On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:05:16 -0400 "Gudmundur J. Kristjansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi. > > I'm been huffing and puffing the last few days trying to do my CV in > ConTeXt. My previous version used the LaTeX Curve package and I was > pretty happy with that. > > I'm learning alot by doing this myself but some things have been pretty > hard. The hardest: trying to some kind of fancy section headers. I'm > pretty sure I should have been able to do this with the available > documentation but I've read and read and not been able to find a > solution. > > Here's some of the things that my little brain can't comprehend: > > 1. I'm thoroughly confused about how fonts work. From various > documents I found some that worked, for example: > > \definetypeface [zapf] [cg] [calligraphy] [chancery] > \switchtotypeface [zapf] [12pt,cg] > > or > > \setupbodyfont[ber,pos] > > But I can't seem to find any place that lists the fonts I can use or > how this actually works. Is there any standardized way, for example, > to change font in headers or definitions of commands to affect only > text in those definitions? > > 2. Fancy header with half of the text in background color (see headers > in my former pdf at http://www.vitum.net/gjk/cv.pdf). > Hi Gudmundur, below is a very simple solution to your problem. \unprotect \def\cvsection#1#2% {\bgroup \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#2}% \!!dimena\dimexpr\ht\scratchbox+\dp\scratchbox\relax \lower\dp\scratchbox\hbox\!!to\zeropoint {\startcolor[darkgray] \vrule\c!height.5\!!dimena\c!width\hsize\hss \stopcolor}% \midaligned{\box\scratchbox} \egroup} \protect \setupcolors[state=start] \setuphead [section] [command=\cvsection, textstyle=\ss\bf] \starttext \section{Work experience} \stoptext Wolfgang > I tried various things here. Using \framed, MetaFun and \setupbackground. > For example: > > \setupbackground > [leftoffset=0.3cm, > rightoffset=0.3cm > topoffset=-0.5cm, > bottomoffset=0.3cm, > background=color, > backgroundcolor=red] > > I guess I'm misunderstanding the offset parameters. > > 3. Framed texts with titles: > > As explained in the MetaFun manual (Section 4.6, page 236) I tried > using the code in that section... > > \FrameTitle{Zapf (1)} > \StartFrame > Coming back to the use of typefaces in electronic > publishing: many of the new typographers receive their > knowledge and information about the rules of typography from > books, from computer magazines or the instruction manuals > which they get with the purchase of a PC or software. > \StopFrame > > \startuseMPgraphic{FunnyFrame} > picture p ; numeric w, h, o ; > p := textext.rt(\MPstring{FunnyFrame}) ; > w := OverlayWidth ; h := OverlayHeight ; o := BodyFontSize ; > p := p shifted (2o,h-ypart center p) ; draw p ; > drawoptions (withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor .625red) ; > draw (2o,h)--(0,h)--(0,0)--(w,0)--(w,h)--(xpart urcorner p,h) ; > draw boundingbox p ; > setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare xyscaled(w,h) ; > \stopuseMPgraphic > > defineoverlay[FunnyFrame][\useMPgraphic{FunnyFrame}] > defineframedtext[FunnyText][frame=off,background=FunnyFrame] > \def\StartFrame{\startFunnyText} > \def\StopFrame {\stopFunnyText } > \def\FrameTitle#1% > {\setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{\hbox spread 1em{\hss\strut#1\hss}}} > \setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{} % initialize the text variable > > ...and I have the following problems: > - The framing of the text is limited to a too narrow textwidth. I can't > seem to find where I change that in the code. > - Icelandic letters don't seem to work in titles or the text in the > frames. They do work in other places in the document, though. > > Phew, that's enough for now. If any of you guys/gals have other ideas on > how to do nice looking headers I'm open to everything. > > Btw, I love using ConTeXt and really appreciate all your hard work. > > P.S. Is there any CV package for ConTeXt out there? If not I could post > my work (if people like what I did) to the ConTeXt wiki for others to use. > > -- > Best regards / Kær kveðja, > Gudmundur J. Kristjansson / Guðmundur J. Kristjánsson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > USA Tel. +347-821-9855. > Icelandic Tel. +354-893-4444. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
