Grid typesetting and inline math

Grid typesetting and inline math

[Christoph Redecker]

Hello,

I'm struggling with the grid. I've stepped from LaTeX to luaLaTeX for a 
simpler font selection, and from luaLaTeX to ConTeXt for getting a 
usable grid (because I was told that it supports typesetting on a grid). 
Now that I got font selection working as desired in ConTeXt, the grid is 
driving me crazy.

I'm trying to use the grid as described in details.pdf, and I want 
halfline spacing around formulas in text, because a full line is 
definitely too much. This is what I'm compiling:

\setupbodyfont[10pt,serif] % should be lm?
\setuplayout[grid=yes]
\setuptextformulas[step=halfline]
\starttext
\showgrid
Testing inline math: \gform{x_2 = \frac{a}{b}}. The following line 
should be seperated from this one by half a line, but it isn't.

Testing inline math: \gform[-]{x_2 = \frac{a}{b}}. The following line 
should be seperated from this one by half a line, but it isn't.
\stoptext

Both paragraphs look identical, the second line is too far away from the 
first one. What's wrong with my code?

Also, how can I manually depart from the grid, e.g. for block quotes?

Regards,

Christoph
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Re: Grid typesetting and inline math

[Khaled Hosny]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:59:34AM +0200, Christoph Redecker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm struggling with the grid. I've stepped from LaTeX to luaLaTeX
> for a simpler font selection, and from luaLaTeX to ConTeXt for
> getting a usable grid (because I was told that it supports
> typesetting on a grid). Now that I got font selection working as
> desired in ConTeXt, the grid is driving me crazy.
> 
> I'm trying to use the grid as described in details.pdf, and I want
> halfline spacing around formulas in text, because a full line is
> definitely too much. This is what I'm compiling:
> 
> \setupbodyfont[10pt,serif] % should be lm?
> \setuplayout[grid=yes]
> \setuptextformulas[step=halfline]
> \starttext
> \showgrid
> Testing inline math: \gform{x_2 = \frac{a}{b}}. The following line
> should be seperated from this one by half a line, but it isn't.
> 
> Testing inline math: \gform[-]{x_2 = \frac{a}{b}}. The following
> line should be seperated from this one by half a line, but it isn't.
> \stoptext
> 
> Both paragraphs look identical, the second line is too far away from
> the first one. What's wrong with my code?

Not sure, but try grid=on.

Regards,
 Khaled

-- 
 Khaled Hosny
 Egyptian
 Arab
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Re: Grid typesetting and inline math

[Christoph Redecker]

Thanks for the suggestion!

With grid=on, I get a different result, but it's not better. Code:

Testing inline math: \gform{x_2 = \sqrt{\frac{a}{b_2}}}. The following 
line should be seperated from this one with half a line, but it isn't. 
In this case, there is no space and the root sign reaches deeply into 
the following line.

Regards,

Christoph

Am 20.04.2011 11:56, schrieb Khaled Hosny:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:59:34AM +0200, Christoph Redecker wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm struggling with the grid. I've stepped from LaTeX to luaLaTeX
>> for a simpler font selection, and from luaLaTeX to ConTeXt for
>> getting a usable grid (because I was told that it supports
>> typesetting on a grid). Now that I got font selection working as
>> desired in ConTeXt, the grid is driving me crazy.
>>
>> I'm trying to use the grid as described in details.pdf, and I want
>> halfline spacing around formulas in text, because a full line is
>> definitely too much. This is what I'm compiling:
>>
>> \setupbodyfont[10pt,serif] % should be lm?
>> \setuplayout[grid=yes]
>> \setuptextformulas[step=halfline]
>> \starttext
>> \showgrid
>> Testing inline math: \gform{x_2 = \frac{a}{b}}. The following line
>> should be seperated from this one by half a line, but it isn't.
>>
>> Testing inline math: \gform[-]{x_2 = \frac{a}{b}}. The following
>> line should be seperated from this one by half a line, but it isn't.
>> \stoptext
>>
>> Both paragraphs look identical, the second line is too far away from
>> the first one. What's wrong with my code?
>
> Not sure, but try grid=on.
>
> Regards,
>   Khaled
>
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Re: Grid typesetting and inline math

[Christoph Redecker]

Are there any other suggestions? I did read the manual chapter about 
grids and details.pdf and don't know what I'm doing wrong. In fact, I 
don't even understand the examples in the manual chapter. When reading 
the example code, I can't figure out how it leads to the shown behavior, 
and why the shown effect is desired.

