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Font handling = How to use fonts in ConTeXt is “strange” for LaTeX users='''The ConTeXt way of handling fonts are [[TypeScripts]]. It's '' It’s a system of abstraction and aliases, complex which may seem “strange” at first for new users of ConTeXt.* If it fits your needs, consider first to use the former [[Simplefonts]] module, now in the core as {{src|font-sel.mkvi}}.* There is now a [http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf manual chapter on fonts].* If you happen to use [[XeTeX]] then you can forget almost all the magic and mighty … But there's help:start using your system fonts (see [[Fonts_in_XeTeX]]).* If you use [[LuaTeX]], see [[Fonts_in_LuaTeX]]* If you want to keep using [[pdfTeX]], read on.
* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf ConTeXt's font mechanism in detail] by Pragma
* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf making outlines] by Pragma
* [http://pragma-ade.nl/fonttest.pdf Here] you can try out several TeX fonts online (PDF interface!)
* Troubleshooting: solving [[TeXfont]] problems.
* '''The ConTeXt way of using fonts are [[TypeScripts]].'''
=Basic Hints=How to change to Palatino for text with Euler for math: [[Palatino with Euler for Math]]
=Hints by Language=; 2019:* general: [[Encodings and RegimesAlegreya Typescript]]* MkIV for the Alegreya fonts by Huerta Tipográfica / Juan Pablo del Peral, downloadable from [[Arabian and Hebrew]] (Idrishttps://fonts.google.com/? other ArabTeX specialists?)* [[Chinese]]* [[Greek]]* [[Russian]query=Alegreya Google Fonts].:* [[VietnameseFraktur_fonts|Summary of experiences of three Fraktur]]
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< [[VisualsBasics#Basics_of_ConTeXt_text_formatting|Text formatting]] | [[Symbols]] | [[Languages]] >
Specific page deals with * [[Fontsize|What defines the size in a font?]] * [[Optical Size]]* [[Ligatures]] = Font support & configuration === Type 1 fonts == Type 1 fonts come in multiple files. The various components are: * '''.pfb''': "Printer Font, Binary".* '''.pfa''': "Printer Font, ASCII".* '''.pfm''': "Printer Font Metrics", binary.* '''.afm''': "Adobe Font Metrics". Typically each font will have a set of outlines in a pfb or pfa file, and a set of metrics in a pfm or afm file. Which file variations are preferred depends on platform. Linux prefers pfa and afm (the ASCII versions). Windows prefers pfb and pfm (the binary versions). Mac OS X prefers pfm and afm. On the Mac, you may encounter old-style PostScript Type 1 fonts which have an extensionless file containing the font outlines. These are a relic from the days when bitmaps were used to display fonts on screen, and the PostScript was downloaded to the printer. Your best bet is to throw them away and get an up-to-date OpenType version, or use a font editing utility such as fontforge to convert them. On Windows 7, the OS will identify only the .pfm file as the actual font. However, when you install the font, Windows invisibly locates the matching .pfb file from the same directory, and copies them both to the C:\Windows\Fonts directory. * Using [[psnfss]] metrics in ConTeXt* Matt Gushee's introduction to [http://homepagematt.macgushee.comnet/atldoc/tex/ Adam Lindsay's pagebookfonts.html virtual fonts] focuses on typography (OpenType, Unicode etcespecially for getting expert fonts to work.), esp* [[URW Garamond]]* [[Lucida]] : large font family designed by Bigelow & Holmes; suitable e.g. on MacOS Xfor presentations* [http://homedl.salamandercontextgarden.comnet/~wmcclainmyway/context-helpexpertfonts.html Bill McClain's ConTeXt beginners pagepdf Installing Expert Fonts: Minion Pro] has also a lot about fontsby Idris Samawi Hamid; contains step-by-step instructions, from preinstallation to writing typescripts* [http://www.pragma-adestormtype.comStorm Type Foundry] : [http:/general/manualsmodules.contextgarden.net/mtexfont.pdf font installation with texfontstormfontsupport support] by Pragmaof selected fonts == True Type fonts ==
* [http://tug.org/pracjourn/2005-2/schmitz/schmitz.pdf Integrating TrueType Fonts into ConTeXt] by Thomas A. Schmitz (PracTeX Journal)
* [[Installing a TrueType font, step by step]]. If you just need to install a TrueType font, this may be what you are looking for.
* [http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/expertfonts.pdf Installing Expert Fonts: Minion Pro] by Idris Samawi Hamid; contains step-by-step instructions, from preinstallation to writing typescripts* [[URW GaramondPalatino Linotype under MKIV]]. == OpenType fonts ==* [[Font Handling Internalsotfinstall|otfinst - a script for using OpenType fonts in ConTeXt]]* [[Pseudo Small Caps]] by Vit Zyka== Basic Hints ==
''Some hints by Taco from the mailing list on 2005-11-20:''
Another important thing is that it also does not share font map files with LaTeX and, specifically,
'''ConTeXt does not make pdfetex pdfeTeX read <tt>pdftex.map</tt>.'''
