Re: weird word breaking in Win64

[<denis.maier@ub.unibe.ch>]

Looks like I can confirm this... see below. But it seems to depend on your PDF viewer. Results in Sumatra and Acrobat differ.

Denis


current version: 2021.05.06 23:35

Sumatra
Coming back to the use of typefaces in
electronic publishing: many of the new
typog‍ raphersreceivetheirknowledgeand
infor‍ mation about the rules of typog‍ ra-
phy from books, from com‍ puter mag‍ a-
zines or the instruction manuals which
theygetwiththepurchaseofaPCorsoft-
ware. There is not so much basic instruc-
tion, as of now, as there was in the old
days,showingthedifferencesbetweengood
and bad typographic design. Many peo-
plearejustfascinatedbytheirPC'stricks,
andthinkthatawidely--praisedprogram,
called up on the screen, will make every-
thing automatic from now on.

Acrobat

Coming back to the use of typefaces in
electronic publishing: many of the new
typog raphers receive their knowledge and
infor mation about the rules of typog raphy
from books, from com puter mag azines
or the instruction manuals which
they get with the purchase of a PC or software.
There is not so much basic instruction,
as of now, as there was in the old
days, showing the differences between good
and bad typographic design. Many people
are just fascinated by their PC's tricks,
and think that a widely--praised program,
called up on the screen, will make everything
automatic from now on.

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ntg-context <ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl> Im Auftrag von Pablo
> Rodriguez
> Gesendet: Samstag, 8. Mai 2021 13:33
> An: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
> Betreff: [NTG-context] weird word breaking in Win64
> 
> Dear list,
> 
> the following sample breaks some words not right in Win64 (I cannot
> reproduce it in Linux):
> 
>   \enabledirectives[fonts.injections.method=advance]
>   \setuppapersize[A6]
>   \definefontfamily[mainface][rm]
>       [TeX Gyre Pagella]
>   \setupbodyfont[mainface]
>   \starttext
>     \input zapf
>   \stoptext
> 
> Copying text from latest Acrobat Reader DC, I get:
> 
>  Coming back to the use of typefaces in
>  electronic publishing: many of the new
>  typog raphers receive their knowledge and  infor mation about the rules of
> typog raphy  from books, from com puter mag azines  or the instruction
> manuals which  they get with the purchase of a PC or software.
>  There is not so much basic instruction,  as of now, as there was in the old
> days, showing the differences between good  and bad typographic design.
> Many people  are just fascinated by their PC's tricks,  and think that a widely--
> praised program,  called up on the screen, will make everything  automatic
> from now on.
> 
> Lines 3-5 contain word breaks that make searching impossible.
> 
> This seems to be added by fonts.injections.method=advance.
> 
> Could anyone on Windows confirm this issue?
> 
> Many thanks for your help,
> 
> Pablo
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