Re: issue with a font with no features

On 6/21/2026 4:50 PM, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote:
> On 6/21/26 15:17, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
>> […]
>> here
>>
>> {\definedfont[SVBasicManual.ttf] test}
>>
>> just works,
> 
> Many thanks for your fast reply, Hans.
> 
> This triggers the errror (checking whether the font has a given feature):
> 
>    \definefontfamily
>      [mainface][rm]
>      [SV Basic Manual]
>    \setupbodyfont[mainface]
>    \starttext
>    \doifcurrentfonthasfeatureelse{smcp}{a}{b}
>    \stoptext
> 
>> as does
>>
>>   >mtxrun --script font --list --info --details --pattern=svbasicmanual*
>> […]
>> fwiw, otfinfo is not something you use in context
> 
> Well, I remembered that there was a script in mtxrun, but I had no idea
> how to invoke it.

so teh fix is then

         return f and ((f.gpos and f.gpos[n]) or (f.gsub and f.gsub[n]))



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