Re: How to use text Calligraphic font using \definefont

[Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>]

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, John R. Culleton wrote:

> On Tuesday 05 December 2006 17:27, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>
>> \definefont[BigText]  [Calligarphic sa 2]
>>
>> \BigText test
>>
>> which gives me the math calligraphic fonts. How do I get the text
>> calligraphic fonts, using \definefont?
>
> The virtue of the Context system of font specification lies in the ability to
> change sizes with \tfb, \tfx etc. For a single size used for e.g, title page
> I use a regular TeX \font statement.  For example after I fought through the
> AGaramond problem for body fonts, with great help from this list, I still
> retained some additional special statements like:
>
> \font\MySans uhvbo8r at 30pt
> \font\BigSans uhvb8r at 30pt
> \font\MedSans uhvb8r at 20pt
> etc.
>
> This is a bit tedious but pretty much mistake proof.  And the call for each
> variant is simple.

Thank you. I guess I will have to learn how plain TeX handles fonts. 
Until now, ConTeXt saved me from the gory details :)

But I am still confused. Why does text calligraphic font not have a 
font synonym?

Aditya