Re: [NTG-context] font style and size interaction

[Hans van der Meer via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

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Hans,

I see this as a no with respect to changing the behaviour of \small and friends. Which I can well understand: changes on this level may trigger a lot of unwanted problems.
But now I can program around it with a clear conscience;-)

dr. Hans van der Meer

> On 30 May 2023, at 11:33, Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
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> On 5/30/2023 10:18 AM, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context wrote:
>> There is -- in my perception -- a problem with the interaction between font style and font size changes.
>> The order of calling for example  \it\small matters because \small\it leads to a different result.
>> I would however reason that size and style changes should be in orthogonal spaces, that is: the one should have no effect on the other.
>> Cause of this behaviour seems the \tf call included in small. See the accompanying example.
>> I can try to program around this, but I would prefer not to. Is there a possibility that this behaviour will be changed to \it\small and \small\it giving the same result?
> \small does a (massive) bodyfont switch and therefore you end up with regular tf
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