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Quick use of a new font
Let's take a example, we want to use Noto Serif. The google website enable us to download a zip file with the 4 alternative variations (Regular 400, Regular 400 italic, Bold 700, Bold 700 italic).
- #1. Store them is a dedicated folder
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- create a "Noto-serif" in the ConTeXt distribution
tex/texmf-fonts
. - unzip and store the .ttf file in
tex/texmf-fonts/Noto-serif/
.
- create a "Noto-serif" in the ConTeXt distribution
- #2. Regenerate ConTeXt databases
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- the file database:
mtxrun --generate
- the fonts database:
mtxrun --script font --reload
- and check the situation
mtxrun --script font --list --file -pattern=*noto*
:
- the file database:
familyname weight style width variant fontname filename subfont fontweight notoserif bold normal normal normal notoserifbold NotoSerif-Bold.ttf notoserif bold italic normal normal notoserifbolditalic NotoSerif-BoldItalic.ttf notoserif normal italic normal normal notoserifitalic NotoSerif-Italic.ttf notoserif normal normal normal normal notoserif NotoSerif-Regular.ttf
- #3. Your are done! You can use the font anywhere in your input files with \definedfont
\definedfont[file:NotoSerif-BoldItalic at 12pt] The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Use of the different variations
- #1. Define them as a new typescript (ConTeXt vocabulary) in your input file, with \starttypescript
- and define the link between filenames and Human readable names with \definefontsynonym.
\starttypescript [mynotoserif] % \definefontsynonym[Human readable] [file:filename without extension] \definefontsynonym[NotoSerif-Regular] [file:NotoSerif-Regular] \definefontsynonym[NotoSerif-Italic] [file:NotoSerif-Italic] \definefontsynonym[NotoSerif-Bold] [file:NotoSerif-Bold] \definefontsynonym[NotoSerif-BoldItalic] [file:NotoSerif-BoldItalic] \stoptypescript
- #2. The boring step
- define the link between ConTeXt basics names and the Human readable names. It's good to define a fallback.
\starttypescript [mynotoserif] \setups[font:fallback:serif] % security: if not found==> bask to defaults % \definefontsynonym[ConTeXt bascics name] [Human readable] [features=default] \definefontsynonym[Serif] [NotoSerif-Regular] [features=default] \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic] [NotoSerif-Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym[SerifBold] [NotoSerif-Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic] [NotoSerif-BoldItalic] [features=default] \stoptypescript
- #3. You are done! Finally, we have the following input file
\starttypescript [serif] [notoserif] \definefontsynonym[NotoSerif-Regular] [file:NotoSerif-Regular] \definefontsynonym[NotoSerif-Italic] [file:NotoSerif-Italic] \definefontsynonym[NotoSerif-Bold] [file:NotoSerif-Bold] \definefontsynonym[NotoSerif-BoldItalic] [file:NotoSerif-BoldItalic] \stoptypescript \definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier] [rm] [notoserif] \setupbodyfont[MyFontIdentifier] \setupbodyfont[12pt] {\rm The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\ {\rm\bf The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\ {\rm\it The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
And it gives: