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Using fonts with TeX was once a Jedi fight, before (2013 / 2015 ?) and LuaTeX development.
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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
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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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= Nowadays, Fonts are a piece of cake =
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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]]
You will find here the preliminary steps before actually playing with the fonts in your input file.
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At the end, with one or two commands, you will make your document enable to use any fonts of available on your computer.
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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
Really the basics, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 1 minute.
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* [http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf the 2013 font chapter] as a separate document
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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 fonts found on the web|#2 Use fonts found on the web]] ===
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The [[:Category:Command/Fonts | commands in Fonts category]]
Also the basics, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 5 minutes.
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=== [[Use_fonts_of_your_Operating_System|#3 Use fonts of your Operating System]] ===
 
Few preliminary commands, then it's as easy as '''#2'''
 
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The actual use of fonts within your document are details 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 {{cmd|switchtobodyfont}}
 
* how to underline, strike...
 
 
 
= Advanced stuff =
 
 
 
* Vocabulary, What is the scope of:
 
** a font
 
** a style
 
** a fontfamily
 
** a typeface
 
** a typescript
 
** a typescriptcollection
 
 
 
* How to work with fonts which include:
 
** different weights (light, extra-light, dark, extra-bold)
 
** different widths (condensed, expanded)
 
** different style (inline, shadowed, outline)
 
 
 
* 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)
 
** What is a typescriptcollection
 
** Using Font Fallbacks (and perhaps a different page for Fallbacks for math fonts)
 
 
 
* Obviously, fonts features:
 
** Small caps
 
** [[Ligatures]] (2017)
 
** protrusion
 
** old style numbers
 
** Kerning
 
** [[Fontsize|What defines the size in a font?]] (2019)
 
** [[Optical Size]] ('''!!! WARNING !!!''' 2010 = TO KEEP OR NOT TO KEEP)
 
** [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.
 
 
 
* Creating virtual math fonts from type 1 fonts (still needed?)
 
  
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= How-to guides =
  
* Font chapter of the reference manual
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* '''[[Fonts/Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt| Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt]]'''
** [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)
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** How to use the [[Fonts/ConTeXt distribution's Fonts|21 provided fonts]].
** [http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf#&#91;145,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22}&#93; 2013 reference manual] never officially released, with a font chapter
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** These are the basics you may want to start with, in 2 or 3 steps, less than 3 minutes.
** [http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-fonts.pdf the 2013 font chapter] as a separate document
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* '''[[Fonts/Use_the_fonts_you_want| Use any other font ]]'''
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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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* '''[[Visual_Debugging#Fonts_and_Type | Visual help and debugging]]''' for Fonts
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* '''[[Fonts/Featuresets|OpenType features]]''' for some common options for {{cmd|definefontfeature}} like:
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** '''[[Fonts/Ligatures|Ligatures]]'''
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** '''[[Fonts/Protrusion]]''' (also known as hanging or font handling)
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* '''[[Fonts/Typescripts examples|Typescripts examples]]'''
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* Technical details
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** [[Fonts/Optical Size | How to set up a font family with optical size options]]
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** [[Fonts/Fontsize | What defines the size in a font]] ('natural' size. 'design' size)
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** Get examples from [https://source.contextgarden.net/?search=s-fonts- s-fonts- files], that you can compile and/or use as module for own fonts (with lua font goodies)
  
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== To tidy ==
  
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* Work is also needed to merge content from [[Fonts/Fonts_in_LuaTeX| Fonts in LuaTeX]] in the pages above.
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* For older content, refering to mkii, we keep a [[Fonts - Old Content|specific zone in the wiki]].
  
* {{cmd|definefontfamily}}
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[[Category:Fonts]]
* {{cmd|definedfont}}
 

Latest revision as of 13:01, 18 May 2024

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

The commands in Fonts category

How-to guides

To tidy