On 3/26/2018 4:55 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

On 3/26/2018 1:40 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:

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Hans,

would it be possible to add a embold feature (similar to the slanted font feature) that fakes the bold font with \starteffect[both]...\stopeffect and it doesn’t strecht the font?

much is possible if i can motivate myself

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This was already requested by Ulrike Fischer (https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2017/090094.html). hm, i don't like such crappy features but anyway it has to be done at the engine level (some efficient generic extension) ... so, if i add something like that it won't happen in the current luatex release (which is close to being frozen due to tex live) but later (e.g. the ctx meeting luatex release)

(even then it probably demands some heuristic dimension trickery when loading a font) i did some experiments and there will be something in luatex 1.08 or 1.09 (planned to be released in september) so you have to be patient

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On 3/26/2018 11:02 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:

On 03/26/2018 07:24 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 3/26/2018 4:55 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 3/26/2018 1:40 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:

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Hans,

would it be possible to add a embold feature (similar to the slanted font feature) that fakes the bold font with \starteffect[both]...\stopeffect and it doesn’t strecht the font?

much is possible if i can motivate myself

Good to know in order to propose new features :-).

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This was already requested by Ulrike Fischer (https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2017/090094.html). hm, i don't like such crappy features but anyway it has to be done at the engine level (some efficient generic extension) ... so, if i add something like that it won't happen in the current luatex release (which is close to being frozen due to tex live) but later (e.g. the ctx meeting luatex release)

(even then it probably demands some heuristic dimension trickery when loading a font) i did some experiments and there will be something in luatex 1.08 or 1.09 (planned to be released in september) so you have to be patient

Just out of curiosity (and not related to this feature), I see that Windows and Linux binaries (both 64bit) in the Suite contain different versions (1.08 v. 1.07).

Is version 1.08 to be released or only the Windows platform contains the latest stable binaries for LuaTeX? only after tex live has been frozen (tag 1.07) we will officially move to 1.08 (then trunk)

windows always has the edge as Akira compiles the latest greatest too so that permits experiments (he also always tests it so that helps us a lot) don't expect support for experimental versions on this mailing list as we feel free to change whatever we like (fwiw: we don't expect huge functionality changes .. the biggest change coming is lua 5.3 which can have a few consequences for those writing lua as well as a 5-10 % performance boost) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

On 03/26/2018 07:24 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 3/26/2018 4:55 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 3/26/2018 1:40 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:

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Hans,

would it be possible to add a embold feature (similar to the slanted font feature) that fakes the bold font with \starteffect[both]...\stopeffect and it doesn’t strecht the font?

much is possible if i can motivate myself

Good to know in order to propose new features :-). Hm. Fake bold / slanted / small caps /<what ever> of a base font are dangerous, there is an high risk to compromise the legibility of the text (this is especially true nowadays with user consumer tablets 10" full hd ). A font is not only glyphs, but also kernings and hints and all these

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:02 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: things must match. As Knuth shown , the right way is to design from the beginning how each glyph should be transformed instead of apply to all the glyphs the same transformation (which is faster, this is sure). This is the key concept of metafont --- in my opinion better than the variable fonts . I am not saying that this impossible to do in context-mkiv ( *it is* possible: just see 5.3 Virtual fonts of the luatex reference) but in the end the result is the same of write the correct bold/slanted/small caps/<whatever> version of the base font . -- luigi