From: Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Default rule thickness
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:06:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48A31496.9080908@elvenkind.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EB8E6831-9FEE-4DAA-8A63-69DD35F6EF08@mpq.mpg.de>
Oliver Buerschaper wrote:
>> Sorry I missed this thread earlier. The default rule thickness in
>> is the eight font parameter of the fonts in math family 3. A bare
>> context file with the standard 12pt fonts gives the value 0.47998pt.
>> You can get the value via :
>>
>> \edef\defautlrulethickness{\the\fontdimen8\textfont3}
>>
>> Afaik, in all math setups three fonts in math family 3 are the same
>> actual font so just the one value will do. But the actual value
>> will definately vary a bit depending on the font setup. For example,
>> palatino 12pt has 0.708pt.
>
>
> OK. However, this doesn't seem to scale properly within the same font
> … try the following:
>
> ---
> \edef\defaultrulethickness{\the\fontdimen8\textfont3}
That is because of the \edef. Changing to a plain \def should help:
\def\defaultrulethickness{\the\fontdimen8\textfont3\relax}
(the \relax is now needed because there could be a digit following).
Best wishes,
Taco
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2008-08-06 10:59 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2008-08-08 8:12 ` Oliver Buerschaper
2008-08-09 8:12 ` Taco Hoekwater
2008-08-13 16:35 ` Oliver Buerschaper
2008-08-13 17:06 ` Taco Hoekwater [this message]
2008-08-13 18:57 ` Oliver Buerschaper
2008-08-13 21:24 ` Hans Hagen
2008-08-14 8:51 ` Oliver Buerschaper
2008-08-14 10:50 ` Hans Hagen
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