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Using fonts with TeX was once a Jedi fight, before (2013 / 2015 ?) and LuaTeX development.
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! style="width: 50%"| Tutorials (learning)
 
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! style="width: 50%"| How-to guides (goals)
= Nowadays, Fonts are a pleasure =
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You will find here the preliminary steps before actually playing with the fonts in your input file.
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* [https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2021/talks/2021-09-23/typescripts-presentation.pdf ''Handling fonts in ConTEXt (2021)''] ConTEXt-Meeting 15th, 2021, Willi Egger, 38 invaluable slides
At the end, with one or two commands, you will make your document enable to use any fonts available on your computer.
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* [https://articles.contextgarden.net/journal/2018/83-94.pdf <i>Font installation example: IBM Plex (2018)</i>] by Taco Hoekwater and Pavneet Arora
 
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** Installation
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** Understanding the mtxrun output
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** Testing a few font instances
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** Font repertoire
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** Feature discovery
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** Creating typescripts
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** Fallbacks
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** Stylistic alternates and other features
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* See below on this [[Fonts#How-to_guides|Fonts central page]]
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* [[:Category:Fonts | Wiki pages in Fonts category]]
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! Explanation (understanding) !! Reference (information)
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=== [[Use_fonts_provided_with_ConTeXt|#1. Use fonts provided with ConTeXt]] ===
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* [http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/fonts-mkiv.pdf 2016 Fonts manual, all the details] for advanced users
* How to use the [[ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided fonts]].
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* [http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf the 2013 font chapter] as a separate document
* These are the basics you may want to start with, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 3 minutes.
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* [http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf#&#91;145,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}&#93; 2013 reference manual] never officially released, with the 2013 font chapter
 
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=== [[Use_the_fonts_you_want|#2. Use the fonts you want]] ===
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The [[:Category:Command/Fonts | commands in Fonts category]]
* Cover two cases:
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** Quick "one shot": < 5 minutes.
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** A more comprehensive approach: ~10 minutes.
 
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= How-to guides =
  
The actual use of fonts within your document is detailed in [[Font_Switching]]:
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* '''[[Fonts/Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt| Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt]]'''
* how to define font size,  
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** How to use the [[Fonts/ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided fonts]].
* how to use alternative styles like regular / bold / italic / small caps
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** These are the basics you may want to start with, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 3 minutes.
* how to switch between serif, sans serif, monospaced, or to another fonts with {{cmd|switchtobodyfont}}
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* '''[[Fonts/Use_the_fonts_you_want| Use any other font ]]'''
* how to underline, strike...
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** Case 1: Quick "one shot" (< 5min.)
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** Case 2: Comprehensive approach (~10min.)
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* '''[[Fonts/Font Switching| "Font Switching", or "how-to use the different fonts within your document"]]'''
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** how to define font size,  
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** how to use alternative styles like regular / bold / italic / small caps
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** how to switch between serif, sans serif, monospaced, or to another fonts with {{cmd|switchtobodyfont}}
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** how to underline, strike...
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* '''[[Fonts/Typescripts examples]]'''
  
= Advanced stuff =
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== Deep dive into typescripts ==
 
 
== First: the Manuals ==
 
 
 
** [[http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/fonts-mkiv.pdf Latest manual, all in the details]]
 
** [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-enp.pdf#&#91;106,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}&#93; 2001 reference manual] ('''!!! WARNING !!!''' TO KEEP OR NOT TO KEEP)
 
** [http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf#&#91;145,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}&#93; 2013 reference manual] never officially released, with a font chapter
 
** [http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf the 2013 font chapter] as a separate document
 
 
 
== A little bit further ==
 
 
 
Vocabulary, What is the scope of ==> reference to manuals pages ?
 
* a font
 
* a style
 
* a fontfamily
 
* a typeface
 
* a typescript
 
* a typescriptcollection
 
  
How to work with fonts which include:
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* [[Featuresets]], and here some of common option for {{cmd|definefontfeature}}
* different weights (light, extra-light, dark, extra-bold)
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** <code>onum=yes</code> for old style numbers, vs <code>lnum=yes</code> for lining numbers
* different widths (condensed, expanded)
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** <code>kern=yes</code> for kerning
* different style (inline, shadowed, outline)
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** See [[Ligatures]] (2017). <code>liga=yes</code> for common ligature and <code>dlig=yes</code> for discretionary ligature (like st), <code>calt=yes</code> for contextual alternates.
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** for small caps, the font must propose Caps variation like "EBGaramondSC12-Regular.otf" et "AlegreyaSC-Regular.otf"
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** [https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using/open-type-syntax.html Syntax for OpenType features] from Adobe
 
* [[Fontsize|What defines the size in a font?]] (2019)
 
* [[Fontsize|What defines the size in a font?]] (2019)
* [[Optical Size]] ('''!!! WARNING !!!''' 2010 = TO KEEP OR NOT ?)
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* [[Optical Size|How to set up a font family with optical size options]]
 
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* [[Protrusion]] (also known as hanging or font handling) is a more subtle typographic effect  (2012 need update).
== Deep dive into typescripts ==
 
 
 
* [https://source.contextgarden.net/?search=type-imp- the source browser] for type-imp- files.
 
* [[Alegreya Typescript]]: a quite complete example (2019), MkIV for the Alegreya fonts by Huerta Tipográfica / Juan Pablo del Peral, downloadable from [https://fonts.google.com/?query=Alegreya Google Fonts].
 
* [[Fraktur_fonts|Summary of experiences of three Fraktur]] (2019)
 
* [[Typescripts_examples]] (Cf Thomas Hala)
 
* Using Font Fallbacks (and perhaps a different page for Fallbacks for math fonts)
 
* Creating virtual math fonts from type 1 fonts (still needed?)
 
 
 
== Activate fonts features ==
 
  
* Small caps
 
** [[Pseudo Small Caps]] by Vit Zyka (2011)
 
* [[Ligatures]] (2017)
 
* [[Protrusion]] (also known as hanging or font handling) is a more subtle typographic effect  (2012 need update).
 
* old style numbers
 
* Kerning
 
 
* [https://source.contextgarden.net/?search=s-fonts- the source browser] for s-fonts- files, that a user can run (to get an example) or use as module for own fonts  
 
* [https://source.contextgarden.net/?search=s-fonts- the source browser] for s-fonts- files, that a user can run (to get an example) or use as module for own fonts  
 
* Lua Font Goodies with examples.
 
* Lua Font Goodies with examples.
  
  
 
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Finally, for older content, refering to mkii, we keep a [[Fonts - Old Content|specific zone in the wiki]]. Work is also need to merge content of [[Fonts_in_LuaTeX]] here.
 
 
 
 
* {{cmd|definefontfamily}}
 
* {{cmd|definedfont}}
 
  
  
 
[[Category:Fonts]]
 
[[Category:Fonts]]

Revision as of 18:40, 17 May 2024

Tutorials (learning) How-to guides (goals)
Explanation (understanding) Reference (information)

The commands in Fonts category

How-to guides

Deep dive into typescripts

  • the source browser for s-fonts- files, that a user can run (to get an example) or use as module for own fonts
  • Lua Font Goodies with examples.


Finally, for older content, refering to mkii, we keep a specific zone in the wiki. Work is also need to merge content of Fonts_in_LuaTeX here.