Fonts/ConTeXt distribution's Fonts

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A collection of fonts is called a typescript in ConTeXt. The following typescripts are available for fonts distributed with ConTeXt (the name of the typescript is shown as typescriptname):

  • The Latin Modern font family, which is a modern version of standard TeX font Computer Modern:
    • modern: synonym modern-base
    • modernvariable: synonym modern-variable (a variable width typewriter font)
  • The TeX Gyre Collection of Fonts, cross-platform OpenType formats.
    • pagella: synonym palatino
    • termes: synonym times
    • heros: synonym helvetica
    • bonum: synonym bookman
    • schola: synonym schoolbook
    • adventor: synonym avantgarde
    • cursor: synonym courier
    • chorus: synonym chancery
  • The DejaVu font family : dejavu and dejavu-condensed
  • 6 additionals fonts (covering serif, sans serif, and monospaced)
    • Gentium : gentium
    • Antykwa Poltawskiego : antykwapoltawskiego
    • Antykwa Toruńska: antykwa
    • Kurier : kurier,ss
    • Iwona: iwona
    • IMB Plex: plex (serif, sans, mono, condensed, extra-light to semi bold and bold)
    • EB Garamond: ebgaramond
    • Libertinus: libertinus
  • 3 additional math fonts:
    • Euler: eulernova
    • STIX2: stixtwo
    • XITS: xits
    • Kp: kp
    • XCharter: charter
Name Serif Sans serif Monospaced Class Similar to
Latin Modern


modern


modern,ss


modern,tt

Didone, current TeX standard, [1]. Computer Modern
Tex Gyre Adventor -


adventor

- Geometric sans-serif ITC Avant Garde Gothic
Tex Gyre Bonum


bonum

- - Old Style, Serif transitional, ITC Bookman
Tex Gyre Chorus


chorus

- - Script ITC Zapf Chancery
Tex Gyre Cursor - -


cursor

Monospaced, Slab serif Courier
Tex Gyre Heros -


heros

- Geometric sans-serif Helvetica
Tex Gyre Pagella


pagella

- - Old Style, Serif Palatino
Tex Gyre Schola


schola

- - Serif transitional Century Schoolbook
Tex Gyre Termes


termes

- - Old Style transitional Times (new) Roman
DejaVu


dejavu


dejavu,ss


dejavu,tt

Sans-serif, Humanist Bitstream Prima
Gentium


gentium

- - Old Style
Antykwa Poltawskiego


antykwapoltawskiego

- Antiqua
Antykwa Toruńska


antykwa

- - Antiqua
Kurier -


kurier,ss

- Sans serif
Iwona -


iwona

- Sans serif, alternative to Kurier
Arabic-Latin Modern Fixed - -


almfixed,tt

extension of TeX-Gyre LM Mono 10
Euler


eulernova

- - An upright cursive typeface, for maths.
STIX2


stixtwo

- - Scientific and Technical Information Exchange fonts.For scientific typesetting with proper mathematical support Times (new) Roman
XITS


xits

- - Clone of STIX font Times (new) Roman

Overview

% Specific layout for rendering on the wiki, for rendering a similar pdf via context, add some width

\definepapersize[sheet][width=16cm,height=25cm]
\setuppapersize[sheet]
\setuplayout[topspace=0.5mm,
             backspace=0.5mm,
             header=0pt,
             headerdistance=0pt,
             footer=0pt,
             footerdistance=0pt,
             width=15.9cm,
             height=24.9cm,
             leftmargin=0.5mm,
             grid=yes]

%
\setupbodyfont[modern]
\setupwhitespace[medium]

% this enlarges the fonts, see Font Switching on the wiki
\tfb

%
\starttext

\startbuffer[line]
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!
\stopbuffer
                                        \getbuffer[line] \wordright{default --- Latin Modern serif} \par
\switchtobodyfont[modern,ss]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Latin Modern sans}      \par
\switchtobodyfont[modern,tt]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Latin Modern mono}      \par
\switchtobodyfont[adventor]             \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Adventor}      \par
\switchtobodyfont[bonum]                \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Bonum}         \par
\switchtobodyfont[chorus]               \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Chorus}        \par
\switchtobodyfont[cursor]               \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Cursor}        \par
\switchtobodyfont[heros]                \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Tex Gyre Heros}         \par
\switchtobodyfont[pagella]              \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Pagella}       \par
\switchtobodyfont[schola]               \getbuffer[line] \wordright{TeX Gyre Schola}        \par
\switchtobodyfont[termes]               \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Tex Gyre Termes}        \par
\switchtobodyfont[dejavu]               \getbuffer[line] \wordright{DejaVu serif}           \par
\switchtobodyfont[dejavu,ss]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{DejaVu sans}            \par
\switchtobodyfont[dejavu,tt]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{DejaVu sansmono}        \par
\switchtobodyfont[gentium]              \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Gentium}                \par
\switchtobodyfont[antykwa]              \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Antykwa Toruńska}       \par
\switchtobodyfont[antykwapoltawskiego]  \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Antykwa Półtawskiego}   \par
\switchtobodyfont[kurier,ss]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Kurier}                 \par
\switchtobodyfont[iwona]                \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Iwona}                  \par
\switchtobodyfont[almfixed,tt]          \getbuffer[line] \wordright{ALM Fixed}              \par
\switchtobodyfont[eulernova]            \getbuffer[line] \wordright{Euler (for math)}       \par
\switchtobodyfont[stixtwo]              \getbuffer[line] \wordright{STIX Two}               \par
\switchtobodyfont[xits]                 \getbuffer[line] \wordright{XITS (for math)}        \par

\stoptext

This produces:

Symbols

Distribution also provides with:

A page is dedicated to Symbols