···<date: 2013-08-04, Sunday>···<from: Dmitriy Tokarev>···
> Hi all,
>
> I want to set the font size by using the dimension variable, but it doesn't
> work. What am I doing wrong?
>
> \definemeasure[AAA][20pt]
> \newdimen\BBB \BBB=20pt
>
> \starttext
> TEXT
>
> % don't work
> \switchtobodyfont[\measure{AAA}]
> AAA
>
> % don't work
> \switchtobodyfont[\the\BBB]
> BBB
>
> % ok
> \switchtobodyfont[20pt]
> TEXT 20pt
>
> \stoptext
Hi Dmitriy,
the size-related arguments to \switchtobodyfont and
\setupbodyfont aren’t real TeX dimensions but identifiers for
predefined bodyfont sets. Example:
\def\mainfontsize{20pt}
\definebodyfontenvironment [\mainfontsize]
\starttext
TEXT
\switchtobodyfont [\mainfontsize]
TEXT 20pt
\stoptext
See this thread for some background info:
http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg63901.html
Best regards,
Philipp
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