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Features
\starttypescript[somefontset]
\definetypeface [somefontset] [rm] [serif] [someserif] [default]
\definetypeface [somefontset] [ss] [sans] [somesans] [default]
\definetypeface [somefontset] [tt] [mono] [somemono] [default]
\definetypeface [somefontset] [mm] [math] [somemath] [default]
\stoptypescript
So far things look simple. Given that many fonts follow a similar naming scheme Wolfgang
made a module that avoids such definitions altogether. However, being involved
in the development of the Antykwa fonts, Mojca ran into the situation that not just four
fonts were part of the set but many more. There are several weight (think of light and
heavy variants) as well as condensed variants and of course the whole set is not per se
a multiple of four.
In the meantime, in addition to the file: and name: accessors, ConT E Xt had an
additional one tagged spec: where a string made out of weight, style, width etc. is
turned into a (best guessed) font name. Therefore the most natural way to deal with
the many-fonts-in-a-set dilemma was to provide an additional interface between this
specification and the font set and the most robust method was to define all in a goodie
file.
In this case the goodies are loaded independent of the font, that is: not as a feature.
For instance:
\loadfontgoodies[antykwapoltawskiego]
This file maps obscure fontnames onto the spec: interface so that we can access them
in a robust way.
\definefont
[MyFontA]
[file:Iwona-Regular*smallcaps]
\definefont
[MyFontB]
[file:AntykwaTorunska-Regular*smallcaps]
\definefont
[MyFontC]
[file:antpoltltcond-regular*smallcaps]
\definefont
[MyFontD]
[spec:antykwapoltawskiego-bold-italic-condensed-normal*smallcaps]
\definefont
[MyFontE]
[spec:antykwapoltawskiego-bold-italic-normal]
The goodies file looks as follows:
return {