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* Adjusting Kerning/Spacing between Letter
@ 2015-01-01 23:56 Malte Stien
  2015-01-02 10:42 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Malte Stien @ 2015-01-01 23:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi,

I am trying to typeset some strings in {\tt ...}, but they turn out to be pretty wide. So, I would like to compress those bits of text a little. Any hints on how I could do that locally, that is without adjusting the entire font.

Thank you,
Malte.
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* Re: Adjusting Kerning/Spacing between Letter
  2015-01-01 23:56 Adjusting Kerning/Spacing between Letter Malte Stien
@ 2015-01-02 10:42 ` Hans Hagen
  2016-05-25  7:44   ` Meer, Hans van der
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2015-01-02 10:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 1/2/2015 12:56 AM, Malte Stien wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to typeset some strings in {\tt ...}, but they turn out to be pretty wide. So, I would like to compress those bits of text a little. Any hints on how I could do that locally, that is without adjusting the entire font.

\starttext
     \definecharacterkerning[tight][factor=-.5]

     test {\tt \setcharacterkerning[tight]tight} test

\stoptext

(Btw, there is a narrow monospaced lm font)

> Thank you,
> Malte.
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* Re: Adjusting Kerning/Spacing between Letter
  2015-01-02 10:42 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2016-05-25  7:44   ` Meer, Hans van der
  2016-05-25 13:50     ` Wolfgang Schuster
  2016-05-27  9:20     ` Hans Hagen
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From: Meer, Hans van der @ 2016-05-25  7:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
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> On 02 Jan 2015, at 11:42, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
> 
> On 1/2/2015 12:56 AM, Malte Stien wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am trying to typeset some strings in {\tt ...}, but they turn out to be pretty wide. So, I would like to compress those bits of text a little. Any hints on how I could do that locally, that is without adjusting the entire font.
> 
> \starttext
>    \definecharacterkerning[tight][factor=-.5]
> 
>    test {\tt \setcharacterkerning[tight]tight} test
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> (Btw, there is a narrow monospaced lm font)

I implemented it by redefining \tt: 
  \definecharacterkerning[tight][factor=-.075]
  \let\oldtt=\tt 
  \def\tt{\setcharacterkerning[tight]\oldtt}

However, I find this a bit of a kludge. But opinions may differ, of course.
Can this be done in a more general way? For example by setting some font feature?
 
Hans van der Meer




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* Re: Adjusting Kerning/Spacing between Letter
  2016-05-25  7:44   ` Meer, Hans van der
@ 2016-05-25 13:50     ` Wolfgang Schuster
  2016-05-27  9:20     ` Hans Hagen
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2016-05-25 13:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
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> Meer, Hans van der <mailto:H.vanderMeer@uva.nl>
> 25. Mai 2016 um 09:44
>
> I implemented it by redefining \tt:
> \definecharacterkerning[tight][factor=-.075]
> \let\oldtt=\tt
> \def\tt{\setcharacterkerning[tight]\oldtt}
>
> However, I find this a bit of a kludge. But opinions may differ, of 
> course.
> Can this be done in a more general way? For example by setting some 
> font feature?
\definefontfeature[condensed][extend=0.9]

\definefontfamily[normaltt][tt][Latin Modern 
Mono][designsize=auto,features=none]
\definefontfamily[narrowtt][tt][Latin Modern 
Mono][designsize=auto,features=condensed]

\starttext

\start
   \switchtobodyfont[normaltt]
   \input ward
\stop

\start
   \switchtobodyfont[narrowtt]
   \input ward
\stop

\stoptext

Wolfgang

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* Re: Adjusting Kerning/Spacing between Letter
  2016-05-25  7:44   ` Meer, Hans van der
  2016-05-25 13:50     ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2016-05-27  9:20     ` Hans Hagen
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2016-05-27  9:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 5/25/2016 9:44 AM, Meer, Hans van der wrote:
>
>> On 02 Jan 2015, at 11:42, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>>
>> On 1/2/2015 12:56 AM, Malte Stien wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to typeset some strings in {\tt ...}, but they turn out to be pretty wide. So, I would like to compress those bits of text a little. Any hints on how I could do that locally, that is without adjusting the entire font.
>>
>> \starttext
>>    \definecharacterkerning[tight][factor=-.5]
>>
>>    test {\tt \setcharacterkerning[tight]tight} test
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>> (Btw, there is a narrow monospaced lm font)
>
> I implemented it by redefining \tt:
>   \definecharacterkerning[tight][factor=-.075]
>   \let\oldtt=\tt
>   \def\tt{\setcharacterkerning[tight]\oldtt}
>
> However, I find this a bit of a kludge. But opinions may differ, of course.
> Can this be done in a more general way? For example by setting some font feature?

no, becasue it is independent of font features (and also less efficient 
that using a narrow tt font)

Hans

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