Characters words and fonts/Visual debugging

Basic information

Source font-var.mkvi

• % fontclass       % modern dejavu
  % fontbody        % ... 10pt 11pt 12pt ...
  % fontstyle       % rm ss tt mm hw cg ...
  % fontalternative % tf bf sl it bs bi sc ...
  % fontsize        % a b c d ...
  % fontface        % 0=normal 1=text 2=script 3=scriptscript 4=x 5=xx (math are temporary)
  
  class:       \fontclass\par
  body :       \fontbody\par
  style:       \fontstyle\par
  alternative: \fontalternative\par
  size:        \fontsize\par
  face:        \fontface\par
  

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\showbodyfont  : actual bodyfont family with all variants

• \showbodyfont[pagella,7pt]
  

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\showbodyfontenvironment  : draws a table that shows which point sizes match the relative sizes

• \showbodyfontenvironment[pagella,7pt]
  

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\showsymbolset [ symbolset name ] : shows all the symbols within a given symbol set

• \showsymbolset[navigation 1]
  

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\ShowCompleteFont and \showmathcharacters

\ShowCompleteFont from module fnt-10 : list of available chars of actual bodyfont encoding (for MkII, \showcharacters lists the available chars of actual bodyfont encoding )

• \usemodule[fnt-10]
  \setupcolors[state=start]
  \starttext
  \ShowCompleteFont{name:texgyrepagella}{8pt}{1}
  \stoptext
  

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Then you can use \utfchar and/or \fontchar:

• \definedfont[name:modern*default at 50pt]
  \utfchar{0x02660} or
  \utfchar{"02660} or
  \utfchar{"2660} or
  \fontchar{spade}
  

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\showmathcharacters from module math-characters : list of all the available math (non-alphabetical) characters available in math, now including all the AMS characters.

• \usemodule[math-characters]
  \setupcolors[state=start]
  \setupbodyfont[pagella,7pt]
  \starttext
  \showmathfontcharacters
  \stoptext
  

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\showstruts  : display struts (invisible placeholders for proper minimum line heights)

(Make a better, slightly more complex example.)

• \setupbodyfont[pagella,7pt]
  \framed[frame=off,align=normal]{\showstruts
  This will display \strut struts.\crlf
  A frame with strut \framed[strut=yes]{xxx} and frame without \framed[strut=no]{xxx}}
  

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\showfontstrip  : the current typeface combination, with roman, sans, math, and teletype families visualised, with x-heights and m widths.

• \setupbodyfont[pagella,7pt]
  \framed[frame=off]{\showfontstrip}
  

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\tracedfontname {Font Name}  : Chain of synonyms for the given font name

• \setupbodyfont[pagella,7pt]
  \framed[frame=off]{\tracedfontname{Bold}}
  

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