From: jbf <roma83537@gmail.com>
To: Jano Kula <jano.kula@gmail.com>
Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: inter-word spacing
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 20:48:23 +1100 [thread overview]
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Hi Jano,
Seems to me that there are a few options and you might need more than
one of them, depending on the font/typefaces you are using (which
obviously influences things):
1. One factor will be whether you are using \definefontfeature
[default][default] [expansion=quality,protrusion=quality], which you
obviously then need to call in with \setupalign.
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupalign
2. Another factor will be \setupspacing
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupspacing
3. A third factor might be the need to tweak things a bit once you take
a look at what is produced, and where you might need to use a couple of
other options, be it \, \nospace, \thinspace....
For example, I have found that for a particular project I am working on
at the moment, my best setup does not include protrusion, but I use
\setupalign
[hz,nothyphenated,verytolerant,stretched], and
\setuplanguage[en][spacing=packed].
This latter especially because I want to avoid some rather ugly spaces
after a period. Then once I see how things look, I apply
{\kerncharacters[-0.025] my text} in particular instances where things
need to be tidied up. I have found that -0.025 works well in my situation.
Not at all sure if all the above is what the purists would do, but from
a practical point of view it works for me. Hope it helps.
Julian
On 21/10/20 1:12 am, Jano Kula wrote:
> Hello,
>
> trying to reproduce the hand-printed original as close as possible I'm
> using \setupcharacterkerning. I can match character kerning, but
> inter-word spaces are different. What is the right option, command or
> feature to change it for current font and/or in the font definition? I
> haven't found any.
>
> MWE
> % macros=mkiv
> \setupcharacterkerning[large][factor=0.1]
> \setcharacterkerning[large]
> \starttext
> \input knuth
> \stoptext
>
> Thank you,
> Jano
>
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2020-10-20 14:12 Jano Kula
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