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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 pleasure =
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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, with one or two commands, you will make your document enable to use any fonts available on your computer.
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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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* 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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=== [[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
* How to use the [[ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided fonts]].
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* [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, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 3 minutes.
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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_the_fonts_you_want|#2. Use the fonts you want]] ===
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The [[:Category:Command/Fonts | commands in Fonts category]]
* Cover two cases:
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** Quick "one shot": < 5 minutes.
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** A more comprehensive approach: ~10 minutes.
 
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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 ==
 
 
 
** [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/fonts-mkiv.pdf 2016 Fonts manual, all the details] for advanced users
 
** [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 in a font?]] (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.
 
 
 
 
 
  
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= How-to guides =
  
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* '''[[Fonts/Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt| Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt]]'''
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** How to use the [[Fonts/ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided fonts]].
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** These are the basics you may want to start with, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 3 minutes.
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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)
  
* {{cmd|definefontfamily}}
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== To tidy ==
* {{cmd|definedfont}}
 
  
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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]].
  
 
[[Category:Fonts]]
 
[[Category:Fonts]]

Latest revision as of 13:01, 18 May 2024

Tutorials (learning) How-to guides (goals)
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The commands in Fonts category

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