From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/76237 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Adjust the tracking Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 14:26:11 +0200 Message-ID: <20120517142611.1c893052@Zewz> References: <20120516205225.2fbcfc2e@Zewz> <4FB4E61D.3040009@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1337258791 5260 80.91.229.3 (17 May 2012 12:46:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:46:31 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu May 17 14:46:31 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SV066-00076V-NZ for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD4CB101F6; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:25 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id pC624vsrohU9; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45D0C101DF; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9504101E4 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:22 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 8Pjmh4aqFXGw for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from submission1-til.mf.surf.net (submission1-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.212]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A28A4101DD for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter5-til.mf.surf.net (filter5-til-v6.mf.surf.net [IPv6:2001:610:1:40aa:194:171:167:221]) by submission1-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id q4HCPXtB017718 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:25:33 +0200 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by filter5-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id q4HCPXML016557 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:25:33 +0200 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SUzmk-0002ZN-1b for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:26:26 +0200 Original-Received: from 83.68.239.197 ([83.68.239.197]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:26:26 +0200 Original-Received: from netuse by 83.68.239.197 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 14:26:26 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.68.239.197 X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=80.91.229.3; country=NO; latitude=62.0000; longitude=10.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=62.0000,10.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0WHb0pxaQ - 48ebff3924c3 - 20120517 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.221 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:76237 Archived-At: On 2012-05-17 Hans Hagen wrote: > > how does one adjust the tracking of a font? The command > > \definecharacterkerning does almost what I need. However, it breaks > > the ligatures. > > sure, because as soon as one starts adding extra space between > characters ligatures make no sense any longer It depends on the amount of space. If the added space is small it might not justify breaking the ligatures. If it exceeds some threshold, then I totally agree with you. Marco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________