Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: JadeTeX: Specifying Fonts

[Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>]

Deborah Greenberg Lidl writes:
 > 
 > OK.  Wasn't sure, as Adobe lists 14 fonts that don't have to be embedded
 > in PDFs, and considers Helvetica and Helvetica Oblique as separate fonts.
 >  
different fonts, yes; same family, though

 > Guess I haven't had my morning caffeine yet -- by "wicked" are you
 > saying that specifiying by font name (Helvetica vs sans-serif) is bad?
no, specififying helvetica oblique by name. but using Helvetica is,
itself, wicked...

 > I tried:
 > 
 > 	(define %title-font-family%
 >           "sans-serif italic")
sorry, dont take me too literally. I have no idea how the styles
work. you need to set the "family" to Helvetica, and the "style" to
italic. dont ask me how...

 > docs.  I do need to specify a specific font (Helvetica Oblique) rather
 > than just a font type (sans-serif italic).
 > 

you need a more flexible stylesheet that lets you specify more than
just family

sebastian