Hello,
I have a question about the t-ancientgreek module for typesetting ancient Greek.
I am using DroppedCaps (although I am dropping a numeral instead of a letter in a paragraph...I modified the DroppedString to contain the numerals 0-9) in a paragraph of ancient Greek typeset in the GreekGentiumAlt font. Most paragraphs look fine, but occasionally a word will extend out into the margin instead of being hyphenated or wrapped over into the next line.
Here is a bit of sample code that shows this:
% Use t-ancientgreek module for typesetting ancient Koine Greek
\usemodule[ancientgreek][font=GreekGentiumAlt,scale=1]
% Set up indentation parameters
\setupindenting[medium]
\indenting[always]
% Set up inter-paragraph spacing
\setupwhitespace[medium]
% Set up macros to handle drop-cap chapter numbers
\def\DropChapOne{\DroppedCaps{}{Serif}{3.8\baselineskip}{2pt}{2\baselineskip}{3}}
\def\DropChap{\DroppedCaps{}{Serif}{2.3\baselineskip}{3pt}{1\baselineskip}{2}}
% Set up book start macro...Syntax: book[Chapter][Verse]{Text}
\def\book[#1][#2]#3{\par\DropChapOne{#1}\localgreek{#3}}
% Set up chapter start macro...Syntax: chapt[Chapter][Verse]{Text}
\def\chap[#1][#2]#3{\par\DropChap{#1}\localgreek{#3}}
% Set up verse macro...Syntax: verse[Chapter][Verse]{Text}
\def\verse[#1][#2]#3{\high{\tfxx \bf #2}\localgreek{#3}}
\starttext
\book[1][1]{Ὃ ἦν ἀπ'' ἀρχῆς, ὃ ἀκηκόαμεν, ὃ ἑωράκαμεν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν, ὃ ἐθεασάμεθα, καὶ αἱ χεῖρες ἡμῶν ἐψηλάφησαν περὶ τοῦ λόγου τῆς ζωῆς.}
\verse[1][2]{Καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἐφανερώθη, καὶ ἑωράκαμεν, καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν, καὶ ἀπαγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον, ἥτις ἦν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, καὶ ἐφανερώθη ἡμῖν.}
\verse[1][3]{Ὃ ἑωράκαμεν καὶ ἀκηκόαμεν, ἀπαγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν, ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς κοινωνίαν ἔχητε μεθ'' ἡμῶν· καὶ ἡ κοινωνία δὲ ἡ ἡμετέρα μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ·}\stoptext
Note also that some fonts show this problem while others do not. For instance, the Aristarcoj font does not show this problem. Also, if I remove the dropped cap numeral from any given paragraph, the problem does away.
Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong, or how I can correct this problem? Any help anyone is able to give will be greatly appreciated!
Jeff Dodson



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