Re: Grid-keeping list (again)

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Johannes Kuester wrote:
> luigi scarso wrote:
>   
>> On 4/12/07, Johannes Kuester <jk@typoma.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm still trying to typeset a "grid-keeping" list (or table).
>>>       
>> Sorry, no answer.
>> Only to say that I'm following this subject, and I'm doing some private tests.
>>     
>
> Thank you! I hope you will be more successful than I am.
>
> I do not understand why this is such a problem. Basically, it's just
> about "paragraph boxes" and their proper alignment on a grid.
>
> To me, such a list seems like a basic typographic requirement, so it
> should be possible to do that in ConTeXt.
>   
the problem with tex is that it does not hav ea way to force consistent height and depth of lines, so here are a few tricks: 
 
\begstrut some text \endstrut \endgraf 

\snaptogrid\vbox{some text} 


Hans 

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