[NTG-context] Re: \em issue in MkXL (2024.03.05 11:26)

[Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>]

On 3/10/2024 11:48 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Hans Hagen via ntg-context schrieb am 10.03.2024 um 10:46:
>> On 3/10/2024 9:32 AM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote:
>>> On 3/9/24 16:04, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>>>> Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context schrieb am 08.03.2024 um 19:39:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>     \enableexperiments[fonts.compact]
>>>>>
>>>>> Which seeems weird to me. Or at least, I thought I read that Hans
>>>>> enabled it by default in LMTX.
>>>>
>>>> AFAIR Hans uses the setting in his own documents.
>>>
>>> I have been using it for a while.
>>>
>>> I hope the issue with \glyphslant might be fixed to enable it again.
>>>
>>>>> Then my question is whether this was caused by simply enabling compact
>>>>> fonts or by doing it twice.
>>>>
>>>> The results happen when you use compact mode and is a result of
>>>> \glyphslant which keeps the value of the italic style even when you
>>>> switch back to the upright style.
>>>
>>> Many thanks for your explaination,
>> using the low level commands
>>
>> \glyphscale
>> \glyphxscale
>> \glyphyscale
>> \glyphslant
>> \glyphweight
>>
>> directly can have side efects when at an outer level these are also 
>> set, so you need to accumulate, like
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> test {\glyphscale 2000 test \glyphscale \numericscaled1.2\glyphscale 
>> test} test
>>
>> test {\glyphslant  500 test \glyphslant \numericscaled2.0\glyphslant 
>> test} test
>>
>> test {\glyphweight 100 test \glyphweight\numericscaled2.0\glyphweight 
>> test} test
>>
>> \stoptext
> 
> The problem is that compact mode uses them to apply the slanted feature 
> without any manual use of the commands from a user.
> 
> \enableexperiments[fonts.compact]
> 
> \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][TeX Gyre Termes]
>    [it={style:regular, features:{default,slanted}},
>     sl={style:regular, features:{default,slanted}}]
> 
> \setupbodyfont[mainface]
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \startstyle[style=italic]normal {\em emphasized} normal\stopstyle
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> The only way to mask the effect is to create a new fontfeature with the 
> minimum slant value and apply it to the upright style.
> 
> \definefontfeature [unslanted] [slant=0.001]
> 
> \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][TeX Gyre Termes]
>    [features={default,unslanted},
>     it={style:regular, features:{default,slanted}},
>     sl={style:regular, features:{default,slanted}}]
ok, i'll fix that (build is down so no update)

Hans

-----------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE
               Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
        tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl
-----------------------------------------------------------------

___________________________________________________________________________________
If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl
webpage  : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror)
archive  : https://github.com/contextgarden/context
wiki     : https://wiki.contextgarden.net
___________________________________________________________________________________