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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 "strange" for LaTeX users. It's a system of abstraction and aliases, complex and mighty... But there's help:support & configuration === Type 1 fonts ==

* [http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/ Adam Lindsay's page] focuses on typography (OpenType, Unicode etc.), esp. on MacOS X* [http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html Bill McClain's ConTeXt beginners page] has also a lot about Type 1 fonts* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf font installation with texfont] by Pragma* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf ConTeXt's font mechanism come in detail] by Pragma* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf making outlines] by Pragma* [http://www.ntgmultiple files.nlThe various components are:8061/fonttest.pdf Here] you can try out several TeX fonts online (PDF interface!)

==Typescripts==* [http'''.pfb'''://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/showfont"Printer Font, Binary".pdf examples of using typescripts] by Pragma* [http'''.pfa'''://www.ramm"Printer Font, ASCII".ch/fiee/texnique/?menu=0-1-4&amp;lang=en example typescripts] for free and commercial fonts, by Hraban* typescripts for some fonts from the FontSite500 CD on the [['''.pfm''': "Printer Font Site]] pageMetrics", by Holger Schönerbinary.* typescripts for lazy font combinations on the [[Flexi Face]] page* [[Fonts in XeTeX]] gives some details about the [[XeTeX]]-specific typescripts in <tt>type-xtx</tt>'''.afm''': "Adobe Font Metrics".

==Configuration==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 about 's introduction to [http://havenrockmatt.gushee.comnet/doc/textipstex/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* In newer distributions[http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/expertfonts.pdf Installing Expert Fonts: Minion Pro - Old Content] by Idris Samawi Hamid; contains step-by-step instructions, map files belong in <tt>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:/map/pdftextug.org/pracjourn/2005-2/context<schmitz/tt>!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 ==* Don[[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:'t forget ' Q: How up to look at 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 [conthttp://www.pragma-sysade.nl/general/manuals/mtexfont.texpdf texfont]]!, and the issues arising from font map files). Overall, the document appears accurate, though. An important thing to remember is this:For me '''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, typescripts 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 work if I activate familiar with PSNFSS) The preferred format for metric files in ConTeXt is <cmdtt>autoloadmapfilestrue<vendor>/cmd<familyname> and /<encoding>-<cmdfontname>resetmapfiles.tfm</cmdtt> in  for metrics and <tt>cont<encoding>-sys<vendor>-<familyname>.texmap</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.nl/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.nl/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf making outlines] by Pragma* [http://pragma-ade.nl/specials/fonts/fontspecial-p.pdf Here] you can try out several TeX fonts online (PDF interface!)* Troubleshooting: solving [User[TeXfont - Old Content]] problems.* [[Font Handling Internals - Old Content]]* [http:Hraban|Hraban//watershade.net/wmcclain/context-help.html Bill McClain's ConTeXt beginners page (Old Content)] has also a lot about fonts* [[Pseudo Small Caps]] 2004by Vit Zyka* [[Understanding how fonts work in ConTeXt -08Old Content]]* Fonts rely on [[Encodings and Regimes -23Old Content]], and it helps to know what happens underneath the hood, from time to time.* In newer distributions, map files belong in <tt>&hellip;/fonts/map/pdftex/context</tt>!* [[TeX_Gyre_-_Old_Content]]* [[Pseudo Small Caps]] by Vit Zyka (2011)  [[Category:Old Content]]