The \startlinecorrection ... \stoplinecorrection description in the wiki 
is also no help. What does it do and how does it differ from a globally 
enabled grid?

Regards,

Christoph

Am 20.04.2011 12:31, schrieb Christoph Redecker:
> Thanks for the suggestion!
>
> With grid=on, I get a different result, but it's not better. Code:
>
> Testing inline math: \gform{x_2 = \sqrt{\frac{a}{b_2}}}. The following
> line should be seperated from this one with half a line, but it isn't.
> In this case, there is no space and the root sign reaches deeply into
> the following line.
>
> Regards,
>
> Christoph
>
> Am 20.04.2011 11:56, schrieb Khaled Hosny:
>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:59:34AM +0200, Christoph Redecker wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm struggling with the grid. I've stepped from LaTeX to luaLaTeX
>>> for a simpler font selection, and from luaLaTeX to ConTeXt for
>>> getting a usable grid (because I was told that it supports
>>> typesetting on a grid). Now that I got font selection working as
>>> desired in ConTeXt, the grid is driving me crazy.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to use the grid as described in details.pdf, and I want
>>> halfline spacing around formulas in text, because a full line is
>>> definitely too much. This is what I'm compiling:
>>>
>>> \setupbodyfont[10pt,serif] % should be lm?
>>> \setuplayout[grid=yes]
>>> \setuptextformulas[step=halfline]
>>> \starttext
>>> \showgrid
>>> Testing inline math: \gform{x_2 = \frac{a}{b}}. The following line
>>> should be seperated from this one by half a line, but it isn't.
>>>
>>> Testing inline math: \gform[-]{x_2 = \frac{a}{b}}. The following
>>> line should be seperated from this one by half a line, but it isn't.
>>> \stoptext
>>>
>>> Both paragraphs look identical, the second line is too far away from
>>> the first one. What's wrong with my code?
>>
>> Not sure, but try grid=on.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Khaled
>>
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Re: Grid typesetting and inline math

[Christoph Redecker]

After some trial and error, I'm using

\setuplayout[grid=yes]

\startlinecorrection
   Paragraph with inline math
   \gform{math stuff} % without the optional [-]
   and some more text that belongs to this parapgraph
\stoplinecorrection

and

\blank[-1*line]

where necessary. It is not really a convenient solution, but it works 
and I've got the impression that I can do what I want.

Again: Does anyone have a better solution or advice regarding grid usage?

Regards,

Christoph

Am 19.04.2011 11:59, schrieb Christoph Redecker:
> Hello,
>
> I'm struggling with the grid. I've stepped from LaTeX to luaLaTeX for a
> simpler font selection, and from luaLaTeX to ConTeXt for getting a
> usable grid (because I was told that it supports typesetting on a grid).
> Now that I got font selection working as desired in ConTeXt, the grid is
> driving me crazy.
>
> I'm trying to use the grid as described in details.pdf, and I want
> halfline spacing around formulas in text, because a full line is
> definitely too much. This is what I'm compiling:
>
> \setupbodyfont[10pt,serif] % should be lm?
> \setuplayout[grid=yes]
> \setuptextformulas[step=halfline]
> \starttext
> \showgrid
> Testing inline math: \gform{x_2 = \frac{a}{b}}. The following line
> should be seperated from this one by half a line, but it isn't.
>
> Testing inline math: \gform[-]{x_2 = \frac{a}{b}}. The following line
> should be seperated from this one by half a line, but it isn't.
> \stoptext
>
> Both paragraphs look identical, the second line is too far away from the
> first one. What's wrong with my code?
>
> Also, how can I manually depart from the grid, e.g. for block quotes?
>
> Regards,
>
> Christoph
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