From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/15575 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Outside Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: new typeface toy Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:08:54 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <40DDBBB6.60407@wxs.nl> References: <40DC56FC.9010901@wxs.nl> <20040626110102.30294@news.comp.lancs.ac.uk> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088273494 20474 80.91.224.253 (26 Jun 2004 18:11:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:11:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Sat Jun 26 20:11:25 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BeHe9-0002iR-00 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:11:25 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB7C510AFC; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:11:21 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from mailrelay02.solcon.nl (maillb.solcon.nl [212.45.32.200]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6190A10AEE for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:08:57 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from server-1.pragma-net.nl (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by mailrelay02.solcon.nl (8.12.11/SQL-8.12.11-5/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5QI8rSK006756 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:08:53 +0200 Original-Received: by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id ECCFC1856F; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:08:56 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [10.100.1.1]) by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 162D218517 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:08:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <20040626110102.30294@news.comp.lancs.ac.uk> X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.73, clamav-milter version 0.73a on mailrelay02.solcon.nl X-Virus-Status: Clean Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:15575 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:15575 Adam Lindsay wrote: >Hans Hagen said this at Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:46:52 +0200: > > > >>if you're happy with type-flx (we can make a synonym btw) we can add it >>to the distribution; but only when the dimensions are frozen since it >>influences line breaking; >> >> > >Okay, sounds good. I would really appreciate having some other people try >it out and comment before freezing it. The sanserifs, in particular, need >more optical than mathematical matching. > > indeed; (btw, your numbers suggest calculations, normally i stick to .05 steps); an option is to have some clever rscale=flexscaled{xx} mechanism which permits up/down rounding, but that's for later; btw, in the latest example suite (cont-exa.tex) there is a fonttest interface to play with (probably went unnoticed) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------