Does the "laziness" of sa mean that the actual scaling > will > happen _after_ the definition of the body font size, which might be > e.g. > different for different components of a product within a project > using a > common environment? And what is mo? > > 3. What are the arguments to \definebodyfont? > > 4. What are the relations between \definefontsynonym, \definefont and > \definebodyfont? > > 5. I can understand neither the paragraph right before the > \definebodyfont example on page 4 of mfonts.pdf, nor the example > itself. > Any hints;)? > > CU, > Most of your questions are answered in the fonts manual: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf Thomas ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________