Re: Help for using fonts Nupuram

[Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 12/23/22 12:00, Alain Delmotte via ntg-context wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I am trying to run the example Hans published on the 1st of December
> with a new upload.
> It is about using the variable font Nupuram.

Hi Alain,

you mean https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2022/107279.html.

> After looking to contextgarden,I tried to put the "Nupuram" sub-folder
> or only the folders with .otf in different places of my context-lmtx
> folder, and using "mtxrun --script font --reload".
> But the example of Hans didn't work.

After installing fonts, I always run:

  mtxrun --scripts cache --erase && mtxrun --generate

This helps to remove all the cache (so it doesn’t interfere with new
features to read fonts [among other things]).

> Then I install the .ttf font files in Windows\fonts; it works, but 1)
> trying to install the Nupuram-VF.ttf, I have the message that
> Nupuram-Regular is already installed; and 2) I get the font in the
> example, but no changes of width or colour.

Install either the variable font or the singular fonts. And also install
OTF or TTF. This prevents clashes with font names.

https://smc.org.in/downloads/fonts/nupuram/Nupuram.zip doesn’t contain
the color version.

https://smc.gitlab.io/fonts/Nupuram/fonts/Nupuram-Color.zip contains it.
From fonts/Nupuram-Color/otf-color/ copy Nupuram-Color.colrv1.otf (to
the directory below).

After having copied the font to texmf-fonts/, run "mtxrun --scripts
cache --erase && mtxrun --generate".

Color should be fine. I’m checking what may be wrong with weight.

> So, now I deleted all the Nupuram everywhere.
> How could I have it fully working under context-lmtx?
> 
> I have different places for fonts in my context-lmtx:
> - texmf-fonts  empty

This is the right directory to copy you fonts. It doesn’t get modified
(so contents won’t be erased after an update).

Other directories aren’t designed to contain user fonts.

I hope it helps now. Happy holiday season,

Pablo
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