Re: stretching the caps

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 05:59 AM 2/15/2002 -0600, Bill McClain wrote:
>This is perhaps more of a TeX question. The typography manuals recommend
>letterspacing strings of caps and small caps. I see the \stretch macro,
>but it requires a box of predetermined size. I would like to do
>something like:
>
>Make the string 10% wider:
>
>    \Mystretch {BARCHESTER TOWERS} 1.10
>
>or: Add .2pts between each character:
>
>    \Mystretch {FRAMLEY PARSONAGE} 0.2pts
>
>(I swear I will never letterspace lowercase letters).

ok, in that case i'll tell you the trick:

\def\stretchedspaceamount{2pt} \stretchednormalcase{Hello World}

\def\stretchedspaceamount{3pt} \stretchednormalcase{Hello World}

beware: you need to use {\"e} or >127 ascii's for special chars

i will provide a neater mechanism some day (also outline fonts and so)

Hans

PS. See core-fnt and supp-fun for other trickery
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