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Using fonts with TeX was once a Jedi fight, before (2013 / 2015 ?) and LuaTeX development.
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= Nowadays, Fonts are a piece of cake =
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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 of 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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* 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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=== [[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 =
 
 
 
{{todo| continue to link with existing and up-to-date wiki material + references to manuals + improve structure}}
 
 
 
== 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:
 
* different weights (light, extra-light, dark, extra-bold)
 
* different widths (condensed, expanded)
 
* different style (inline, shadowed, outline)
 
* [[Fontsize|What defines the size in a font?]] (2019)
 
* [[Optical Size]] ('''!!! WARNING !!!''' 2010 = TO KEEP OR NOT ?)
 
 
 
== 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
 
* [[Ligatures]] (2017)
 
* protrusion
 
* 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
 
* Lua Font Goodies with examples.
 
 
 
  
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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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* '''[[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 20:18, 17 May 2024

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

The commands in Fonts category

How-to guides

To tidy