Describes a method for assembling virtual fonts for traditional English text typesetting in ConTeXt, where ff-ligatures and old-style numerals are provided by auxiliary fonts. The specific procedures here are for using the FontSite 500 collection, but may serve as a helpful example for anyone trying to understand TeX virtual fonts. There is also a downloadable set of example files, including a Python script I used to automatically generate virtual fonts.

The venerable Tk GUI toolkit has been criticized for a number of things, not least its aesthetics. This is especially true on X11 platforms, where the default look of Tk is very much like early Motif. While some aspects of the appearance, such as the shading style, are hard-coded, with the right configuration commands you can make significant improvements. Furthermore, by using the Tk option database, you can set properties for an entire class of widgets with a single command.

You might be wondering why you can't submit comments here.

It's pretty simple. For various reasons I have decided to develop this site from scratch, and I simply haven't worked out how I'm going to implement comments yet. So for the time being, if you have a response to anything I write here, feel free to send me an email: matt AT gushee DOT net.