From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/221 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: fg@fgbbs.iaf.nl (Frans Goddijn) Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: \em: real italics? Date: 30 Oct 98 09:30:02 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035391087 22168 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 16:38:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:221 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:221 said Hans Hagen to All: HH> From the source code font-ini.tex: HH> %D \def\emphasistypeface {\it} HH> %D \def\emphasisboldface {\bi} HH> You can change these. I see. Is this also the proper and clean place to do the change? When I install a later version of ConTeXt I might lose these changes that I make, so I must keep track of them. > "small caps italic" font. But I think the chances of that happening > would be small if I watch out a little. Or maybe I could have a macro > preventing this, a variation of "\kap" that will set in small caps > even though the environment is italics? HH> Hm. Remind me to look into this one day ... Maybe an entry in the HH> font environment definition. Anything if it works! ;=} > Why is it slanted in default? HH> Well, I consider the computer modern italic to be rather ugly HH> (unreadable). I agree, but then again, if people take the trouble to use ConTeXt because they want better documents they'd better look out for a better font as well... This is what I changed in font-ini.tex: (do I need to generate a new format now? I think not) %D \macros %D {em,emphasistypeface,emphasisboldface} %D %D The next macro started as a copy of Donald Arseneau's %D \type{\em} (\TUGNEWS\ Vol.~3, no.~1, 1994). His %D implementation was a bit more sophisticated version of the %D standard \LATEX\ one. We furter enhanced the macro, so now %D it also adapts itself to boldface mode. Because we favor %D {\sl slanted} type over {\it italic}, we made the emphasis %D adaptable, for instance: %D %D \starttypen %D \def\emphasistypeface {\it} %D \def\emphasisboldface {\bi} %D \stoptypen %D %D But we prefer: %\def\emphasistypeface {\sl} %\def\emphasisboldface {\bs} %FG But I still prefer (when NOT using Computer Modern): \def\emphasistypeface {\it} \def\emphasisboldface {\bi} Met hartelijke groet! Frans Goddijn | bbs: +31 (0)26 3217041 Postbus 30196 | email: fg@fgbbs.iaf.nl 6803 AD Arnhem | tel: +31 (0)26 3219342 The Netherlands | http://www.iaf.nl/Users/Meridian -- You are what you is