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Using fonts with TeX was once a Jedi fight. Since (2013 /2015 ?), and LuaTeX development.
NOWADAYS, IT'S A PIECE OF CAKE.
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#1 Use fonts provided with ConTeXt
Really the basics, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 1 minute.
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#2 Use fonts found on the web
Also the basics, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 5 minutes.
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#3 Use fonts of your Operating System
Few preliminary commands, then it's as easy as #2
Advanced stuff
- Vocabulary : fontname, fontfamily, typeface, typescript, fonts, styles...
- Font chapter of the reference manual
- 2001 reference manual (!!! WARNING !!! TO KEEP OR NOT TO KEEP)
- 2013 reference manual never officially released, with a font chapter
- the 2013 font chapter as a separate document
- Deep dive into typescripts
- A quite complete example: Alegreya_Typescript
I want use specific features
- Small caps
- Ligatures
- Kerning
- expansion=quality
- protrusion=quality,
- other: tlig, ccmp, fonts-mkiv.pdf page 65.
weight light, regular, medium, bold, extra...
width : condensed, Semi Condensed , regular, Semi Extended , Extended
shape : regular, italic
caps : regular, smallcaps
Liens
I just have realised that \definefont requires fontname of font not identifier neither familyname.