From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/37648 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Default latex font Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:41:25 -0700 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: <4750709E.4010006@telefonica.net> <20071201120438.GA16081@gaston.couberia.bzh> <4751A958.20800@telefonica.net> <47528250.1050506@wxs.nl> <4752CD8D.5040504@telefonica.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196610077 16893 80.91.229.12 (2 Dec 2007 15:41:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 15:41:17 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Dec 02 16:41:23 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Iyqwc-0007Qi-5A for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:41:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5F8E1FB21; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:40:47 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 15762-03; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:40:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46F791FB6D; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:40:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B988A1FB6D for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:40:35 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18885-01-2 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:40:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 727761FB21 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 16:40:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (qmail 6529 invoked by uid 1006); 2 Dec 2007 15:40:27 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. 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Processed in 2.946922 secs); 02 Dec 2007 15:40:27 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.20) by -v with SMTP; 2 Dec 2007 15:40:24 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 10883 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2007 15:40:22 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO your-b27fb1c401) (75.104.82.83) by -v with SMTP; 2 Dec 2007 15:40:22 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4752CD8D.5040504@telefonica.net> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.24 (Win32) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:37648 Archived-At: Hi Xan, On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:21:49 -0700, Xan wrote: >> lm is meant as a replacement for cmr, plr, csr, aer, vnr, whatever-r >> around ... it's metric compatible so it makes no sense to use cmr any >> more (which was the whole idea behind starting the lm project); the same >> is true for tex gyre >> > > Perhaps it's better, but I like much cm. > I want to change. It's technically possible to change it? Sure, you just have to define your own typescripts and install the fonts (eg bluesky version). There are some howto's out there for installing postscript fonts in ConTeXt (see the wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts ), and make sure you take optical scaling into account (my article discusses that). The only thing that I've noticed is that bluesky cmr seems to be hinted better and looks better on-screen at certain sizes than the lmr postscript fonts. OTOH I see no reason for using cmr. For all practical purposes lmr IS cmr. If you find an area where there is a substantial difference, I'd like to see it :-) Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________