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* [http://tug.org/pracjourn/2005-2/schmitz/schmitz.pdf Integrating TrueType Fonts into ConTeXt] by Thomas A. Schmitz (PracTeX Journal)
* [[Font Handling Internals]]
* [[Pseudo Small Caps]] by Vit Zyka
fonts fonts fonts fonts lotsafonts! ;-) (added links to free font sites, changed order of other links)
Font handling in ConTeXt is “strange” for LaTeX users. It's a system of abstraction and aliases, complex and mighty … But there's help:
* '''The ConTeXt way of using fonts are [[http://homepageTypeScripts]].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 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 in detail] by Pragma
* [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mmakempy.pdf making outlines] by Pragma
* [http://pragma-ade.nl/fonttest.pdf Here] you can try out several TeX fonts online (PDF interface!)
* Troubleshooting: solving [[TeXfont]] problems.
* [[Font Handling Internals]]* [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''The s ConTeXt way of using beginners page] has also a lot about fonts are * [[TypeScripts]http://tug.org/pracjourn/2005-2/schmitz/schmitz.pdf Integrating TrueType Fonts into ConTeXt]by Thomas A.'''Schmitz (PracTeX Journal)
* [[Installing a TrueType font, step by step]]. If you just need to install a TrueType font, this may be what you are looking for.
* [http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/expertfonts.pdf Installing Expert Fonts: Minion Pro] by Idris Samawi Hamid; contains step-by-step instructions, from preinstallation to writing typescripts
* [[Pseudo Small Caps]] by Vit Zyka
* Matt Gushee's introduction to [http://havenrock.com/textips/bookfonts.html virtual fonts], especially for getting expert fonts to work.
* [[URW Garamond]]
=Basic Hints=
= Available Free Fonts =
* [http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hartke/computer/latex/survey/survey.html Free Math Fonts] - : overview of different free Math fonts; [http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hartke/computer/latex/freefonts.php links to other free fonts]* [http://greekfontsociety.org/ GFS Didot] - : Latin, full set of polytonik Greek, small caps, oldstyle figures, full f-ligatures ([http://modules.contextgarden.net/gfsdidot Module for ConTeXt])* [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] : a not really beautiful serif family* [http://scripts.sil.org/Gentium SIL Gentium] : great serif font (roman + italics) with a big charset (Latin + extensions, Greek)* [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://www.engl.virginia.edu/OE/junicode/junicode.html 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/ FontFace] : 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 (have a look at designers Apostrophic Lab, Manfred Klein and Dieter Steffmann)* [http://kadyellebee.com/fonts/ Kristine's Font Organization] : find a font in a sorted directory* [http://www.fontlover.com FontLover] : font news portal site
* ''... many more to be added ...''
