From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/6902 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: stretching the caps Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 23:26:10 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020215232413.0399bea0@server-1> References: <3C6CF82E.E0FFC2E6@salamander.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035397407 14845 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:23:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:23:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "ntg-context@ntg.nl" Original-To: Bill McClain In-Reply-To: <3C6CF82E.E0FFC2E6@salamander.com> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:6902 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:6902 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- fall-back web server: www.pragma-pod.nl -------------------------------------------------------------------------