Re: Kerning

["Bart C. Wise" <bntgcontext@wiseguysweb.com>]

Wolfgang,

It works!

Thanks,
Bart

On Wednesday 12 November 2008 08:54:49 am Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Am 12.11.2008 um 16:48 schrieb Bart C. Wise:
> > I am trying to change the spacing of a chapter title head.  I found
> > the
> > "\kern" command; however, I could not get that to work over a string
> > of text.
> >
> > Then I found the following code:
> > \def\dolist{\afterassignment\dodolist\let\next= }
> > \def\dodolist{\ifx\next\endlist \let\next\relax
> >   \else \\\let\next\dolist \fi
> >   \next}
> > \def\endlist{\endlist}
> > \def\track#1\by#2{\def\\{\next\kern#2}%
> >   \leavevmode \hbox{\expandafter\dolist#1\endlist}}
> >
> > Then I tried:
> >
> > def\MyChapterCommand#1#2{
> >        \framed[align=center,frame=off,width=\textwidth]{
> > 		\vbox{
> > 			\track{This is a Test} \by{.2em}
> > 			\track #2  \by{.2em}
> > 		}
> > 	}
> > \setuphead[chapter][
> >    command=\MyChapterCommand
> > }
> >
> > The output from the \track{This is a Test} \by{.2em} works.
> > However, the
> > second track command (\track #2 \by{0.2em}) fails.
> >
> > I spent many hours last night trying to change the kerning.  What I
> > want is
> > something like: \kern{TEXT}{KERNING AMOUNT}.
> >
> > What's available, or how do I fix the track command above.  By the
> > way,I'm
> > running mkii.
>
> Search for \stretched and \stretchednormalcase.
>
> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20080815.074940.ae67f770.en.html
>
> Wolfgang
>
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