[NTG-context] Type 1 font loading with new beta

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 16.01.2012 um 23:00 schrieb Willi Egger:

> Hi font gurus,
> 
> With context from begin of the year it worked to load a type 1 font with a typescript based on the following syntax:
> 
> \starttypescript [serif] [LTpalatino] [name]
> 	\usetypescript[serif][fallback]
> 	\definefontsynonym [Serif] [file:pr]
> 	\definefontsynonym [SerifItalic][file:poios]
> 	\definefontsynonym [SerifBold][file:pb]
> 	\definefontsynonym [SerifCaps][file:posc]
>       \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldOsF][file:pobos]
>      \definefontvariant [Serif][osf][OsF]
> \stoptypescript
> 
> \starttypescript[LT-Palatino]
> 	\definetypeface [LT-Palatino][rm][serif][LTpalatino][default][]
> \stoptypescript 
> 
> Error:
> 
> \232>28 ...oldOsF][file:pobos] \definefontvariant 
>                                                  [Serif][osf][OsF] \stoptyp...
> <inserted text> \232>28 
>                        \232>29 
> \font_typescript_process_typescript_file_and_store ...
> 
> \font_typescripts_load_file ...ipt_file_and_store 
>                                                  \else \font_typescript_pro...
> \next2 #1,->\font_typescripts_load_file {#1}
>                                            \syst_helpers_do_process_comma_i...
> ...
> l.18 \setupbodyfont
>                   [LT-Palatino,rm,10pt]
> 
> Is due to the overhauling the approach now different?

The \definefontvariant command is no longer available in MkIV because for truetype/opentype fonts it isn’t necessary.

Wolfgang