Using sans as a default font in ConTeXt Metapost

Question

When using metapost in ConTeXt, I would like to have all my labels in sans by default. Which option can configure it and which environment should I use to pass it (MPinclusions?)

I am aware of this post but did not fully understand how to implement it (I am compiling with lmtx at home and mkiv at school).

\setuppapersize [S3]
\setupbodyfont[sans]
\startreusableMPgraphic{Label}
label ("Typeset in \METAFUN\ ",origin);
% this is what I do know, making the code less readable
% and error-prone, waisting also my time…
% label ("{\ss Typeset in \METAFUN\ }",origin);
\stopreusableMPgraphic
\starttext
Typeset by \CONTEXT\
\blank[big]
\reuseMPgraphic{Label}
\stoptext

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '21 at 11:05

4

The following works both with LMTX and MkIV:

\setuppapersize[S3]
%%% From meta-ini.mkxl
\definefontsynonym[MetafunDefault][Sans*default]
%%% Already set. You can choose another font as default.
%\startMPinitializations 
%defaultfont:="\truefontname{MetafunDefault}";
%\stopMPinitializations
\startreusableMPgraphic{Label}
label ("Typeset in \METAFUN\ ",origin);
\stopreusableMPgraphic
\starttext
Typeset by \CONTEXT
\blank[big]
\reuseMPgraphic{Label}
\stoptext

answered Aug 28 '21 at 11:05

2

Thanks. For the record, I digged into ConTeXt font documentation, and found that if I want to change also default metapost font size (for example 11pt in a 12pt ConTeXt document), I should do something like \definefontsynonym[MetafunDefault][Sans*default at 11pt] – sztruks Aug 28 '21 at 15:06

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '21 at 18:56

One could also use textext around your string.

In the example below I also added the \setupbodyfont inside the \startMPenvironment and \stopMPenvironment, since it allows for a completely different setup than what is in your main document.

\setupbodyfont[termes,ss,12pt]
\startMPenvironment
\setupbodyfont[termes,ss,8pt]
\stopMPenvironment
\startreusableMPgraphic{Label}
label (textext("Typeset in \METAFUN\ "),origin);
\stopreusableMPgraphic
\startTEXpage[offset=3bp]
Typeset by \CONTEXT\
\blank[big]
\reuseMPgraphic{Label}
\stopTEXpage

Using sans as a default font in ConTeXt Metapost

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