--|--- not transformed to endash|emdash

--|--- not transformed to endash|emdash

[Tomas Hala]

Hi all,

usually, if one writes -- or ---, will receive real en-dash or em-dash,
respectively. I just tried font called JohnBaskerville 
(commercial; from Štorm type foundry, CZ) but I got only '--' and '---',
ie. sequences were not transformed to the proper characters.

Dashes are present in then font, commands \endash and \emdash produce them correctly.

What could be wrong?

Best wishes,

Tomáš 

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Re: --|--- not transformed to endash|emdash

[Hans Hagen]

On 10/23/2018 6:36 PM, Tomas Hala wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> usually, if one writes -- or ---, will receive real en-dash or em-dash,
> respectively. I just tried font called JohnBaskerville
> (commercial; from Štorm type foundry, CZ) but I got only '--' and '---',
> ie. sequences were not transformed to the proper characters.
> 
> Dashes are present in then font, commands \endash and \emdash produce them correctly.
> 
> What could be wrong?

no features enabled?

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Re: --|--- not transformed to endash|emdash

[Tomas Hala]

Hi Hans, 

you are right, tlig is the missing one. Thank you for directing me.

Does it mean that all features are disabled when the new "non-TeX" font is joined? 
(I used \starttypescript with \definefontsynonym; then \definetypeface and \setupbodyfont.)

Later I discovered [features=default] (at \definefontsynonym) which enables it, too.
Which features are enabled by this word default?

Side effect of my experimets was the syntantic error  "! Missing \endcsname inserted"
at \definefontsynonym [Serif][name:JohnBaskerville][] with empty last brackets.
Is it ok, or not?

Best wishes,

Tomáš

Tue, Oct 23, 2018 ve 07:08:44PM +0200 Hans Hagen napsal(a):
# On 10/23/2018 6:36 PM, Tomas Hala wrote:
# >Hi all,
# >
# >usually, if one writes -- or ---, will receive real en-dash or em-dash,
# >respectively. I just tried font called JohnBaskerville
# >(commercial; from Štorm type foundry, CZ) but I got only '--' and '---',
# >ie. sequences were not transformed to the proper characters.
# >
# >Dashes are present in then font, commands \endash and \emdash produce them correctly.
# >
# >What could be wrong?
# 
# no features enabled?
# 
# -----------------------------------------------------------------
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#               Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
#        tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl
# -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: --|--- not transformed to endash|emdash

[Hans Hagen]

On 10/24/2018 7:24 PM, Tomas Hala wrote:
> Hi Hans,
> 
> you are right, tlig is the missing one. Thank you for directing me.
> 
> Does it mean that all features are disabled when the new "non-TeX" font is joined?
> (I used \starttypescript with \definefontsynonym; then \definetypeface and \setupbodyfont.)

features are bound to a font instance

> Later I discovered [features=default] (at \definefontsynonym) which enables it, too.
> Which features are enabled by this word default?

\usemodule[fonts-features]

\starttext

\showfeatureset[name=default]

\stoptext

> Side effect of my experimets was the syntantic error  "! Missing \endcsname inserted"
> at \definefontsynonym [Serif][name:JohnBaskerville][] with empty last brackets.
> Is it ok, or not?

well, the empty argument is not ok


> Best wishes,
> 
> Tomáš
> 
> Tue, Oct 23, 2018 ve 07:08:44PM +0200 Hans Hagen napsal(a):
> # On 10/23/2018 6:36 PM, Tomas Hala wrote:
> # >Hi all,
> # >
> # >usually, if one writes -- or ---, will receive real en-dash or em-dash,
> # >respectively. I just tried font called JohnBaskerville
> # >(commercial; from Štorm type foundry, CZ) but I got only '--' and '---',
> # >ie. sequences were not transformed to the proper characters.
> # >
> # >Dashes are present in then font, commands \endash and \emdash produce them correctly.
> # >
> # >What could be wrong?
> #
> # no features enabled?
> #
> # -----------------------------------------------------------------
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> #               Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
> #        tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl
> # -----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>                                           Tomáš Hála
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> 


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