ConTeXt distribution's Fonts

A collection of fonts is called a typescript in ConTeXt. The following typescripts are available for fonts distributed with ConTeXt (the name of the typescript is shown as typescriptname):

• The Latin Modern font family, which is a modern version of standard TeX font Computer Modern:
  • modern: synonym modern-base
  • modernvariable: synonym modern-variable (a variable width typewriter font)

• The TeX Gyre Collection of Fonts, cross-platform OpenType formats.
  • pagella: synonym palatino
  • termes: synonym times
  • heros: synonym helvetica
  • bonum: synonym bookman
  • scholas: synonym schoolbook
  • adventor: synonym avantgarde
  • cursor: synonym courier
  • chorus: synonym chancery
• The DejaVu font family : dejavu and dejavu-condensed
• 6 additionals fonts (covering serif, sans serif, and monospaced)
  • Gentium : gentium
  • Antykwa Poltawskiego : antykwapoltawskiego
  • Antykwa Toruńska: antykwa
  • Kurier : kurier,ss
  • Iwona: iwona
• 3 additional math fonts:
  • Euler: eulernova
  • STIX2: stixtwo
  • XITS: xits

Name	Serif	Sans serif	Monospaced	Class	Similar to
Latin Modern	modern	modern,ss	modern,tt	Didone, current TeX standard, [1].	Computer Modern
Tex Gyre Adventor	-	adventor	-	Geometric sans-serif	ITC Avant Garde Gothic
Tex Gyre Bonum	bonum	-	-	Old Style, Serif transitional,	ITC Bookman
Tex Gyre Chorus	chorus	-	-	Script	ITC Zapf Chancery
Tex Gyre Cursor	-	-	cursor	Monospaced, Slab serif	Courier
Tex Gyre Heros	-	heros	-	Geometric sans-serif	Helvetica
Tex Gyre Pagella	pagella	-	-	Old Style, Serif	Palatino
Tex Gyre Schola	schola	-	-	Serif transitional	Century Schoolbook
Tex Gyre Termes	termes	-	-	Old Style transitional	Times (new) Roman
DejaVu	dejavu	dejavu,ss	dejavu,tt	Sans-serif, Humanist	Bitstream Prima
Gentium	gentium	-	-	Old Style
Antykwa Poltawskiego	antykwapoltawskiego		-	Antiqua
Antykwa Toruńska	antykwa	-	-	Antiqua
Kurier	-	kurier,ss	-	Sans serif
Iwona	-	iwona	-	Sans serif, alternative to Kurier
Arabic-Latin Modern Fixed	-	-	almfixed,tt	extension of TeX-Gyre LM Mono 10
Euler	eulernova	-	-	An upright cursive typeface, for maths.
STIX2	stixtwo	-	-	Scientific and Technical Information Exchange fonts.For scientific typesetting with proper mathematical support	Times (new) Roman
XITS	xits	-	-	Clone of STIX font	Times (new) Roman

Overview

% Specific layout for rendering on the wiki, for rendering a similar pdf via context, add some width

\definepapersize[sheet][width=16cm,height=25cm]
\setuppapersize[sheet]
\setuplayout[topspace=0.5mm,
             backspace=0.5mm,
             header=0pt,
             headerdistance=0pt,
             footer=0pt,
             footerdistance=0pt,
             width=15.9cm,
             height=24.9cm,
             leftmargin=0.5mm,
             grid=yes]

%
\setupbodyfont[modern]
\setupwhitespace[medium]

% this enlarges the fonts, see Font Switching on the wiki
\tfb

%
\starttext

\startbuffer[line]
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!
\stopbuffer
                                        \getbuffer[line] \wordright{default --- Latin Modern serif} \par
\switchtobodyfont[modern,ss]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Latin Modern sans}      \par
\switchtobodyfont[modern,tt]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Latin Modern mono}      \par
\switchtobodyfont[adventor]             \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Adventor}      \par
\switchtobodyfont[bonum]                \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Bonum}         \par
\switchtobodyfont[chorus]               \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Chorus}        \par
\switchtobodyfont[cursor]               \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Cursor}        \par
\switchtobodyfont[heros]                \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Tex Gyre Heros}         \par
\switchtobodyfont[pagella]              \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Pagella}       \par
\switchtobodyfont[schola]               \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Schola}        \par
\switchtobodyfont[termes]               \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Tex Gyre Termes}        \par
\switchtobodyfont[dejavu]               \getbuffer[line] \wordright{DejaVu serif}           \par
\switchtobodyfont[dejavu,ss]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{DejaVu sans}            \par
\switchtobodyfont[dejavu,tt]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{DejaVu sansmono}        \par
\switchtobodyfont[gentium]              \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Gentium}                \par
\switchtobodyfont[antykwa]              \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Antykwa Toruńska}       \par
\switchtobodyfont[antykwapoltawskiego]  \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Antykwa Półtawskiego}   \par
\switchtobodyfont[kurier,ss]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Kurier}                 \par
\switchtobodyfont[iwona]                \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Iwona}                  \par
\switchtobodyfont[almfixed,tt]          \getbuffer[line] \wordright{ALM Fixed}              \par
\switchtobodyfont[eulernova]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Euler (for math)}       \par
\switchtobodyfont[stixtwo]              \getbuffer[line] \wordright{STIX Two}               \par
\switchtobodyfont[xits]                 \getbuffer[line] \wordright{XITS (for math)}        \par

\stoptext

This produces:

Symbols

Distribution also provides with:

• marvosym: Martin Vogel's Symbols with link to picture
• cc-icons: https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ccicons Creative Commons icons] and pdf
• FontAwesome: Font Awesome provides web-related icons (2016)

A page is dedicated to Symbols