From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>
Subject: Problem with German quotes and kerning
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:18:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1BFDD604-4DEB-41EE-8B78-61A4811B8160@uni-bonn.de> (raw)
Hi all,
this seems to be a general TeX-problem, not ConTeXt specific, but I'm
not sure I understand the details. Here's the problem: when I use
mainlanguage[de], I can type "` to get German opening quotes,
\quotedblbase „. However, this characters needs some (a lot of)
kerning when it comes before, e.g., W or V; it is too far away from
the following character. Most font-designers don't care about German
typography, so I tried and added the kerning manually. But this works
only if I input the character directly via the keyboard or via the
symbolic name, it does not work with "` (nor with \quotation{ });
language German seems to make the ` active. In emacs, I find "` the
most convenient way to input German quotes. Is there a way to have
kerning with this input, or do I have to change my habits?
Best
Thomas
next reply other threads:[~2006-01-23 12:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-23 12:18 Thomas A. Schmitz [this message]
2006-01-23 12:49 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2006-01-23 13:07 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2006-01-25 12:45 ` Mojca Miklavec
2006-01-25 17:38 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2006-01-25 17:44 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2006-01-27 0:53 ` Mojca Miklavec
2006-01-27 8:51 ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-01-27 9:43 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2006-01-27 10:16 ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-01-27 10:59 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2006-01-27 12:58 ` Hans Hagen
2006-01-27 15:06 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2006-01-27 15:56 ` Hans Hagen
2006-01-27 16:16 ` Hans Hagen
2006-01-27 17:17 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2006-01-27 19:48 ` Hans Hagen
2006-01-28 13:16 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2006-01-30 11:13 ` Hans Hagen
2006-01-30 11:42 ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-01-30 11:43 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2006-01-30 11:16 ` Hans Hagen
2006-01-30 13:44 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
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