__NOTOC__ Using fonts with TeX was once a Jedi fight, before XeTeX and LuaTeX development. Nowadays, using fonts is simple. {| class= Using fonts "wikitable" style= "margin:auto; width: 100%;"|-You will find here the preliminary steps before actually playing with the fonts in your input file.! style="width: 50%"| Tutorials (learning) At the end, with one or two commands, you will make your document enable ! style="width: 50%"| How-to use any fonts available on your computer.guides (goals) {{TwoColumnsHighlight|-
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=== * [[Use_fonts_provided_with_ConTeXt| Use https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2021/talks/2021-09-23/typescripts-presentation.pdf ''Handling fonts distributed with ConTeXtin ConTEXt (2021)'']] === ConTEXt-Meeting 15th, 2021, Willi Egger, 38 invaluable slides* How to use the [[ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided fonts]]https://articles.contextgarden.* These are the basics you may want to start with, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 3 minutesnet/journal/2018/83-94.pdf <i>Font installation example: IBM Plex (2018)</i>] by Taco Hoekwater and Pavneet Arora
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=== [[Use_the_fonts_you_want| Use any other font ]] ===
* Cover two cases:
** Quick "one shot": < 5 minutes.
** A more comprehensive approach: ~10 minutes.
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The actual use of fonts within your document is detailed in * See below on this [[Font_SwitchingFonts#How-to_guides|Fonts central page]]:* how to define font size, [[:Category:Fonts | Wiki pages in Fonts category]]* 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...! Explanation (understanding) !! Reference (information)|-= Advanced stuff = == The Manuals ==|* [http://www.pragma-ade.comnl/general/manuals/fonts-mkiv.pdf 2016 Fonts manual, all the details] for advanced users
* [http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf the 2013 font chapter] as a separate document
* [http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf#[145,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}] 2013 reference manual] never officially released, with the 2013 font chapter
* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-enp.pdf#[106,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}] 2001 reference manual] ('''!!! WARNING !!!''' TO KEEP OR NOT TO KEEP) == A little beyond the basics == * [[Fontsize|What defines the size in a font?]] (2019)* [[Optical Size]] ('''!!! WARNING !!!''' 2010 = TO KEEP OR NOT ?) ;Practical application TO BE WRITTEN (==> reference to manuals pages ? to articles, to existing pages ?):*How to work with fonts which include: :** different weights (light, extra-light, dark, extra-bold):** different widths (condensed, expanded):** different style (inline, shadowed, outline):* and explain the whole vocabulary :** a font:** a style switch:** a fontfamily:** a typeface:** a typescript:** a typescriptcollection == Deep dive into typescripts == * [https://source.contextgarden.net/?search=type-imp- the source browser] for type-imp- files.* The [[Alegreya Typescript]]: a quite complete example (2019), MkIV for the Alegreya fonts by Huerta Tipográfica / Juan Pablo del Peral, downloadable from [httpsCategory:Command//fonts.google.com/?query=Alegreya Google Fonts].* [[Fraktur_fonts|Summary of experiences of three Frakturcommands in Fonts category]] (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.|}
Finally, for older content, refering to mkii, we keep a [[Fonts = How- Old Content|specific zone in the wiki]]. Work is also need to merge content of [[Fonts_in_LuaTeX]] here.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...
* '''[[Visual_Debugging#Fonts_and_Type | Visual help and debugging]]''' for Fonts
* '''[[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]].
[[Category:Fonts]]