Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting chess boards

> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Maurício wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> What is the easiest way to >>> include chess boards in a >>> Context document? >> >> Chessboards or chessboards with figures? > > Chessboards with figures (actually, > chess studies sets). the easiest way is to use a font for di

Re: [NTG-context] Some layout questions

Hi Taco, On 2008-08-28 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > % engine=luatex > \definefontfeature > [default][default] > [protrusion=quality,expansion=quality,mode=node,script=latn] > \definetypeface[kievit][rm][serif][times][default] > \definetypeface[kievit][ss][serif][times][default] > \definetypefa

Re: [NTG-context] Some layout questions

Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Ulrich Dirr wrote: > > > > After defining a typescript (see comlete example attached) I want to use > > protrusion and expansion (I've followed the description in > > co-typography.pdf): > > > > \definetypeface[ki

[NTG-context] Some layout questions

Hi, I'm trying to setup context for a book layout but I'm still failing with some basics (hopefully) ... \definepapersize[Lasker][width=21cm,height=28cm] \setuppapersize[Lasker][A4] \setuplayout[width=172.5mm,lines=53,leftmargin=0mm,rightmargin=0mm,header=12 pt,headerdistance=12pt,footer=12pt,foo

Re: [NTG-context] Warnock Pro, Chaparral Pro, Jenson Pro and Myriad Pro

Hi, On 2008-07-23 Mohamed Bana wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد colostate.edu> writes: > >> >> I have not ported my minion/myriad setup to mkiv but when I do I'll >> try to post an addendum... >> >> Best wishes >> Idris >> > > I'll await for your port :) I'll second this! Best

Re: [NTG-context] OpenType beginners question

Hi Wolfgang, this works perfectly well, thanks. On 2008-07-21 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Ulrich Dirr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've adapted the complete luatex/markiv typescript example at >>

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes

On 2008-07-21 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Ulrich Dirr wrote: > >> O.k. I could look in the source too, but where did you read >> 'location=normal'? > > That is just from knowing how the footnotes work. In ConTeXt footnotes > consist of two this, a

[NTG-context] OpenType beginners question

Hi, I've adapted the complete luatex/markiv typescript example at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mark_IV#Opentype_features for FF Kievit Pro I. It works quiet nice out of the box (aaah, nomore fiddling with font installation!). \starttypescript [sans] [kievit] \definefontsynonym [KievitProReg

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes

Hi Aditya, thank you for your help! On 2008-07-20 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Ulrich Dirr wrote: >> I'm recently testing mkiv/luatex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.18 18:38 MKIV fmt: >> 2008.7.19 installed; compiling with 'context file') for a new project. &

[NTG-context] Fontsize

Hi, is it possible now (with luatex or mkiv) to typeset a document in bp? I've tried \setupbodyfont[9bp] but the resulting pdf uses 8,97bp which means 9pt (TeX points)? Ulrich ___ If your question is of interest to

[NTG-context] MinionPro Opticals

Hi, does there exist a package (typescript) for Adobe's MinionPro (with optical)? By now I've used LaTeX for MinionPro because of the MinionPro package which has a lot of features ... How can I define a command for setting text in small caps with some user defined tracking value? Best regards, U

[NTG-context] Footnotes

Hi, I'm recently testing mkiv/luatex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.18 18:38 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.19 installed; compiling with 'context file') for a new project. I don't know if my questions depend on mkii or mkiv specifics. I have some problems figuring out what kind of parameters I can use to setup footnote

Re: [NTG-context] minimals & TeX Live 2008

Hi Mojca, On Friday, July 18, 2008 3:40 PM Mojca Miklavec wrote: [...] > Apart from that - is luatex (& cache paths) working now? sorry for the delay but my new pc is at another location (with no mailing list access by now) ... The error messages about writing faults to cache dirs disappeared, an

Re: [NTG-context] minimals & TeX Live 2008

Hi, On Friday, July 18, 2008 10:38 AM Hans Hagen wrote: > this is a bug in the windows lfs code, akira posted a fix so > i expect a new bin any time now I've just installed ConTexT minimals on a new pc with vista 64 and got the 'cache file not writable' messages. Will Mojca give us a hint when w

Re: [NTG-context] link error on contextgarden

Works, great! Ulrich On Friday, March 07, 2008 7:34 AM Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Ulrich Dirr wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:54 AM Taco Hoekwater wrote: >>> Ulrich Dirr wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> &

Re: [NTG-context] link error on contextgarden

Hi, On Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:54 AM Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Ulrich Dirr wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I was following the advice on the wiki before running "ctxtools >> --update" to update cont-win.zip but the link on the site doesn't >> work: when cl

