Hagen - Pragma ADE

4 Methods
4.1 Introduction
A font definition looks as follows:
\definefont
[MyFont]
[namepart method specification size]
For example:
\definefont
[MyFont]
[Bold*default at 12.3pt]
We have already discussed the namepart and size in a previous chapter and here we
will focus on the method. The method is represented by a character and although we
currently only have a few methods there can be many more.
4.2 : (direct features)
This one is seldom used, but those coming from another macro package to ConT E Xt
might use it as first attempt to defining a font.
\definefont
[MyFont]
[Bold:+kern;+liga; at 12.3pt]
This is the X Ǝ T E X way of defining fonts. A + means as much as “turn on this feature” so
you can guess what the minus sign does. Alternatively you can use a key/value approach
with semicolons as separator. If no value is given the value yes is assumed.
\definefont
[MyFont]
[Bold:kern=yes;liga=yes; at 12.3pt]
When we started supporting X Ǝ T E X we ran into issues with already present features of
ConT E Xt as the X Ǝ T E X syntax also has some more obscure properties using slashes and
brackets for signalling a file or name lookup. As in ConT E Xt we prefer a more symbolic
approach anyway, it never was a real issue.
4.3 * (symbolic features)
The most natural way to associate a set of features with a font instance is the following:
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