On 14-3-2010 17:21, Michael Saunders wrote:
It's very easy to use, and it allows me to access any feature of my
fonts with a digraph switch. Also, it keeps the different kinds of
shapes on independent axes, so I can say:
\it 123 \in 456 \bd 238 \rm 909
to get the numbers set in:
such short commands can clash ... for instance \in is a command already
italic; italic inferiors; bold italic inferiors; bold roman inferiors,
because I also have the weight and width on separate axes.
I can't imagine anything simpler to use.
in one file and then invoking it in another with (I think maybe?):
\usetypescript[that other typescript from somewhere]
\usebodyfont[WhateverSmallcaps]
is easier than saying:
\sc
\WhateverSmallcaps would work as well
the advantage is that if you then do
{\WhateverSmallcaps bla \bf bla} you'd get a bold smallcaps, given that
there is one; if we're talking open type, a dynamic feature switch works
as well: \addff{smallcaps}
some of these mkii things (\os, \sc) are often side effects of tex
originally using cm fonts mostly, where oldstyle were sitting in a math
font so we needed a special command
Hans
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