Re: typescript

[Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>]

Hi Antonie,

I am not a font expert, but this is what I understand.

On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, Antoine Junod wrote:

> And for the last part of my little type script:
>
> \starttypescript [GaramondPP]
>    \definetypeface [GaramondPP][rm][serif][garamondpp][default]
> \stoptypescript
>
> That part is for me a beautiful piece of ununderstanding :) First
> question: the first argument is the name we will use with the
> \usetypescript command. Right?

Yes

> Second question: the first argument of
> the \definetypescript is the name that will be used with the
> \setupbodyfont call. Is it right?

Yes

> Isn't there any conflict with the
> GaramondPP of the \starttypescript and the one of the \definetypeface?

No. Context is extremely clever in this respect.

> Or do they need to be the same?

No. Some of the old typescripts did use different names.

> Other question: how are related the
> three following parameters (rm, serif and garamondpp)?

rm is the font that gets activated by default with \setupbodyfont. You can 
get the ss font by saying \setupbodyfont[GaramondPP,ss]. I do not know why 
serif and sans (the third argument of \definetypescript are needed, it 
seems to be reduntant.

> And finally,
> what's the point of the 'default' argument?

You can create variants of fonts. For example, for math fonts, one has to 
occasionally use ams instead of default, this loads some of the 
definitions from \definemathcollection[ams]. I don't know what is loaded 
for non-math fonts.

Aditya
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