From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com>
To: lists@meahan.net, mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Using *fleurons*
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:22:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52814A92.8030308@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52811927.1070009@meahan.net>
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> Bill Meahan <mailto:subscribed_lists@meahan.net>
> 11. November 2013 18:51
>
>
> 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
Take a look at the fancybreak module:
http://modules.contextgarden.net/dl/t-fancybreak/doc/context/third/fancybreak/fancybreak-doc.pdf
Wolfgang
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-10 15:12 Francisco Gracia
2013-11-10 18:56 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2013-11-11 17:51 ` Bill Meahan
2013-11-11 21:22 ` Wolfgang Schuster [this message]
2013-11-11 21:40 Francisco Gracia
2013-11-11 21:56 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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