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* [[Palatino Linotype under MKIV]].
→Unsorted links: + pseudo small caps
* Using [[Psnfss - 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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