From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/30616 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Rolf Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: vertical kerning for TwoThird needed Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:05:44 +0200 Message-ID: <44F83E38.7050808@gmx.net> References: <44F74A48.9070502@gmx.net> <8E77E0D1-131E-4671-87CF-BF8CD745DB09@st.estfiles.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1157119565 13041 80.91.229.2 (1 Sep 2006 14:06:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 14:06:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Sep 01 16:05:59 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GJ9eZ-0002m3-2m for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:05:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC0061FE7D; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:05:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26649-04; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:05:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EB1A1FE8F; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:05:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A30B1FE8F for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:05:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 27062-02 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:05:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id CE7EF1FE7D for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:05:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 01 Sep 2006 14:05:32 -0000 Original-Received: from i577B8460.versanet.de (EHLO [192.168.1.3]) [87.123.132.96] by mail.gmx.net (mp032) with SMTP; 01 Sep 2006 16:05:32 +0200 X-Authenticated: #24293357 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <8E77E0D1-131E-4671-87CF-BF8CD745DB09@st.estfiles.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:30616 Archived-At: Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Ahh! "\raise" and "\lower" ... these I've missed. Look like plain > TeX commands, right? > I think it's even a TeX primitive (not defined in the plain TeX macro package). > Thank you Peter, > > (immediately I go and get a copy of that TeXbook) > A very good reference is "TeX by Topic" (for free, as it's not printed any more; but you can donate the author any amount via paypal) http://www.eijkhout.net/tbt/ Or for browsing http://www.tug.org/utilities/plain/cseq.html But it's never a fault to start with the TeX 'bible' ;) Happy TeXing, Peter > Steffen > > > > Am 31.08.2006 um 22:44 schrieb Peter Rolf: > >> Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> comparable to the pre-defined \threequarter I want to write a >>> \TwoThird. >>> >>> The following looks quite good (with my respective font settings) ... >>> >>> \def\TwoThird{{\tx\high{\txx 2}}\kern-0.1em/\kern-0.1em{\txx 3}} >>> >>> ... but still the "2" is a bit to high. >>> >>> How can I adjust "vertikal kerning"? >>> >> \starttext >> >> \def\TwoThird{\raise.295em\hbox{\txx >> 2}\kern-0.23em/\kern-0.22em\lower.24em\hbox{\txx 3}} >> >> \ruledhbox{\threequarter\TwoThird} >> >> \stoptext >> >> I needed a break and this was really fun. Hope it fits your needs. >> >> Peter >> >>> Thanks, >>> Steffen >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ntg-context mailing list >>> ntg-context@ntg.nl >>> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> ntg-context mailing list >> ntg-context@ntg.nl >> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >