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`simplefonts` The information on this page is outdated. See {{cmd|definefontfamily}} for details on a third–party module written by Wolfgang Schustersimpler font mechanism defined for ConTeXt MKIV. This remainder of this page is historical in nature and the examples may no longer work with recent ConTeXt distributions.
It has two main advantages over the standard font handling in ConTeXt:=== History ===
* the user doesn’t need to write [[Fonts_in_LuaTeX#The_standard_wayWolfgang Schuster wrote a third–party module named `simplefonts`, which held a few advantages over standard ConTeXt font handling:_Typescripts|typescripts]].
* Note that some major Major changes were released in Oct. October, 2013. Documentation on As such, this page typically describes documents the earlier version of simplefonts distributed with TeX Live 2013, unless otherwise noted.
* If you’re using LuaTeX along with [https://www.tug.org/texlive/ TeX Live]Before October, 2013, installation of <code>simplefonts</code> is already for[[ConTeXt Standalone]] could be installed.like [[ConTeXt_Standalone#Installing_third_party_modules|any third-party module]]:
* If you’re running [[ConTeXt Standalone]] (which is updated more often, allowing use of newer features but with less stability testing), <code>simplefonts</code> can be installed like [[ConTeXt_Standalone#Installing_third_party_modules|any third-party module]]:
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=== Introduction Warning ===
* the user doesn’t need to write [[Fonts_in_LuaTeX#The_standard_way:_Typescripts|typescripts]]; and
* the interface is much easier to use.
=== Installing <code>simplefonts</code> ===
first-setup.sh --modules="t-simplefonts"
For newer release of ConTeXt (or LuaTeX with [https://www.tug.org/texlive/ TeX Live]), <code>simplefonts</code> is installed by default, no additional installation steps are necessary.
==== Setting the system font directory ====
See {{src|font-sel.mkvi}} in the distribution for more examples and in depth explanation.
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