* Adjust the tracking
@ 2012-05-16 18:52 Marco
2012-05-17 11:50 ` Hans Hagen
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From: Marco @ 2012-05-16 18:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Hi everybody,
how does one adjust the tracking of a font? The command
\definecharacterkerning does almost what I need. However, it breaks
the ligatures.
\definecharacterkerning [track] [factor=.01]
\starttext
\showboxes
\switchtobodyfont [72pt]
final suffocating flange
% all ligatures lost
\setcharacterkerning [track]
final suffocating flange
\stoptext
Marco
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* Re: Adjust the tracking
2012-05-16 18:52 Adjust the tracking Marco
@ 2012-05-17 11:50 ` Hans Hagen
2012-05-17 12:26 ` Marco
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2012-05-17 11:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On 16-5-2012 20:52, Marco wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> how does one adjust the tracking of a font? The command
> \definecharacterkerning does almost what I need. However, it breaks
> the ligatures.
sure, because as soon as one starts adding extra space between
characters ligatures make no sense any longer
Hans
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* Re: Adjust the tracking
2012-05-17 11:50 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2012-05-17 12:26 ` Marco
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From: Marco @ 2012-05-17 12:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
On 2012-05-17 Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
> > how does one adjust the tracking of a font? The command
> > \definecharacterkerning does almost what I need. However, it breaks
> > the ligatures.
>
> sure, because as soon as one starts adding extra space between
> characters ligatures make no sense any longer
It depends on the amount of space. If the added space is small it
might not justify breaking the ligatures. If it exceeds some
threshold, then I totally agree with you.
Marco
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