Re: [NTG-context] fonts from scratch: what's the way?

2007-09-04 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> Of course, but I have to say that I wasn't able to find an > introductory document explaining the whole stuff from the beginning. There is no such thing, because there is not one beginning. “Fonts” is far too generic a concept anyway, and can probably not be covered within one single documen

Re: [NTG-context] fonts from scratch: what's the way?

2007-09-04 Thread Andrea Valle
On 4 Sep 2007, at 23:00, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: Fonts have always been a complicated subject indeed, but there's no reason why they should be a mystery. Of course, but I have to say that I wasn't able to find an introductory document explaining the whole stuff from the beginning. Wh

Re: [NTG-context] fonts from scratch: what's the way?

2007-09-04 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> Fonts are really a mysterious topics. Fonts have always been a complicated subject indeed, but there's no reason why they should be a mystery. > this is really a horror film for a newbie: > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mark_IV What exactly do you find horrible there? It's of course not a

[NTG-context] fonts from scratch: what's the way?

2007-09-03 Thread Andrea Valle
Hi to all, after some "eccentric" projects (musical notation, presentations, posters...) I'm starting my first "core" project with ConTeXt. We have a review here at the university which has been published until now by a publisher. As we are having bad typography and bad distribution, and,