Am 03.09.2014 um 21:40 schrieb Joshua Krämer <joshua.krae...@gmail.com>:
> On 2014-09-01, 21:20, Sandra Snan wrote:
>
>> This is probably a pretty basic question, but how do I find out the
>> name of the font that \definefontfamily expects in the third argument?
>
> Hi Sandra,
>
> the only reliable method I have found is to inspect the font with
> FontForge.
>
> Here is an example: the Swiss 721 font from Bitstream (Helvetica
> digitization).
>
> FontForge reports:
>
> Font name: Swiss721BT-Roman
> Family name: Swis721 BT
> Display name: Swiss 721 BT
> Weight: Book
>
> "mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=swiss" result:
>
> swiss721bt swiss721btroman Swiss721.ttf
> swiss721btroman swiss721btroman Swiss721.ttf
>
> The only name which works in ConTeXt is the family name (which can be
> seen in FontForge): "Swis721 BT", note the single "s". However, this
> name is *not* shown in the mtxrun output.
Don’t expect logic in the internal names of a font, there is none.
> Interestingly, I have also seen mtxrun show the family name (different
> from the font name) for other fonts, so I really do not know how it
> makes up its output. It is certainly not useful to find out the
> name that is to be used in ConTeXt.
The family name is shown when you use the info option, e.g.
mtxrun --script font --list --info --all texgyrepagella*
Wolfgang
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