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__NOTOC__{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width: 70%;"|-Using fonts with TeX was once a Jedi fight, before ! style="width: 50%"| Tutorials (2013 / 2015 ?learning) and LuaTeX development.! style="width: 50%"| How-to guides (goals)= Nowadays, Fonts are a pleasure = |-|You will find here the preliminary steps before actually playing with the * [https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2021/talks/2021-09-23/typescripts-presentation.pdf ''Handling fonts in your input file.At the endConTEXt (2021)''] ConTEXt-Meeting 15th, 2021, with one or two commandsWilli Egger, you will make your document enable to use any fonts available on your computer38 invaluable slides* [https://articles.contextgarden.net/journal/2018/83-94.pdf <i>Font installation example: IBM Plex (2018)</i>] by Taco Hoekwater and Pavneet Arora|
{{TwoColumnsHighlight* See below on this [[Fonts#How-to_guides|Fonts central page]]* [[:Category:Fonts | Wiki pages in Fonts category]]|-! Explanation (understanding) !! Reference (information)|-
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=== * [[Use_fonts_provided_with_ConTeXt|#1http://www.pragma-ade. Use nl/general/manuals/fonts provided with ConTeXt]-mkiv.pdf 2016 Fonts manual, all the details] === for advanced users* How to use the [[ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf the 2013 font chapter]].as a separate document* These are the basics you may want to start with[http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf#&#91;145, in 2 or 3 steps{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}&#93; 2013 reference manual] never officially released, less than 3 minutes.with the 2013 font chapter
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=== [[Use_the_fonts_you_want|#2. Use the fonts you want]] === * Cover two cases:** Quick "one shot": < 5 minutes.** A more comprehensive approach: ~10 minutes.}}  The actual use of fonts within your document is detailed in [[Font_Switching]]:* how to define font size, * how to use alternative styles like regular / bold / italic / small caps* how to switch between serif, sans serif, monospaced, or to another fonts with {{cmd|switchtobodyfont}}* how to underline, strike... = Advanced stuff = == First: the Manuals == ** [httpCategory:Command//www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/fonts-mkiv.pdf 2016 Fonts manual, all the details]** [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-enp.pdf#&#91;106,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}&#93; 2001 reference manual] ('''!!! WARNING !!!''' TO KEEP OR NOT TO KEEP)** [http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf#&#91;145,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}&#93; 2013 reference manual] never officially released, with a font chapter** [http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf the 2013 font chapter] as a separate document == A little bit further == Vocabulary, What is the scope of ==> reference to manuals pages ?* a font* a style* a fontfamily* a typeface* a typescript* a typescriptcollection How to work with fonts which include: * different weights (light, extra-light, dark, extra-bold)* different widths (condensed, expanded)* different style (inline, shadowed, outline)* [[Fontsize|What defines the size commands in a font?Fonts category]] (2019)* [[Optical Size]] ('''!!! WARNING !!!''' 2010 = TO KEEP OR NOT ?) == Deep dive into typescripts == * [https://source.contextgarden.net/?search=type-imp- the source browser] for type|-imp- files.* [[Alegreya Typescript]]: a quite complete example (2019), MkIV for the Alegreya fonts by Huerta Tipográfica / Juan Pablo del Peral, downloadable from [https://fonts.google.com/?query=Alegreya Google Fonts].* [[Fraktur_fonts|Summary of experiences of three Fraktur]] (2019)* [[Typescripts_examples]] (Cf Thomas Hala)* Using Font Fallbacks (and perhaps a different page for Fallbacks for math fonts)* Creating virtual math fonts from type 1 fonts (still needed?) == Activate fonts features == * Small caps** [[Pseudo Small Caps]] by Vit Zyka (2011)* [[Ligatures]] (2017)* [[Protrusion]] (also known as hanging or font handling) is a more subtle typographic effect (2012 need update).* old style numbers* Kerning* [https://source.contextgarden.net/?search=s-fonts- the source browser] for s-fonts- files, that a user can run (to get an example) or use as module for own fonts * Lua Font Goodies with examples. }
= How-to guides =
* '''[[Fonts/Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt| Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt]]'''
** How to use the [[Fonts/ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided fonts]].
** These are the basics you may want to start with, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 3 minutes.
* '''[[Fonts/Use_the_fonts_you_want| Use any other font ]]'''
** Case 1: Quick "one shot" (< 5min.)
** Case 2: Comprehensive approach (~10min.)
* '''[[Fonts/Font Switching| "Font Switching", or "how-to use the different fonts within your document"]]'''
** how to define font size,
** how to use alternative styles like regular / bold / italic / small caps
** how to switch between serif, sans serif, monospaced, or to another fonts with {{cmd|switchtobodyfont}}
** how to underline, strike...
* '''[[Fonts/Featuresets|OpenType features]]''' for some common options for {{cmd|definefontfeature}} like:
** '''[[Fonts/Ligatures|Ligatures]]'''
** '''[[Fonts/Protrusion]]''' (also known as hanging or font handling)
* '''[[Fonts/Typescripts examples|Typescripts examples]]'''
* Technical details
** [[Fonts/Optical Size | How to set up a font family with optical size options]]
** [[Fonts/Fontsize | What defines the size in a font]] ('natural' size. 'design' size)
** Get examples from [https://source.contextgarden.net/?search=s-fonts- s-fonts- files], that you can compile and/or use as module for own fonts (with lua font goodies)
* {{cmd|definefontfamily}}* {{cmd|definedfont}}== To tidy ==
* Work is also needed to merge content from [[Fonts/Fonts_in_LuaTeX| Fonts in LuaTeX]] in the pages above.
* For older content, refering to mkii, we keep a [[Fonts - Old Content|specific zone in the wiki]].
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