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From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>
To: pavneet_arora@waroc.com,
	mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Word-wrap/hyphenation with very large font size not working consistently
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 16:43:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2E995FF5-E2B3-49E4-AD2D-0EF50F5C89BD@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EDA40B9.1060706@waroc.com>


Am 03.12.2011 um 16:31 schrieb Pavneet Arora:

> I am trying to typeset some signs for a construction site.  I enclose a (somewhat contrived) for consideration.
> 
> What I am having difficulty with is to get word wrap and interline spacing to work consistently.  I am using \framed, but if there is a better way please let me know.  The trouble I am having is getting lines to break consistently. Sometimes they do, but as in this case the second word `through' continues beyond the frame width.  You may also try to substitute the text ``Enter this way today'', another contrived example to see the effect.  The symbol font that I am using is Symbol-Signs from:
> 
> http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Symbol-Signs
> 
> but I shouldn't think that is pertinent to the problem.
> 
> Any guidance on what is the issue here?  Or if there is a better way to go about doing this type of signage.
> 
> I am also interested in learning how to do vertical centering of blocks of text, i.e., in a formal letter or in this case of setting text for signs.  I have read and tried to understand Wolfgang's response to Jaroslav's earlier enquiry:
> 
> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20100702.112805.07aa71e2.en.html
> 
> but I really don't understand it and how to make it work for my applications. Is there a simple template---say for a block of text---that someone might be able to offer for the ConTeXt challenged?

\setuppapersize[legal,landscape]

\setuplayout
  [header=0in,
   footer=0in,
   topspace=0.75in,
   bottomspace=0.75in,
   backspace=1in,
   width=12in]

\setuppagenumbering
  [location=]

\usemodule[simplefonts]

\setmainfont[TeX Gyre Schola]

%\setupinterlinespace[line=1.2\bodyfontsize]
\setupinterlinespace[line=2.2ex]

\starttext
\dontleavehmode
\framed
  [width=7in,align={flushright,nothyphenated,broad},frame=on]
  {\definedfont[Serif at 128pt]\setupinterlinespace Enter through here for parking\par}%
\framed
  [width=5in,frame=off]
% {\definedfont[name:symbolsigns at 500pt]K}
  {\definedfont[Sans at 500pt]K}
\stoptext

Wolfgang
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-12-03 15:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-03 15:31 Pavneet Arora
2011-12-03 15:43 ` Wolfgang Schuster [this message]
2011-12-03 16:55   ` Pavneet Arora
2011-12-03 17:14     ` Wolfgang Schuster
2011-12-03 20:08       ` Pavneet Arora

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