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* [[Palatino Linotype under MKIV]].
→Unsorted links: + pseudo small caps
* 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 want to keep using [[pdfTeXPdfTeX - Old Content]], read on.
= 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.
== 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]]!* [[Pseudo Small Caps]] by Vit Zyka (2011)
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