(this is at the root of a great many problems reported by users only familiar with PSNFSS)
There are ways to trick ConTeXt into using different conventions, but if you do that you are likely to run into trouble.
=ConfigurationUnsorted links = * Using [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf font installation with texfont] by Pragma* [psnfsshttp://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf ConTeXt's font mechanism in detail]by Pragma* [http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb28-2/tb89mahajan.pdf ConTeXt basics for users: Font styles] by Aditya Mahajan (2007)* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf making outlines] metrics in ConTeXtby Pragma* Matt Gushee about [http://havenrockpragma-ade.com/textipsspecials/fonts/bookfontsfontspecial-p.pdf Here] you can try out several TeX fonts online (PDF interface!)* Troubleshooting: solving [[TeXfont]] problems.* Character [[Protrusion]] (also known as hanging or font handling) is a more subtle typographic effect.* [[Font Handling Internals]]* [http://watershade.net/wmcclain/context-help.html virtual Bill McClain's ConTeXt beginners page] has also a lot about fonts* [[Pseudo Small Caps]] by Vit Zyka* [[Understanding how fontswork in ConTeXt]]
* Fonts rely on [[Encodings and Regimes]], and it helps to know what happens underneath the hood, from time to time.
* In newer distributions, map files belong in <tt>…/fonts/map/pdftex/context</tt>!
* Don't forget to look at [[cont-sys.tex]]!
= Where to find fonts = == Available Free Fonts ==* [http://www.mathgeorgduffner.uiucat/ebgaramond/ EB Garamond] is still in development, but it has nice-looking oldstyle numbers.edu* [http://ctan.tug.org/~hartketex-archive/latexinfo/surveyFree_Math_Font_Survey/survey.html Free Math Fonts] <!: overview of different free Math fonts; [http://www.geocities.com/hartke01/ links to other free fonts]* [http://greekfontsociety.gr/ GFS Didot] : Latin, full set of polytonik Greek, small caps, oldstyle figures, full f-ligatures ([http://modules.contextgarden.net/gfsdidot Module for ConTeXt])* [[TeX Gyre]] : a set of great text fonts by our GUST friends, based on URW's free PostScript standard fonts for GhostScript.* [http://www.janusz.nowacki.strefa.pl/kurier.html Foto Alfa] : some TeX related fonts from Poland (Antykwa Toruńska. Antykwa Półtawskiego, Kurier, Iwona...)* [http://linuxlibertine.sourceforge.net Libertine Open Fonts Project]: GPL/OFL serif font [[Linux Libertine on mkiv|sample]]* [http://scripts.sil.org SIL International] : great Unicode fonts for scholars by SIL (Gentium, Doulos, Charis, etc.)* [http://ist- I didnsocrates.berkeley.edu/~pinax/greekkeys/GreekKeys.html GreekKeys] : links to polytonic Greek fonts* [http://scholarsfonts.net Scholar't know where s Fonts] : Font for Scholars (Latin, Germanic languages, Greek, Hebrew and Linguistics)* [http://junicode.sourceforge.net/ Junicode] : Junius-Unicode, a font for medievalists* [http://www.freelang.net/fonts/index.html FreeLang fonts] : fonts for exotic languages* [http://www.blambot.com Blambot] : Comic fonts* [http://www.chank.com/freefonts.php Chank] : some free Chank fonts* [http://www.fontface.com/fonts/ FontFace] : free fonts* [http://www.dafont.com DaFont] : more free fonts* [http://fonts.tom7.com/fonts98.html Divide by Zero] : more fonts* [http://moorstation.org/typoasis/typoasis1.htm TypOasis] : lots of nice fonts, but a bit hard to put them find (have a look at designers Apostrophic Lab, Manfred Klein and Dieter Steffmann)* [http://kadyellebee.com/fonts/ Kristine's Font Organization] : find a font in a sorted directory* [http://www.fontlover.com FontLover] : font news portal site* [http://www.stormtype.com/family-lido-stf.html Lido] : OpenType and TrueType typefaces by Storm Type Foundry, free for non-commercial use. [http://modules.contextgarden.net/stormfontsupport Support].* [http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fontsbyrange.html Alan Wood’s Unicode Resources] : find fonts by Unicode character range* [http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/ exljbris] Free Quality Font Foundry by Jos Buivenga* [http://www.stixfonts.org/ STIX Fonts] Beta download of the STIX-Fonts* [http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ Font Squirrel] Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses* [http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/ The league of Moveable Type] : a collection of open source fonts* [http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/resources/65-popular-and-professional-free-fonts-for-creative-typography/ 65 Popular And Professional Free Fonts For Creative Typography] and [http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/resources/52-really-high-quality->free-fonts-for-modern-and-cool-design/ 52 Really High Quality Free Fonts For Modern And Cool Design]* [http://www.paratype.com/public/]: Public fonts for minority languages of Russia [[Paratype typescript for mkiv|sample]]* ''... many more to be added ...'' == Recent experiences ==
[[Category:Fonts]]
