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Using [[LuaTeX]] as the processing engine in ConTeXt allows one to directly use fonts installed on the user's system. Instead of converting all fonts into the standard <code>.tfm</code> and <code>.vf</code> formats (as outlined in some [[This Way - My Way#MyWay|My Way]] documents<ref>[http://dl.contextgarden.net/websitesarchive/atl/tex/OpenType.pdf OpenType in ConTeXt] by Adam Lindsay</ref><ref>[http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/expertfonts.pdf Installing Expert Fonts: Minion Pro] by Idris Samawi Hamid</ref>), LuaTeX creates these metric files automatically at run-time. This greatly simplifies font installation in ConTeXt.
= How LuaTeX handles system fonts =
You only have to do the reload manually when you have installed updates to already installed fonts that cause the font and/or file names to change.
This normally only happens for fonts that are still in development like [[TeX Gyre- Old Content]] and [[Latin Modern]].
You can rebuild the database manually, using the already-mentioned command
[http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf The new manual chapter on fonts]
 
 
[http://pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf Old Fonts Manual by Hans Hagen]
 
[http://pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/fonts-mkiv.pdf New Fonts Manual by Hans Hagen]
 
= Using fonts =
Handling fonts in LuaTeX can be done
* in a simple but limited way, using the [[simplefontsSimplefonts - Old Content|<code>simplefonts</code> module]];* in the standard way, using [[TypeScripts- Old Content]]
== The standard way: Typescripts ==
\usetypefile[xx]
where ConTeXt prepends <code>type-</code> when it loads the file; but
<{{cmd>|usetypescriptfile</cmd> }} is the preferred command because it takes care of the<{{cmd>|starttypescriptcollection</cmd>}}/<{{cmd>|stoptypescriptcollection</cmd> }} environments.
=== Very simple example of typescript ===
=== Where to find existing typescripts ===
Each of the typescripts below defines a keyword to use with <{{cmd>|setupbodyfont</cmd>}}. Usually this is the same as the name of the typescript, but there is one exception (<code>antykwa-torunska</code>)
* Latin Modern (typescript name: <code>modern</code>; this is the default font set)
* Latin Modern variant (ts name: <code>modernvariable</code>; LM variable typewriter for serif)
* Postscript (ts name: <code>postscript</code>; Termes for serif, Heros for sans, Cursor for mono)
* Antykwa Toruńska (ts name: <code>antykwa-torunska</code>; only serif; defines <tt>antykwa</tt> as keyword for <{{cmd>|setupbodyfont</cmd>}})
* Iwona (ts name: <code>iwona</code>; only sans serif)
* Iwona Light, Medium and Heavy (ts names: <code>iwona-light</code>, <code>iwona-medium</code>, <code>iwona-heavy</code>; only sans; the medium variant is a small bit heavier than a "regular" one)
That's as simple as using a traditional ConTeXt typescript!
But ... how is it any different, then? Well, the difference is that in Mark IV, we can use an Opentype font directly, so that what is done here: when we want to use Palatino, the [[TeX Gyre- Old Content]] equivalent (“Pagella”) is called and we can use its Opentype “features”; read on.
==== Opentype features ====
[[Category:Fonts]]
[[Category:International]]
[[Category:LuaTeX]]

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