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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luatex/luatex-fonts.tex b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luatex/luatex-fonts.tex index e5b6e1cb2..400550a96 100644 --- a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luatex/luatex-fonts.tex +++ b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luatex/luatex-fonts.tex @@ -728,14 +728,18 @@ font.setfont(<number> n, <table> f) Note that at the moment, each access to the \type {font.fonts} or call to \type {font.getfont} creates a \LUA\ table for the whole font unless you cached it. -This process can be quite slow. +If you want a copy of the internal data you can use \type {font.copyfont}: \startfunctioncall -<table> p = font.getparameters(<number> n) +<table> f = font.copyfont(<number> n) \stopfunctioncall This one will return a table of the parameters as known to \TEX. These can be -different from the ones in the cached table. +different from the ones in the cached table: + +\startfunctioncall +<table> p = font.getparameters(<number> n) +\stopfunctioncall Also note the following: assignments can only be made to fonts that have already been defined in \TEX, but have not been accessed {\it at all\/} since that |