LoadFontfile
Load a font file (.otf, .ttf, .pfb) and associate it with an internal name. If a glyph is not found in the font file, an error will be raised (this can be configured via the
Options command). You can specify fallbacks as a child element of Loadfontfile.
Child elements
Fallback
Parent elements
Case
,
ForAll
,
Include
,
Layout
,
Loop
,
Otherwise
,
Until
,
While
Attributes
filename
(text)
-
The name (with extension) of the font file.
marginprotrusion
(0 up to 100, optional)
-
The amount of protrusion glyphs like -, . and - stick into the right margin. Highly font dependent. Defaults to 0.
name
(text)
-
The internal name of the font file. To be used within DefineFontfamily.
oldstylefigures
(optional)
-
Use oldstyle figures if the font includes them. (OpenType feature »onum«)
yes
-
Use oldstyle figures.
no
-
Use lining figures.
smallcaps
(optional)
-
Use small caps glyphs when the font supplies them.
yes
-
Use small caps for this font.
no
-
Don’t switch to small caps (default).
space
(0 up to 100, optional)
-
The natural width between words. Can be stretched by 30% and shrunk by 10%. Defaults to 25. The value is a percentile of the font size.
Example
Info
The fonts are optionally taken from the local search path. On Windows the path
%WINDIR%\Fonts
(usually
C:\Windows\Fonts
) and on Mac OS X the paths
/Library/Fonts
and
/System/Library/Fonts
can be used as fallbacks for fonts. This can be configured with the setting
fontpath
.
See also
Command
<DefineFontfamily>
, chapter
Using fonts.