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< = How to use fonts in ConTeXt ='''The ConTeXt way of handling fonts are [[VisualsTypeScripts - 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 want to keep using [[PdfTeX - Old Content]], read on.

= Font handling in ConTeXt is support &ldquo;strange&rdquo; for LaTeX users. It's a system of abstraction and aliases, complex and mighty&nbsp;&hellip; But there's help: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 - Old Content]] metrics in ConTeXt* Matt Gushee's introduction to [http://homepagematt.macgushee.comnet/atldoc/tex/ Adam Lindsaybookfonts.html virtual fonts Psnfss '''- Old Content'''s page] focuses on typography (OpenType, Unicode etcespecially 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.), espg. on MacOS Xfor presentations* [http://homedl.salamandercontextgarden.comnet/~wmcclainmyway/contextexpertfonts.pdf Installing Expert Fonts: Minion Pro -help.html Bill McClain's ConTeXt beginners pageOld Content] 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 (Old Content)] by Pragmaof 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 ==* [[Otfinstall - 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:'' Q: How up to date or out of date is the information in [http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf mfonts manual]? A: It looks like it is still quite up-to-date, but some of the examples it gives may no longer be the very best and latest way of doing things, and possibly there are some new developments that do not get as much attention as desired (like [http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf texfont], and the issues arising from font map files). Overall, the document appears accurate, though. An important thing to remember is this: '''ConTeXt does not share font metric conventions with LaTeX.''' (at one point it started doing so, like supporting the ''Karl Berry naming scheme'' and the ''PSNFSS'' style font family names, but that has since been abandoned). Another important thing is that it also does not share font map files with LaTeX and, specifically, '''ConTeXt does not make pdfeTeX read <tt>pdftex.map</tt>.''' (this is at the root of a great many problems reported by users only familiar with PSNFSS) The preferred format for metric files in ConTeXt is <tt><vendor>/<familyname>/<encoding>-<fontname>.tfm</tt> for metrics and <tt><encoding>-<vendor>-<familyname>.map</tt> for the mapping files. * <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). There are ways to trick ConTeXt into using different conventions, but if you do that you are likely to run into trouble. = Unsorted links = * [http://www.pragma-ade.comnl/general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf font installation with texfont] by Pragma* [http://www.pragma-ade.nl/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.comnl/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf making outlines] by Pragma* [http://pragma-ade.nl/fonttestspecials/fonts/fontspecial-p.pdf Here] you can try out several TeX fonts online (PDF interface!)* Troubleshooting: solving [[TeXfont- Old Content]] problems.* '''The ConTeXt way of using fonts are [[TypeScriptsFont Handling Internals - Old Content]].'''* [[Installing a TrueType font, step by step]]http://watershade. If you just need to install a TrueType font, this may be what you are looking fornet/wmcclain/context-help.* [[URW Garamond]]* [[Font Handling Internals]html Bill McClain's ConTeXt beginners page (Old Content)]has also a lot about fonts

 ==Configuration==* Using [[psnfss]] metrics Understanding how fonts work in ConTeXt* Matt Gushee about [http://havenrock.com/textips/bookfonts.html virtual fonts- Old Content]]* Fonts rely on [[Encodings and Regimes- Old Content]], and it helps to know what happens underneath the hood, from time to time.

* Don't forget to look at [[contTeX_Gyre_-sys.tex_Old_Content]]!* [[Pseudo Small Caps]] by Vit Zyka (2011)

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