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= How to use fonts in ConTeXt =
'''The ConTeXt way of handling fonts are [[TypeScripts- Old Content]].''' It’s a system of abstraction and aliases, which may seem “strange” at first for new users of ConTeXt.* If it fits your needs, consider first to use the former [[Simplefonts- Old Content]] 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- Old Content]] then you can forget almost all the magic and start using your system fonts (see [[Fonts_in_XeTeX- Old Content]]).* If you use [[LuaTeX]], see [[Fonts_in_LuaTeX]]* If you want to keep using [[pdfTeXPdfTeX - Old Content]], read on. A specific page deals with [[Fontsize|What defines the size in a font?]].
= Font support & configuration =
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 [[psnfssPsnfss - Old Content]] metrics in ConTeXt* Matt Gushee's introduction to [http://matt.gushee.net/doc/tex/bookfonts.html virtual fontsPsnfss '''- Old Content'''], especially for getting expert fonts to work.* [[URW Garamond- Old Content]]'''NEED UPDATE TO OTF'''* [[Lucida- Old Content]] '''NEED UPDATE TO OTF''': large font family designed by Bigelow & Holmes; suitable e.g. for presentations* [http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/expertfonts.pdf Installing Expert Fonts: Minion Pro- Old Content] by Idris Samawi Hamid; contains step-by-step instructions, from preinstallation to writing typescripts* [http://www.stormtype.com Storm Type Foundry] : [http://modules.contextgarden.net/stormfontsupport support(Old Content)] of selected fonts
== True Type fonts ==
* [http://tug.org/pracjourn/2005-2/schmitz/schmitz.pdf Integrating TrueType Fonts into ConTeXt- Old Content] by Thomas A. Schmitz (PracTeX Journal)* [[Installing a TrueType font, step by step- Old Content]]. If you just need to install a TrueType font, this may be what you are looking for.* [[Palatino Linotype under MKIV]].
== OpenType fonts ==
* [[otfinstallOtfinstall - Old Content|otfinst - a script for using OpenType fonts in ConTeXt]]
== Basic Hints ==
How to change to Palatino for text with Euler for math: [[Palatino with Euler for Math- Old Content]]
''Some hints by Taco from the mailing list on 2005-11-20:''
* <fontname> is usually derived from the font source (afm or ttf),
* <encoding> is a 'controlled' list, (see [[Encodings and Regimes- Old Content]])
* <vendor> and <familyname> are user-supplied (at install time).
* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf making outlines] by Pragma
* [http://pragma-ade.com/specials/fonts/fontspecial-p.pdf Here] you can try out several TeX fonts online (PDF interface!)
* Troubleshooting: solving [[TeXfont- Old Content]] problems.* Character [[Protrusion]] (also known as hanging or font handling) is a more subtle typographic effect.* [[Font Handling Internals- Old Content]]* [http://watershade.net/wmcclain/context-help.html Bill McClain's ConTeXt beginners page(Old Content)] has also a lot about fonts
* [[Pseudo Small Caps]] by Vit Zyka
* [[Understanding how fonts work in ConTeXt- Old Content]]* Fonts rely on [[Encodings and Regimes- Old Content]], 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 [[contTeX_Gyre_-sys.tex_Old_Content]]! = Where to find fonts = == Available Free Fonts ==* [http://www.georgduffner.at/ebgaramond/ EB Garamond] is still in development, but it has nice-looking oldstyle numbers.* [http://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/info/Free_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-socrates.berkeley.edu/~pinax/greekkeys/GreekKeys.html GreekKeys] : links to polytonic Greek fonts* [http://scholarsfonts.net Scholar'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/ FontFacePseudo Small Caps] : 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 find Vit Zyka (have a look at designers Apostrophic Lab, Manfred Klein and Dieter Steffmann2011)* [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]]* [[Alegreya Typescript]] MkIV for the Alegreya fonts by Huerta Tipográfica / Juan Pablo del Peral, downloadable from [https://fonts.google.com/?query=Alegreya Google Fonts].* ''... many more to be added ...''
[[Category:FontsOld Content]]
