Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-29 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:43:58AM +0100, luigi scarso wrote: > On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Arthur Reutenauer > wrote: > >> may we can be package them in an otf format > > > >  Right, OpenType can embed bitmap fonts (even TrueType could, if I'm > > not mistaken); > true > > if the font is on

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-29 Thread Hans Hagen
On 29-3-2010 0:45, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: I have it found! In chapter 4.1.1.10 of the luatex reference one can read: The argument name is a bit special in this case. Its form is dpi/.pk well, i could turn 600dpi/manfnt.720pk into manfnt.720pk No, no! That makes sens

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-28 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
> > I have it found! > > > > In chapter 4.1.1.10 of the luatex reference one can read: > > > > The argument name is a bit special in this case. Its form is > > > > dpi/.pk > > well, i could turn > > 600dpi/manfnt.720pk > > into > > manfnt.720pk > No, no! That makes sense this way. --

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-28 Thread Hans Hagen
On 28-3-2010 22:59, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Hallo, I have it found! In chapter 4.1.1.10 of the luatex reference one can read: The argument name is a bit special in this case. Its form is dpi/.pk well, i could turn 600dpi/manfnt.720pk into manfnt.720pk and then assume that

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-28 Thread Hans Hagen
On 28-3-2010 22:53, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Hallo Hans, so it would be nice, if a user could see (from a log) what and where luatex is searching. Isn't there any switch? --track=resolvers.locating,resolvers.detail Hmm! luatex ignores this and luatex --help does not list an option n

[NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-28 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo, I have it found! In chapter 4.1.1.10 of the luatex reference one can read: The argument name is a bit special in this case. Its form is dpi/.pk Wolfgang ___ If your question is of interest to others as well,

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-28 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo Hans, > > so it would be nice, if a user could see (from a log) what and > > where luatex is searching. Isn't there any switch? > > --track=resolvers.locating,resolvers.detail Hmm! luatex ignores this and luatex --help does not list an option named --track nor does it context. Wolfgang _

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-28 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> I thought luatex does not use kpathsearch anymore? You're right, Mark IV doesn't, so my piece of advice wasn't really useful, sorry :-) But it is still there in LuaTeX (the engine). Arthur ___ If your que

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-28 Thread Hans Hagen
On 28-3-2010 15:39, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Hallo Taco, Dumping a ready-made pk file in the local directory worked last time I tried it. No success! Neiter *.pk nor *.600pk and not with a local subdir /dpi600 What extension have you used? .600pk (but that was ages ago, when I sti

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-28 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo Taco, > >> Dumping a ready-made pk file in the local directory worked last > >> time I tried it. > > > > > > No success! Neiter *.pk nor *.600pk > > and not with a local subdir /dpi600 > > > > What extension have you used? > > .600pk (but that was ages ago, when I still cared about pk f

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-28 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
> > Is there a debug-switch which informs the user what and where > > luatex is searching? > > If you're working in a shell, try setting the KPATHSEA_DEBUG > environment variable to -1, you will get tons of information about > path lookups and directory searches. > > Arthur I thought lua

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> No, neither OpenType or TrueType support bitmap-only, they can embed > bitmaps besides the regular outlines Thanks for the precision, Khaled. I have to admit I never looked into the details, I only knew one could embed bitmaps, but it seems I extrapolated a bit. Arthur __

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:36:22AM +0100, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: > > may we can be package them in an otf format > > Right, OpenType can embed bitmap fonts (even TrueType could, if I'm > not mistaken); if the font is only available as PK, it should be > possible to make it into an OpenType fon

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: On 27 Mar 2010 at 12:00, ntg-context-requ...@ntg.nl wrote: That being said, I realize that it means Metafont fonts can't be used in Mark IV, am I right? Dumping a ready-made pk file in the local directory worked last time I tried it. No success! Neiter *.pk

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread luigi scarso
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Hartmut Henkel wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: >> On 26 Mar 2010 at 22:09, Hartmut Henkel wrote: >> > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Hans Hagen wrote: >> > > On 26-3-2010 21:30, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: >> > > > >> > > > how should the

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> Is there a debug-switch which informs the user what and where luatex > is searching? If you're working in a shell, try setting the KPATHSEA_DEBUG environment variable to -1, you will get tons of information about path lookups and directory searches. Arthur ___

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
On 27 Mar 2010 at 12:00, ntg-context-requ...@ntg.nl wrote: > > That being said, I realize that it means Metafont fonts can't be > > used in Mark IV, am I right? > > Dumping a ready-made pk file in the local directory worked last > time I tried it. No success! Neiter *.pk nor *.600pk and not wi

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Arthur Reutenauer wrote: may we can be package them in an otf format Right, OpenType can embed bitmap fonts (even TrueType could, if I'm not mistaken); if the font is only available as PK, it should be possible to make it into an OpenType font, using FontForge, for example. The chance of th

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread luigi scarso
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: >> may we can be package them in an otf format > >  Right, OpenType can embed bitmap fonts (even TrueType could, if I'm > not mistaken); true > if the font is only available as PK, it should be > possible to make it into an OpenType font,

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> may we can be package them in an otf format Right, OpenType can embed bitmap fonts (even TrueType could, if I'm not mistaken); if the font is only available as PK, it should be possible to make it into an OpenType font, using FontForge, for example. That being said, I realize that it means

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread luigi scarso
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 27-3-2010 0:45, Taco Hoekwater wrote: >> >> Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: >>> >>> Hallo, >>> >>> how should the directory be named where a 600 dpi pk-font is searched >>> for by luatex? >> >> Context mkiv does not support pk files (the lu

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Hans Hagen
On 27-3-2010 0:45, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Hallo, how should the directory be named where a 600 dpi pk-font is searched for by luatex? Context mkiv does not support pk files (the luatex executable itself does, but context mkiv overrules all search paths and does

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-26 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Hallo, how should the directory be named where a 600 dpi pk-font is searched for by luatex? Context mkiv does not support pk files (the luatex executable itself does, but context mkiv overrules all search paths and does not support searching for pk files). Be

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-26 Thread Hartmut Henkel
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: > On 26 Mar 2010 at 22:09, Hartmut Henkel wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Hans Hagen wrote: > > > On 26-3-2010 21:30, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: > > > > > > > > how should the directory be named where a 600 dpi pk-font is > > > > searched

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-26 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
On 26 Mar 2010 at 22:09, Hartmut Henkel wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Hans Hagen wrote: > > On 26-3-2010 21:30, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: > > > > > > how should the directory be named where a 600 dpi pk-font is > > > searched for by luatex? > > > > i'm not so sure if luatex does pk fonts (i

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-26 Thread Hartmut Henkel
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 26-3-2010 21:30, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: > > > > how should the directory be named where a 600 dpi pk-font is > > searched for by luatex? > > i'm not so sure if luatex does pk fonts (i havent't included pk fonts > in 15 years) it does, with the

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-26 Thread Hans Hagen
On 26-3-2010 21:30, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Hallo, how should the directory be named where a 600 dpi pk-font is searched for by luatex? i'm not so sure if luatex does pk fonts (i havent't included pk fonts in 15 years) Hans

[NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-26 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo, how should the directory be named where a 600 dpi pk-font is searched for by luatex? Wolfgang ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@nt