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==Fonts and Type==
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==[[Fonts]] and Type==
  
 
<cmd>showbodyfont</cmd> : actual bodyfont family with all variants
 
<cmd>showbodyfont</cmd> : actual bodyfont family with all variants
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<cmd>showbodyfontenvironment</cmd> : draws a table that shows which point sizes match the relative sizes
 
<cmd>showbodyfontenvironment</cmd> : draws a table that shows which point sizes match the relative sizes
  
<cmd>showsymbolset</cmd> :  ?
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<cmd>showsymbolset</cmd>[''symbolset name''] shows all the symbols within a given symbol set
  
 
<cmd>showcharacters</cmd> : list of available chars of actual bodyfont encoding
 
<cmd>showcharacters</cmd> : list of available chars of actual bodyfont encoding
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<cmd>showstruts</cmd> : make invisible characters visible
 
<cmd>showstruts</cmd> : make invisible characters visible
  
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<cmd>showfontstrip</cmd> : the current typeface combination, with roman, sans, math, and teletype families visualised, with x-heights
  
 
==[[Colors]] and Graphics==
 
==[[Colors]] and Graphics==

Revision as of 22:37, 17 July 2005

< Inside ConTeXt | Visuals >

There's a whole lot of commands that help you analyzing and debugging your ConTeXt documents. Most of them start with \show...:

Layout

\showlayout : add four pages that show margins, layout sizes etc.

\showmakeup : ?

\showframe : ?

\showgrid : make line grid visible

\showsetups : type a list of all defined sizes (variables) and their values


Fonts and Type

\showbodyfont : actual bodyfont family with all variants

\showbodyfontenvironment : draws a table that shows which point sizes match the relative sizes

\showsymbolset[symbolset name] : shows all the symbols within a given symbol set

\showcharacters : list of available chars of actual bodyfont encoding

\showaccents : shows A-Z and a-z with all available accents

\showstruts : make invisible characters visible

\showfontstrip : the current typeface combination, with roman, sans, math, and teletype families visualised, with x-heights

Colors and Graphics

\showcolor : see Colors

\showcolorgroup :

\showpalet :

\showexternalfigures :


Interaction

\showfields :