How to create newcommand with Sanskrit Fonts

Question

I am working with these fonts (i.e. Aksharyogini / Nakula / Sanskrit 2003)

When i replace \bfseries with any one of these I get error, what am I doing wrong. how would I work with these font types. thanks for your help

 \newcommand\RedLine[1]{%
  \textcolor{red}{\fontsize{8}{9.6}\selectfont\bfseries#1}
  }

\newcommand\RedLine[1]{% \textcolor{red}{\fontsize{8}{9.6}\selectfont\Aksharayogini#1} } — Aku, Oct 07 '11 at 14:13
Is \Aksharayogini defined as a font selection command with \newfontfamily or \newfontface? — egreg, Oct 07 '11 at 14:16

egreg · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-07T15:12:02.447

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The \RedLine defined in that answer is just an example. In order to get a red line using the current font it's only a matter of saying

\newcommand{\RedLine}[1]{\textcolor{red}{#1}}

In order to use different fonts, you can define them via \newfontfamily:

\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Sanskrit 2003}
\newfontfamily\Aksharyogini{Aksharyogini}
\newfontfamily\Nakula{Nakula}

or simply with \newfontface if you are not interested in italic or bold variants of those fonts.

Then

\begin{verse}\Aksharyogini
<verses>
\end{verse}

will print the poem using the Aksharyogini font.

edited Oct 07 '11 at 15:12

answered Oct 07 '11 at 14:40

egreg

Sorry but I did not get it. I could color the text using textcolor. What I do not know is how to assign a particular font to it. i.e. any font mentioned above. – Aku Oct 07 '11 at 14:44
@Aku Please, make your question clearer. – egreg Oct 07 '11 at 14:46
In my document I want to work with (i.e. Aksharyogini / Nakula / Sanskrit 2003) at various places. I do not know how to do that. my entire document appears in one type of font. I don't know how to use font for a particular paragraph, verse, etc. does this description help? – Aku Oct 07 '11 at 14:52

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