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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: "Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد" <ishamid@colostate.edu>
Subject: Re: 10+ reasons why I still use MKII
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 23:05:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BEC6989.2020208@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.vcnvbev060pfzx@ihamidnb.libarts.colostate.edu>

On 13-5-2010 9:31, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس  سماوي حامد wrote:

> Sometimes forcing will look nice, but even then one probably has to add a
> bit of interlinespace to the latin font to get the right balance. That is,
> a latin document that uses a LOT of interparagraph arabic will want a bit
> extra interlinespace to begin with, so that "forcing" will generally give
> good results.

you can set up grid snapping according to several strategies (will be 
documented when okay)

- snap to lineht/dp
- add strutht/dp
- find minimum noflines needed, round up/down (dp and/or ht)

it's not only a mixed latin-arabic problem, lines with large math also 
have this problem

Hans

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  reply	other threads:[~2010-05-13 21:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-12 13:48 Mojca Miklavec
2010-05-12 14:44 ` Taco Hoekwater
2010-05-12 15:15 ` Hans Hagen
2010-05-13 13:42   ` Mojca Miklavec
2010-05-13 13:55     ` luigi scarso
2010-05-13 14:16     ` Hans Hagen
2010-05-13 14:32       ` Khaled Hosny
2010-05-13 15:00         ` Hans Hagen
2010-05-13 17:08           ` Khaled Hosny
2010-05-13 21:09             ` Hans Hagen
2010-05-14 13:52               ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2010-05-13 18:46           ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس  سماوي حامد
2010-05-13 20:06             ` Khaled Hosny
2010-05-13 19:31               ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس  سماوي حامد
2010-05-13 21:05                 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2010-05-13 20:25               ` Hans Hagen
2010-05-13 21:26                 ` Khaled Hosny
2010-05-13 21:35                   ` Hans Hagen
2010-05-14 12:37                     ` Khaled Hosny
2010-05-14 12:54                       ` Hans Hagen
2010-05-14 13:10                         ` Khaled Hosny
2010-05-14 14:52                       ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس   سماوي حامد
2010-05-13 18:34       ` Mojca Miklavec
2010-05-13 21:49         ` Hans Hagen
2010-05-14  5:23     ` Taco Hoekwater
2010-05-12 15:20 ` Aditya Mahajan
2010-05-12 15:23   ` Taco Hoekwater
2010-05-12 15:41     ` Aditya Mahajan
2010-05-12 15:45       ` Taco Hoekwater

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