Characters words and fonts/Build a font family

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3 steps

Define a new font family with a first style

With \definefontfamily, give a name to the set of fonts you want to use and indicate a first font.

  • Let's start with a Serif font, for which TeX practice is to refer to them as rm for Roman
\definefontfamily[MyFontIdentifier][rm][familynameoftheseriffont]
  • !!! WARNING !!!, , it's not the typescript name that we have to use, nor the fontname, nor the filename. We have to use the family name of the font
    • see under each preview in the overview table
    • or use mtxrun --script font --list --file -pattern=*typescriptname* like mtxrun --script font --list --file -pattern=*pagella*

Complete the family with other styles

For the other fonts, just continue to add them to your font family.

  • ss for Sans Serif, tt for TypewriTer, mm for MatheMatics.
\definefontfamily[MyFontIdentifier][ss][familynameofthesansseriffont]
\definefontfamily[MyFontIdentifier][tt][familynameofthemonospacedfont]
\definefontfamily[MyFontIdentifier][mm][familynameofthemathfont]
  • As you see, a limit here is that in TeX practice, we only have one roman, one sans serif... per font family.
  • in order to use more fonts, like width variation ("condensed",...), and weight variation ("light",...), we have to define other font family (MyFontIdentifier-condensed, MyFontIdentifier-light), and to switch between them along the document, with \switchtobodyfont.

Set up your document to use the new font family

Declare your font family as the default for your document with \setupbodyfont, as you would do for a typescript. 

\setupbodyfont[MyFontIdentifier]

Example

  • This basic input is typeset with the default font, Latin Modern: 
    • \setupbodyfont[7pt]
\startbuffer[line]
The quick brown fox jumps over
\stopbuffer

\startbuffer[sample]
\startTABLE
  \NC \type{\normal}     
  \NC \normal{\getbuffer[line]} 
  \NC \NR
  \NC \type{\italic}     
  \NC \italic{\getbuffer[line]} 
  \NC \NR
  \NC \type{\bold}       
  \NC \bold{\getbuffer[line]} 
  \NC \NR
  \NC \type{\bolditalic}
  \NC \bolditalic{\getbuffer[line]}
  \NC \NR
\stopTABLE
\stopbuffer

\startlines
\type{\serif}
\serif{\getbuffer[sample]}

\type{\sans}
\sans{\getbuffer[sample]}

\type{\mono}
\mono{\getbuffer[sample]}

\type{\math}
\math{x = \frac{y}{2z} + x_{\text{center}}}
\stoplines
  • And let's view the difference with our new set of fonts: 
    • \definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier] 
                  [rm] [texgyrepagella]
\definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier]
                  [ss] [texgyreadventor]
\definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier] 
                  [tt] [texgyrecursor]
\definefontfamily [MyFontIdentifier]
                  [mm] [stixtwomath]
\setupbodyfont[MyFontIdentifier, 7pt]
\startbuffer[line]
The quick brown fox jumps over
\stopbuffer

\startbuffer[sample]
\startTABLE
  \NC \type{\normal}     
  \NC \normal{\getbuffer[line]} 
  \NC \NR
  \NC \type{\italic}
  \NC \italic{\getbuffer[line]} 
  \NC \NR
  \NC \type{\bold}      
  \NC \bold{\getbuffer[line]}
  \NC \NR
  \NC \type{\bolditalic} 
  \NC \bolditalic{\getbuffer[line]} 
  \NC \NR
\stopTABLE
\stopbuffer

\startlines
\type{\serif}
\serif{\getbuffer[sample]}

\type{\sans}
\sans{\getbuffer[sample]}

\type{\mono}
\mono{\getbuffer[sample]}

\type{\math}
\math{x = \frac{y}{2z} + x_{\text{center}}}
\stoplines

Set up a font family with optical size options

A few fonts like Computer Modern are available with optical sizes.

This guide should help to use fonts from Adobe with optical sizes.

Replacements

Adobe provides four different sizes for their fonts, but not each of them comes with every style like Bold or Italic, replacements for these missing styles are defined in the font:optical:... setups. 

