From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/85197 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Meahan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Using *fleurons* Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:51:35 -0500 Message-ID: <52811927.1070009@meahan.net> References: Reply-To: lists@meahan.net, mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1384192285 9409 80.91.229.3 (11 Nov 2013 17:51:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:51:25 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Nov 11 18:51:31 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vfve6-0007rU-ID for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:51:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C8D1021D; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:51:29 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id UiT-B4aUo56H; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:51:28 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFEB4101F5; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:51:27 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EFDC101F5 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:51:27 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id LxDTwzjHmfvg for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:51:25 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter1-utr.mf.surf.net (filter1-utr.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.152]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27DC8101F3 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:51:24 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail32c40.carrierzone.com (mail89c40.carrierzone.com [209.235.156.229]) by filter1-utr.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id rABHpMUg001806 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:51:23 +0100 X-Authenticated-User: subscribed_lists.meahan.net Original-Received: from [192.168.1.114] (d27-96-221-12.nap.wideopenwest.com [96.27.12.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail32c40.carrierzone.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id rABHpDia013308 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:51:16 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 In-Reply-To: X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020207.52811914.00C0, ss=1, re=0.100, recu=0.000, reip=0.000, cl=1, cld=1, fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.100 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.235.156.229; country=US; region=FL; city=Fort Lauderdale; postalcode=33301; latitude=26.1209; longitude=-80.1273; metrocode=528; areacode=954; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=26.1209,-80.1273&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 07KMhPmoS - ba6598509c7c - 20131111 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:85197 Archived-At: On 11/10/2013 10:12 AM, Francisco Gracia wrote: > *Fleurons* are small decorative pieces that were often used in the = > past for filling big blank spaces in books. They are seldom used = > nowdays. As besides they will not appear more than a few times in any = > book (mainly at the end of chapters), the easiest thing to do if one = > insists in using them (for instance for simulating an old edition of = > some past work) is to arrange its presence manually in the source = > document in the way one would do for any other figure or piece of text. The following has worked quite well for me. I hate using a centered "* * = *" for a thematic break so I use a fleuron. I write fiction, not = math-filled academic-journal articles or textbooks so this may not be = applicable in your case. First, I use one of many available "dingbat" fonts to provide the = fleuron. I am partial to the curly-ques in Nymphette (a = readily-available free font) but there are many others. In my preamble I define: \definefont[FleuronFont] [nymphette sa 1.5] Then where I want to place a fleuron I can do something like this. \midaligned{{\MedBlue \FleuronFont g}} In this case, the text letter 'g' corresponds to the particular little = symbol I want. YMMV -- = Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan = =93Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.=94 =97Iris Murdoch This message is digitally signed with an X.509 certificate to prove it is from me and has not been altered since it was sent. ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________