From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/41431 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: typesetting Arabic today Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:58:24 -0600 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: <115224fb0806012329m686e4aa6n63552d59c3fac229@mail.gmail.com> 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 1212872475 23322 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2008 21:01:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 21:01:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users To: "Burak Emir" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jun 07 23:01:57 2008 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 1K55Xx-0004Yy-85 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:01:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D09651FBF1; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:01:07 +0200 (CEST) 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 25618-03-26; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:00:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C5A1FD04; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:00:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0EE71FCD9 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 23:00:24 +0200 (CEST) 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 27593-06-10 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:59:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 0125B1FD8A for ; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:58:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 4892 invoked by uid 1006); 7 Jun 2008 20:58:36 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:SA:0(0.1/100.0):. Processed in 0.333561 secs); 07 Jun 2008 20:58:36 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.4) by -v with SMTP; 7 Jun 2008 20:58:36 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 10209 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2008 20:58:33 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO your-b27fb1c401) (75.104.84.217) by -v with SMTP; 7 Jun 2008 20:58:33 -0000 In-Reply-To: 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:41431 Archived-At: Salaam, On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:48:29 -0600, Burak Emir wrote: > I did not have the intention of giving up : ) Mojca suggested I try to > source in setuptex, I will try that next then. I was just waiting if > somebody might reply to Jean. Good luck ;-) > Let me ask another question then: once luatex works, how can I make use > of > the ttf font? I suppose it is not as simple as copying it in the > fonts/truetype directory and running mktexlsr? Forget mktexlsr. Just put the font in your working directory or the main Mac directory (I don't know Mac) and luatex wil pick it up, if all has been configured correctly. See also the sample file I sent. luaTeX just searches the default font folder, Windows/Fonts in my case. > I had a glance at the mfonts.pdf manual, and I already installed > FontForge > aka pfaedit, but I do not know yet how it all plays together. Why do you need FF? 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________