\startsetups [font:optical:serif]

  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-Regular]     [SerifRegular-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-Bold]        [SerifCaption-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-Italic]      [SerifCaption-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-Slanted]     [SerifCaption-Italic]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-BoldItalic]  [SerifCaption-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-BoldSlanted] [SerifCaption-BoldItalic]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-Caps]        [SerifCaption-Regular]

  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-Regular]     [DefaultFont]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-Bold]        [SerifRegular-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-Italic]      [SerifRegular-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-Slanted]     [SerifRegular-Italic]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-BoldItalic]  [SerifRegular-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-BoldSlanted] [SerifRegular-BoldItalic]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-Caps]        [SerifRegular-Regular]

  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-Regular]     [SerifRegular-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-Bold]        [SerifSubhead-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-Italic]      [SerifSubhead-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-Slanted]     [SerifSubhead-Italic]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-BoldItalic]  [SerifSubhead-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-BoldSlanted] [SerifSubhead-BoldItalic]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-Caps]        [SerifSubhead-Regular]

  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-Regular]     [SerifRegular-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-Bold]        [SerifDisplay-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-Italic]      [SerifDisplay-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-Slanted]     [SerifDisplay-Italic]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-BoldItalic]  [SerifDisplay-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-BoldSlanted] [SerifDisplay-BoldItalic]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-Caps]        [SerifDisplay-Regular]

\stopsetups

Font assignments

Each of the four sizes is designed for a specific size, e.g. Caption is suitable between 4pt and 8pt, the Regular size between 9pt and 12pt ... 

\starttypescript [serif] [optical] [size]

  \definebodyfont [4pt,5pt,6pt,7pt,8pt] [rm]
    [tf=SerifCaption-Regular     sa 1,
     bf=SerifCaption-Bold        sa 1,
     it=SerifCaption-Italic      sa 1,
     sl=SerifCaption-Slanted     sa 1,
     bi=SerifCaption-BoldItalic  sa 1,
     bs=SerifCaption-BoldSlanted sa 1,
     sc=SerifCaption-Caps        sa 1]

  \definebodyfont [9pt,10pt,11pt,12pt] [rm]
    [tf=SerifRegular-Regular     sa 1,
     bf=SerifRegular-Bold        sa 1,
     it=SerifRegular-Italic      sa 1,
     sl=SerifRegular-Slanted     sa 1,
     bi=SerifRegular-BoldItalic  sa 1,
     bs=SerifRegular-BoldSlanted sa 1,
     sc=SerifRegular-Caps        sa 1]

  \definebodyfont [14.4pt,17.3pt] [rm]
    [tf=SerifSubhead-Regular     sa 1,
     bf=SerifSubhead-Bold        sa 1,
     it=SerifSubhead-Italic      sa 1,
     sl=SerifSubhead-Slanted     sa 1,
     bi=SerifSubhead-BoldItalic  sa 1,
     bs=SerifSubhead-BoldSlanted sa 1,
     sc=SerifSubhead-Caps        sa 1]

  \definebodyfont [20.7pt] [rm]
    [tf=SerifDisplay-Regular     sa 1,
     bf=SerifDisplay-Bold        sa 1,
     it=SerifDisplay-Italic      sa 1,
     sl=SerifDisplay-Slanted     sa 1,
     bi=SerifDisplay-BoldItalic  sa 1,
     bs=SerifDisplay-BoldSlanted sa 1,
     sc=SerifDisplay-Caps        sa 1]

\stoptypescript

Typescripts

To use the font in our document, the symbolic font names used in the font assignments section above need to be mapped to actual font files. 

\starttypescript [serif] [minion-pro]

  \definefontsynonym [Serif]           [SerifRegular-Regular]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifBold]       [SerifRegular-Bold]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic]     [SerifRegular-Italic]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [SerifRegular-BoldItalic]

\stoptypescript

\starttypescript [serif] [minion-pro]

  \setups[font:optical:serif]

  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-Regular]    [file:MinionPro-Capt]       [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-Bold]       [file:MinionPro-BoldCapt]   [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-Italic]     [file:MinionPro-ItCapt]     [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifCaption-BoldItalic] [file:MinionPro-BoldItCapt] [features=default]

  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-Regular]    [file:MinionPro-Regular]    [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-Bold]       [file:MinionPro-Bold]       [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-Italic]     [file:MinionPro-It]         [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular-BoldItalic] [file:MinionPro-BoldIt]     [features=default]

  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-Regular]    [file:MinionPro-Subh]       [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-Bold]       [file:MinionPro-BoldSubh]   [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-Italic]     [file:MinionPro-ItSubh]     [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifSubhead-BoldItalic] [file:MinionPro-BoldItSubh] [features=default]

  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-Regular]    [file:MinionPro-Disp]       [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-Bold]       [file:MinionPro-BoldDisp]   [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-Italic]     [file:MinionPro-ItDisp]     [features=default]
  \definefontsynonym [SerifDisplay-BoldItalic] [file:MinionPro-BoldItDisp] [features=default]

\stoptypescript

Typeface

In the final step is to define a typeface where the normal size values are replaced with the size ranges. 

\starttypescript [minion-pro]
  \definetypeface [minion-pro] [rm] [serif] [minion-pro] [optical]
\stoptypescript
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