[XeTeX] Footnotes

[Charles Doherty]

Dear Adam,

On 25 Mar 2005, at 00:18, Adam Lindsay wrote:

> Hi, Charlie.
>
> Hmm. How are you using your font switch? How are you defining your 
> font?
>
> Not knowing further details, I would guess you're doing a low-level
> XeTeX/plain-style font definition, rather than using a typescript.

No I was not using a typescript.
>
> When I try using the "Wildcard" typescript as a way of defining fonts,
> for example, I do just fine:
>
> \definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Gentium]
> \setupbodyfont[myface]
> \starttext
> text\footnote{text}
> \stoptext
>
> Gentium up top and down below.

To my shame I had forgotten about 'Fonts in XeTeX' below. Everything 
works fine now. And apologies for bothering Jonathan and yourself 
again. Thank you again for your patience.

Charlie

>
> Take a look here for a brief description of how to use this class of
> typescript -- consider it a poor man's version of Will's work:
> <http://contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_XeTeX#Wildcard_typescripts>