A Beginner's Guide to Using Fonts in Mark IV

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This page tries to describe how to use preinstalled (with the ConTeXt Minimals) typescripts with ConTeXt MkIV. It does not explain how this works; for this, consult the new manual chapter on fonts or documents cited in Fonts. (These things are not easy. You have been warned!)

Note that this page is in preparation---these things are difficult and I don't understand them fully. Some of the fonts mentioned below don't work for me; I hope to clear this soon.

I assume here that we have a working ConTeXt Mark IV installation, for example ConTeXt Minimals. In particular, we have LM fonts, the TeX Gyre collection and some other ones.

[edit] Available typescripts

Each of the typescripts below defines a keyword to use with \setupbodyfont. Usually this is the same as the name of the typescript, but there is one exception (antykwa-torunska)

• Latin Modern (typescript name: modern; this is the default font set)
• Latin Modern variant (ts name: modernvariable; LM variable typewriter for serif)
• Postscript (ts name: postscript; Termes for serif, Heros for sans, Cursor for mono)
• Antykwa Toruńska (ts name: antykwa-torunska; only serif; defines antykwa as keyword for \setupbodyfont)
• Iwona (ts name: iwona; only sans serif)
• Iwona Light, Medium and Heavy (ts names: iwona-light, iwona-medium, iwona-heavy; only sans; the medium variant is a small bit heavier than a "regular" one)
• Pagella (ts name: palatino; only serif)
• Termes (ts name: times; only serif, Heros for sans)

[edit] Usage example

\usetypescript[palatino]
\setupbodyfont[palatino,18pt]

\starttext
Hello world, I'm Pagella!
\stoptext

The first line seems to order ConTeXt to "install" (for the current file) the given typescript (it accepts what I have earlier called a "typescript name"). The last one starts using it (you may omit the size if you are satisfied with the default).