[NTG-context] link error on contextgarden

Hi, I was following the advice on the wiki before running "ctxtools --update" to update cont-win.zip but the link on the site doesn't work: when clicking on download (http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-win.zip) it reports an error 404 object not found. BTW is this the 'canonical' way t

Re: [NTG-context] extended dictionary / hyphenation patterns

> Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Am 11.12.2007 um 16:16 schrieb Hans Hagen: >> >>> Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, I guess German is famous for its monstrous compound words ;o( So I have a manually collected lists of hyphenation patterns (like "\hyphenation{Selbst-kon-troll-e

RE: [NTG-context] new for french users

On Friday, August 19, 2005 1:55 AM Hans Hagen wrote: > Hi, > > There are a couple of new features in the next version of pdftex. One of > them is the ability to automatically add a kern before punctuation, > which is important for french. So ... we can get rid of active : ; ! and > ? characters wh

RE: [NTG-context] Fwd: Context question

On Wednesday, June 01, 2005 11:17 PM Vit Zyka wrote: > Adam Lindsay wrote: >> Has anyone got a solution/approach/example at hand? >> >> Begin Forwarded Message >> Subject: Re: (Stupid) Context question >> Date Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2005 20:57 >> From: Musa Furb

RE: [NTG-context] more on margin kerning

On Tuesday, May 10, 2005 4:27 PM Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > I suspect that mswincontext.zip is based on fpTeX. I have not used MiKTeX > in ages; can I just use the binary or do I need some associated dll's (the > way MiKTeX worked years ago)? Can you (or someone) specify a minimal set > of files n

RE: [NTG-context] more on margin kerning

On Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:12 PM Taco Hoekwater wrote: > I think Hartmut is precisely right, because all is well using 1.21a. > But I do not know whether there is a pdftex 1.21a for Windows anywhere. the latest miktex has it ;-) Ulrich ___ ntg-context

RE: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (diaeresis)!

he pfb and then take the original AFMs from Adobe/Linotype. I'm also using Helvetica Neue (total 67 afms) and it works well ;-) Ulrich Dirr ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

RE: [NTG-context] Lettrine, \sc, and a font without proper small capitals (Modified by Gerben Wierda)

499629b6e70 Best regards, Ulrich Dirr ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

RE: [NTG-context] Russia (cyrillic letters)

iles to the curresponding subdirectories under .../texmf/fonts/tfm/. Best regards, Ulrich Dirr ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

RE: [NTG-context] link

I got Forbidden You don't have permission to access /pracjourn/2005-1/ on this server. Ulrich Hans Hagen wrote: > New on line tex journal > > http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2005-1/ > > Hans ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://w

[NTG-context] Float question

Hi, I've defined a new float with \setupfloats[background=screen,spacebefore=none,spaceafter=none,indentnext= no] \definefloat [diagram] [diagrams] In general they are nicely placed, and grid typesetting is maintained. Sometimes 'indentnext=no' doesn't work. Why? When typesetting with columnset

[NTG-context] Setting up a typeface

the standard measurement units. Please help me! Best regards, Ulrich Dirr P.S. are there predefined shortcuts for heavy, light, etc. variants? ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

RE: [NTG-context] struts in \quotation{..} (was: Help with LaTeX -> ConTeXt & book typesetting)

Patrick Gundlach wrote: > Hello Hans and Ulrich, > [...] > >>> ÂWoran arbeiten Sie? wurde Herr K. gefragt. Herr K. antwortete: >>> ÂIch habe viel MÃhe, ich bereite meinen nÃchsten Irrtum vor. (B. >>> Brecht) âAber Hallo!â \quotation{all right \quote{there} we go} >>> \stoptext > >> hm, what do

RE: [NTG-context] Help with LaTeX -> ConTeXt & book typesetting

Hans Hagen wrote: >> (BTW I've already produced all expanded version with fontinst) >> > wait for the new pdftex (or grab a test versions soemwhere): it has auto > expansion included, and there i sno need any more to create the > instances yourself (doen within pdftex)! Yes, I know. Of course thi

RE: [NTG-context] Help with LaTeX -> ConTeXt & book typesetting

Hi, first, thank you very much for your help! Hans Hagen wrote: > Ulrich Dirr wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm recently trying to get ConTeXt typesetting my books like with LaTeX >> before (or better). But I can't solve some problems ... Maybe someone can

[NTG-context] Help with LaTeX -> ConTeXt & book typesetting

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