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Using fonts with TeX was once a Jedi fight, before (2013 / 2015 ?) and LuaTeX development.
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= Nowadays, Fonts are a piece of cake =
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You will find here the preliminary steps before actually playing with the fonts in your input file.
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* [https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2021/talks/2021-09-23/typescripts-presentation.pdf ''Handling fonts in ConTEXt (2021)''] ConTEXt-Meeting 15th, 2021, Willi Egger, 38 invaluable slides
At the end, you will be able, in one or two commands, to declare the use of any fonts you want for your document.
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* [https://articles.contextgarden.net/journal/2018/83-94.pdf <i>Font installation example: IBM Plex (2018)</i>] by Taco Hoekwater and Pavneet Arora
 
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The actual use of fonts within your document are details in [[Font_Switching]]:
 
* how to define font size
 
* how to use different alternative styles like regular / bold / italic / small caps
 
* how to switch between serif, sans serif, monospaced
 
* how to switch between fonts {{cmd|switchtobodyfont}}
 
* how to underline, strike...
 
 
 
  
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* See below on this [[Fonts#How-to_guides|Fonts central page]]
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* [[:Category:Fonts | Wiki pages in Fonts category]]
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! Explanation (understanding) !! Reference (information)
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=== [[Use_fonts_provided_with_ConTeXt|#1 Use fonts provided with ConTeXt]] ===
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* [http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/fonts-mkiv.pdf 2016 Fonts manual, all the details] for advanced users
Really the basics, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 1 minute.
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* [http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf the 2013 font chapter] as a separate document
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* [http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf#&#91;145,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}&#93; 2013 reference manual] never officially released, with the 2013 font chapter
 
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=== [[Use fonts found on the web|#2 Use fonts found on the web]] ===
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The [[:Category:Command/Fonts | commands in Fonts category]]
Also the basics, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 5 minutes.
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=== [[Use_fonts_of_your_OS_(2020)|#3 Use fonts of your Operating System]] ===
 
Few preliminary commands, then it's as easy as '''#2'''
 
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= Advanced stuff =
 
 
 
* Deep dive into typescripts
 
** What is and how far can be extended
 
*** a font
 
*** a fontfamily
 
*** a typeface
 
*** a typescript
 
*** a typescriptcollection
 
** How to work with fonts with
 
*** different weights (light, extra-light, dark, extra-bold)
 
*** different widths (condensed, expanded)
 
*** different style (inline, shadowed, outline)
 
** [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)
 
** Vocabulary : fontname, fontfamily, typeface, typescript, fonts, styles...
 
** What is a typescriptcollection
 
 
 
* Obviously, fonts features:
 
** Small caps
 
** [[Ligatures]] (2017)
 
** protrusion
 
** old style numbers
 
** Kerning
 
** [[Fontsize|What defines the size in a font?]] (2019)
 
** [[Optical Size]] ('''!!! WARNING !!!''' 2010 = TO KEEP OR NOT TO KEEP)
 
** [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
 
 
 
  
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= How-to guides =
  
* Font chapter of the reference manual
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* '''[[Fonts/Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt| Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt]]'''
** [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)
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** How to use the [[Fonts/ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided fonts]].
** [http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf#&#91;145,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}&#93; 2013 reference manual] never officially released, with a font chapter
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** These are the basics you may want to start with, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 3 minutes.
** [http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf the 2013 font chapter] as a separate document
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* '''[[Fonts/Use_the_fonts_you_want| Use any other font ]]'''
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** Case 1: Quick "one shot" (< 5min.)
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** Case 2: Comprehensive approach (~10min.)
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* '''[[Fonts/Font Switching| "Font Switching", or "how-to use the different fonts within your document"]]'''
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** how to define font size,
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** how to use alternative styles like regular / bold / italic / small caps
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** how to switch between serif, sans serif, monospaced, or to another fonts with {{cmd|switchtobodyfont}}
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** how to underline, strike...
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* '''[[Visual_Debugging#Fonts_and_Type | Visual help and debugging]]''' for Fonts
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* '''[[Fonts/Featuresets|OpenType features]]''' for some common options for {{cmd|definefontfeature}} like:
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** '''[[Fonts/Ligatures|Ligatures]]'''
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** '''[[Fonts/Protrusion]]''' (also known as hanging or font handling)
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* '''[[Fonts/Typescripts examples|Typescripts examples]]'''
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* Technical details
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** [[Fonts/Optical Size | How to set up a font family with optical size options]]
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** [[Fonts/Fontsize | What defines the size in a font]] ('natural' size. 'design' size)
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** 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)
  
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== To tidy ==
  
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* Work is also needed to merge content from [[Fonts/Fonts_in_LuaTeX| Fonts in LuaTeX]] in the pages above.
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* For older content, refering to mkii, we keep a [[Fonts - Old Content|specific zone in the wiki]].
  
* {{cmd|definefontfamily}}
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[[Category:Fonts]]
* {{cmd|definedfont}}
 

Latest revision as of 13:01, 18 May 2024

Tutorials (learning) How-to guides (goals)
Explanation (understanding) Reference (information)

The commands in Fonts category

How-to guides

To tidy