Use fonts distributed with ConTeXt

First, have a look at the 21 provided fonts and their "nickname":

How to use one of the provided fonts

#1. Declare the font you want to use for your document with \setupbodyfont

• \setupbodyfont[thefontnickname]

#2. Specify the font size

• \setupbodyfont[xxpt]

To learn how to use different alternative styles of a given font, like regular / bold / italic, see the Font_Switching in the Basics.

Example

• Let see what give the defaults:

  \setupbodyfont[12pt]
  {The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\bf The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\it The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  

  
• And let's add the reference to Tex Gyre Pagella Serif font:

  \setupbodyfont[pagella]
  \setupbodyfont[12pt]
  {The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\bf The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\it The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  

  

How to use more than one of the provided fonts

#1. Very similarly to above, just add more font in your font family.

• for a Sans Serif font, for which TeX practice is to refer to them as Sans Serif (=ss)

• \definefontfamily[MyFontIdentifier][ss][refcode to the sans serif font]

• for a monospaced font, for which TeX practice is to refer to them as TypewriTer (=tt)

• \definefontfamily[MyFontIdentifier][tt][refcode to the monospaced font]

• for a math font, for which TeX practice is to refer to them as MatheMatics (=mm)

• \definefontfamily[MyFontIdentifier][mm][refcode to the math font]

• the limit is that in TeX practice, we only have one roman, one sans serif, per font family.
• in order to use more (like variation condensed, extralight etc...) we have to define other font family (MyFontIdentifier-condensed, MyFontIdentifier-light)

Example

• This basic input is typeset with the default font, Latin Modern:

  \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}\\
  \\
  {\ss    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\ss\bf The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\ss\it The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  \\
  {\tt    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\tt\bf The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\tt\it The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  

  
• And by adding the two lines discussed above, and using the reference to Tex Gyre Pagella Serif font (texgyrepagella) we obtain:

  \definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier] [rm] [texgyrepagella]
  \definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier] [ss] [texgyreadventor]
  \definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier] [tt] [texgyrecursor]
  \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}\\
  \\
  {\ss    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\ss\bf The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\ss\it The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  \\
  {\tt    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\tt\bf The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\
  {\tt\it The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}\\