[NTG-context] Some questions about TeX Gyre support in minimals

[Wolfgang Schuster]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Oleg Kolosov <bazurbat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone!
>
> I've started to experiment with MkIV in ConTeXt minimals recently trying to
> make TeX Gyre fonts work with as few definitions as possible. Here is the list
> of problems I've encountered:
>
> 1. No small-caps in any font (gyre fonts doesn't have that yet?)

\usetypescript[palatino]
\setupbodyfont[palatino]

\def\os{\groupedcommand{\setfontfeature{oldstyle}}{}}

\starttext

0123456789 {\os 0123456789}

\stoptext

Test the other fonts by yourself.

> 2. adventor have italic but slanted displays as normal (roman)
>
> 3. cursor have only roman script (no bold, slanted, etc.)
>
> Is this due to lack of fonts in Gyre package, some omissions in type-otf.tex
> or my typescript definitions are not complete?
>
> Here is the test file which I've used (some cyrillic text also):
> ------------------------
> \starttypescript[mygyre]
> % change font last arg according to definitions in type-otf.tex
> % pagella, termes, bonum, schola
> \definetypeface [mygyre] [rm] [serif] [pagella]
> % heros, adventor
> \definetypeface [mygyre] [ss] [sans]  [adventor]
> \definetypeface [mygyre] [tt] [sans]  [cursor]
> \definetypeface [mygyre] [mm] [math]  [palatino]
> \stoptypescript
>
> \startbuffer[tests]
> \starttabulate
> \NC \tf tf \NC \tf Нормальный текст     \NC\AR
> \NC \bf bf \NC \bf Полужирный текст     \NC\AR
> \NC \it it \NC \it Курсивный текст      \NC\AR
> \NC \sl sl \NC \sl Наклонный текст      \NC\AR
> \NC \bi bi \NC \bi Полужирный курсив    \NC\AR
> \NC \bs bs \NC \bs Полужирынй наклонный \NC\AR
> \NC \sc sc \NC \sc Пробный текст        \NC\AR
> \stoptabulate
> \stopbuffer
>
> \usetypescript[mygyre]
> \setupbodyfont[mygyre]
>
> \starttext
> \section{roman (rm)}
> {\rm \getbuffer[tests]}
>
> \section{sans-serif (ss)}
> {\ss \getbuffer[tests]}
>
> \section{teletype (tt)}
> {\tt \getbuffer[tests]}
>
> \stoptext
> ------------------------
>
> I'll update Russian section in the wiki, once these points are clarified.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Oleg Kolosov

Wolfgang