From: "Joshua Krämer" <joshua.kraemer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: ntg-context-wvrSQK3plZs@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Selectfont: extend and slant features
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 21:41:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140305214159.2cf5d2e2@Klapprechner1.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53172FC2.2070509@wxs.nl>
On 2014-03-05, 15:08, Hans Hagen wrote:
> On 3/5/2014 3:19 PM, Joshua Krämer wrote:
> > Another use-case for the extend feature could be to
> > stretch/compress a line (e.g. a title) to the desired length. If
> > the line is only a little bit too long or too short, compressing or
> > stretching all the letters by for example less than 1% can be
> > enough to add up to the desired amount.
>
> that's what hz is doing, but more advanced as it can be set up per
> character
While hz is an automatic approach, I was thinking about manual
interventions, for example when designing a cover page.
But DTP applications may be better suited for this usecase.
Kind regards,
Joshua
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-26 17:18 Joshua Krämer
2014-02-26 22:13 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2014-02-28 19:41 ` Joshua Krämer
2014-03-01 11:48 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2014-03-01 23:59 ` Hans Hagen
2014-03-05 14:05 ` Joshua Krämer
2014-03-05 14:19 ` Joshua Krämer
2014-03-05 14:08 ` Hans Hagen
2014-03-05 20:41 ` Joshua Krämer [this message]
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