From: "Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد" <Idris.Hamid@colostate.edu>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: math font fallback for palatino \cal
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 14:07:53 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.yl7bjf1mejo439@ishamid-pc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57B0C3CF.2050505@gmail.com>
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016 13:17:35 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster
<schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد <mailto:Idris.Hamid@colostate.edu>
>> 14. August 2016 um 20:33
>> Dear gang,
>>
>> Using pagella (palatino) for a project here. Unfortunately
>> texgyrepagella-math.otf has a rather unattractive set of \cal caps;
>> schola, termes, bonum etc. all use the same and much better-looking set.
>>
>> So I decided to try and define a palatino math set with the \cal caps
>> from schola (= termes etc.). Succeeded after some trial and error:
>> attached are the positive results. Others may find the experiment
>> useful or even worth wikifying; it's a nice fallback exercise.
>>
>> Maybe there is a better or more up-to-date way to do this: In any
>> case, feel free to critique the attached.
> You can save a few lines for your font setup when you use the
> \definefontfamily and \definefallbackfamily commands.
>
> \definefontfamily [palatino_cg] [rm] [TeX Gyre Pagella]
> \definefallbackfamily [palatino_cg] [mm] [TeX Gyre Schola Math]
> [range={lowercasescript,lowercaseboldscript,uppercasescript,uppercaseboldscript},force=yes]
> \definefontfamily [palatino_cg] [mm] [TeX Gyre Pagella Math]
>
> \setupbodyfont[palatino]
>
> \starttext
>
> \m{\cal ABCDEFG \quad \bf ABCDEFG}
>
> \switchtobodyfont[palatino_cg]
>
> \m{\cal ABCDEFG \quad \bf ABCDEFG}
>
> \stoptext
Wonderful, Wolfgang, just wonderful. Lots to learn and explore... And some
info here:
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/definefontfamily
Thanks again!
--
Idris Samawi Hamid
Professor of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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2016-08-14 18:33 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2016-08-14 18:53 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2016-08-14 19:17 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2016-08-14 20:07 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد [this message]
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