Different size points in ellipsis

Different size points in ellipsis

[Stéphane Goujet]

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Hello again,


  If you look at one of the images in my previous post (I attached it
here again), you may notice the ellipsis (that has 5 periods instead of
3, but that is not my concern). Its last period is bigger, to indicate
the fusion of the ellipsis and the sentence final period. It does not
seem stupid to me, so, out of curiosity (I believe, in the end, I will
stick to the modern typography, even if it is more confusing), could
that be easily typeset with Context ? Either with a bigger final
period, or with a normal size final period and other smaller ones. I
guess the second way is better, for consistency with other periods in
other sentences.

  So far, I have defined ellipsis (all periods having the same size) as:
\unexpanded\def\ell{{\def\periodswidth{.4em}\periods[5]}}

 
Regards,
  Stéphane.

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Re: Different size points in ellipsis

[Hans Hagen]

On 3/28/2014 3:45 PM, Stéphane Goujet wrote:
> Hello again,
>
>
>    If you look at one of the images in my previous post (I attached it
> here again), you may notice the ellipsis (that has 5 periods instead of
> 3, but that is not my concern). Its last period is bigger, to indicate
> the fusion of the ellipsis and the sentence final period. It does not
> seem stupid to me, so, out of curiosity (I believe, in the end, I will
> stick to the modern typography, even if it is more confusing), could
> that be easily typeset with Context ? Either with a bigger final
> period, or with a normal size final period and other smaller ones. I
> guess the second way is better, for consistency with other periods in
> other sentences.
>
>    So far, I have defined ellipsis (all periods having the same size) as:
> \unexpanded\def\ell{{\def\periodswidth{.4em}\periods[5]}}

i'd keep the period constant and mess with the ellipses:

\defineeffect [ellipses] [alternative=both,rulethickness=.5pt]

test \starteffect[ellipses]\textellipsis\stopeffect .



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Re: Different size points in ellipsis

[Stéphane Goujet]

Le Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:28:13 +0100,
Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> a écrit :

> On 3/28/2014 3:45 PM, Stéphane Goujet wrote:
> > Hello again,
> >
> >
> >    If you look at one of the images in my previous post (I attached
> > it here again), you may notice the ellipsis (that has 5 periods
> > instead of 3, but that is not my concern). Its last period is
> > bigger, to indicate the fusion of the ellipsis and the sentence
> > final period. It does not seem stupid to me, so, out of curiosity
> > (I believe, in the end, I will stick to the modern typography, even
> > if it is more confusing), could that be easily typeset with
> > Context ? Either with a bigger final period, or with a normal size
> > final period and other smaller ones. I guess the second way is
> > better, for consistency with other periods in other sentences.
> >
> >    So far, I have defined ellipsis (all periods having the same
> > size) as: \unexpanded\def\ell{{\def\periodswidth{.4em}\periods[5]}}
> 
> i'd keep the period constant and mess with the ellipses:
> 
> \defineeffect [ellipses] [alternative=both,rulethickness=.5pt]
> 
> test \starteffect[ellipses]\textellipsis\stopeffect .

  Thanks, I did not know about \starteffect.

  But this make *bigger* periods for the ellipsis, and when I try
smaller values for /rulethickness/, it does not go below the size of
the normal period (perhaps the limit is even a little bit larger than
the normal period size, something like 0.3pt), no matter how small a
value I use.
  
  Higher values scale correctly.


Stéphane.
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