Copyright (C) 2010 Michael Murphy [email protected]
otftsmkr is a utility to create typscript files for ConTeXt setups from a list of Adobe .otf files. It stands for Open Type Font TypeScript MaKeR.
To see it in action, try running
otftsmkr /path/to/my/fonts
For each type family found, you will be asked to specify the style. This only needs to be done once, since otftsmkr stores the information for subsequent runs.
What results is a set of typescripts in the directory typescripts/
(must exist!), each defining a given typeface. There are also a set of
test input files, again one for each typeface.
The script works by looking at the filename given to the Adobe font and using it to determine the features of the font. Luckily, for the most part Adobe name their fonts in the following way:
<FontFamily>-<FontFeaturesInCamelCase>.otf
For instance, Myriad Pro Light Semiextended Italic has the filename
MyriadPro-LightSemiExtIt.otf
This makes it easy to work out what the features of the typeface are and map it to the proper macro in ConTeXt. We can even handle optical sizes properly. At the moment, the optical sizes are mapped into ranges of point sizes. These are
Caption: 6pt - 8pt Regular: 9pt - 13pt Subhead: 14pt - 25pt Display: 26pt - 48pt (in units of 2pt)
The typescripts need to be put in a place where ConTeXt can find them;
something like $TEXMF/tex/context/third/typescripts. You will have to
regenerate the file database so ConTeXt knows where the fonts are.
context --generate
Since LuaTeX converts the .otf files 'on-the-fly', you'll also need to
let LuaTeX know where your fonts are. Instructions for doing that can be
found at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX.
Now that both LuaTeX and ConTeXt know where the files are, you can add the following to your ConTeXt file.
\usetypescript[type-adobe]
This is a generic file that comes with this program, and is used to set some common settings. Then you will need to load each typescript containing the fonts you want to use, for example
\usetypescript[type-minionpro]
\usetypescript[type-myriadpro]
Now you need to define the body font. This will look something like
\starttypescript [myfont]
\definetypeface [myfont] [rm] [serif] [minionpro] [regular]
\definetypeface [myfont] [ss] [sans] [myriadpro] [regular]
\definetypeface [myfont] [tt] [mono] [cursor] [default] [rscale=1.163]
\definetypeface [myfont] [mm] [math] [palatino] [default] [rscale=1.050]
\stoptypescript
Both 'cursor' and 'palatino' come with ConTeXt. Note that we have loaded the 'regular' variant. All typefaces should have this defined, but you can also have other variants, such as 'condensed', 'semicondensed', and so on, if you have the necessary font files.
The last part is to set the typeface up as the body font.
\usetypescript[myfont]
\setupbodyfont[myfont,11pt]
To change size in the middle of a document, use
\switchtobodyfont[<pointsize>pt]
Only sizes in the ranges given above will work, and only integer point sizs (i.e., not 14.4pt, as is normal in ConTeXt). You can still use 'tfd' as normal, for exmaple, but it won't use optical scaling.
The standard alternatives known by ConTeXt are:
tf (Roman), sl (Slanted), it (Italic), bf (Bold), bi (Bold Italic), and bs (Bold Slanted)
Any new alternatives, like 'Light', are concatenated to create new macros. For instance, 'Light' can be accessed with the command '\li', Semibold Italic with '\seit', and so on. The list of new commands will be printed after running otftsmkr, where you will be told to place a set of commands somewhere in your setup. These are required to use the new font alternatives.
If you want access to some of the other opentype font features, you can try the following definitions
% font features
\def\orn{\setfontfeature{ornaments}}
\def\sw{\setfontfeature{swash}\it}
\def\sc{\setfontfeature{smallcaps}}
\def\lnfigures{\setfontfeature{lining}}
\def\tabfigures{\addfontfeaturetofont{tabular}}
\def\lntabfigures{\setfontfeature{tabular}}
for use in your document. Font protrusion is also supported by default. Use
\setupalign[hanging]
to activate it.
To test out new fonts, try inputting the test suite files.
\input test-minionpro
otftsmkr is known to work on the following fonts:
Chaparral Pro Cronos Pro Minion Pro Myriad Pro Warnock Pro
Probably many. Please find them and let me know!
This software is licensed under the GPL. See LICENSE.txt for more details.