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Using fonts with TeX was once a Jedi fight, before (2013 / 2015 ?) and LuaTeX development.
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Using fonts with TeX was once a Jedi fight, before XeTeX and LuaTeX development. Nowadays, using fonts is simple.
  
= Nowadays, Fonts are a pleasure =  
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= Using fonts =  
  
 
You will find here the preliminary steps before actually playing with the fonts in your input file.
 
You will find here the preliminary steps before actually playing with the fonts in your input file.
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=== [[Use_fonts_provided_with_ConTeXt|#1. Use fonts provided with ConTeXt]] ===  
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=== [[Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt| Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt]] ===  
 
* How to use the [[ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided fonts]].
 
* How to use the [[ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided fonts]].
 
* These are the basics you may want to start with, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 3 minutes.
 
* These are the basics you may want to start with, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 3 minutes.
 
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=== [[Use_the_fonts_you_want|#2. Use the fonts you want]] ===  
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=== [[Use_the_fonts_you_want| Use any other font ]] ===  
 
* Cover two cases:
 
* Cover two cases:
 
** Quick "one shot": < 5 minutes.
 
** Quick "one shot": < 5 minutes.
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The actual use of fonts within your document is detailed in [[Font_Switching]]:
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The actual use of fonts within your document is detailed in '''[[Font Switching]]''':
 
* how to define font size,  
 
* how to define font size,  
 
* how to use alternative styles like regular / bold / italic / small caps
 
* how to use alternative styles like regular / bold / italic / small caps
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* [[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].
 
* [[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)
 
* [[Fraktur_fonts|Summary of experiences of three Fraktur]] (2019)
* [[Typescripts_examples]] (Cf Thomas Hala)
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* [[Typescripts_examples]] (Cf Thomas Hala) and [[Palatino Linotype under MKIV]].
 
* Using Font Fallbacks (and perhaps a different page for Fallbacks for math fonts)
 
* Using Font Fallbacks (and perhaps a different page for Fallbacks for math fonts)
 
* Creating virtual math fonts from type 1 fonts (still needed?)
 
* Creating virtual math fonts from type 1 fonts (still needed?)
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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.
  
  

Revision as of 21:23, 3 June 2020


Using fonts with TeX was once a Jedi fight, before XeTeX and LuaTeX development. Nowadays, using fonts is simple.

Using fonts

You will find here the preliminary steps before actually playing with the fonts in your input file. At the end, with one or two commands, you will make your document enable to use any fonts available on your computer.



The actual use of fonts within your document is detailed in Font Switching:

  • how to define font size,
  • how to use alternative styles like regular / bold / italic / small caps
  • how to switch between serif, sans serif, monospaced, or to another fonts with \switchtobodyfont
  • how to underline, strike...

Advanced stuff

The Manuals

A little beyond the basics

Practical application TO BE WRITTEN (==> reference to manuals pages ? to articles, to existing pages ?)
  • How to work with fonts which include:
    • different weights (light, extra-light, dark, extra-bold)
    • different widths (condensed, expanded)
    • different style (inline, shadowed, outline)
  • and explain the whole vocabulary
    • a font
    • a style switch
    • a fontfamily
    • a typeface
    • a typescript
    • a typescriptcollection

Deep dive into typescripts

Activate fonts features

  • Small caps
  • Ligatures (2017)
  • Protrusion (also known as hanging or font handling) is a more subtle typographic effect (2012 need update).
  • old style numbers
  • Kerning
  • 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.