From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/86115 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: special case to disable italic correction Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:14:19 +0100 Message-ID: <52E7BB3B.8060907@wxs.nl> References: <52E560D7.40403@gmx.es> Reply-To: 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 1390918487 27529 80.91.229.3 (28 Jan 2014 14:14:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:14:47 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Jan 28 15:14:56 2014 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 1W89R7-0007DZ-6v for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:14:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45959101E1; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:14:44 +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 yc5dBchIdxMN; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:14:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BB9F101E6; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:14:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1D7101E6 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:14:38 +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 zl+hS7tY5GEY for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:14:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC9CA101E1 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:14:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from smtp.ziggozakelijk.nl (D57D1DA2.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [213.125.29.162]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id s0SEEWxU030054 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:14:33 +0100 X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=loggedin (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=10.100.1.103; Original-Received: from [10.100.1.103] (unverified [10.100.1.103]) by pragma-net.nl (SurgeMail 6.3c2) with ESMTP id 742-1713362 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:14:32 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 In-Reply-To: <52E560D7.40403@gmx.es> X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-9 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: ntg-context@ntg.nl, base:default, @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=213.125.29.162; country=NL; region=15; city=Zwolle; latitude=52.5058; longitude=6.0858; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.5058,6.0858&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 03LjqexLJ - 4a96b7730918 - 20140128 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 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:86115 Archived-At: On 1/26/2014 8:24 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > Hi Hans, > > after reading the relevant part for italic correction in fonts-mkiv.pdf > and enabling it in my documents, I have found a case in which the italic > correction could be improved. > > My settings are: > > \definefontfeature[default][default][itlc=3Dyes] > \setupitaliccorrection[global,always] > > If I get it right, the italic correction should be avoided before points > and commas (these are all the exceptions I can imagine for this case). > The explanation is simple: the space is already at the base line, since > at the glyph base, the inclination of the italic or slanted glyph makes > the right side-bearing larger at the baseline. The issue with italic > correction is mainly with ascenders or at the cap height, but I think it > isn=92t at the base line (or the descenders). Because of that I think it > is important to disable italic correction before points and commas. > > The sample shows the issue: > > \setuppagenumbering[location=3D] > \definefontfeature[default][default][itlc=3Dyes] > \setupitaliccorrection[global,always] > \starttext > \startTEXpage[offset=3D1ex] > Abf. {\em Abf}.\\ > Abf, {\em Abf},\\ > Abf. {\it Abf}.\\ > Abf, {\it Abf}, > \stopTEXpage > \stoptext > > I think it might be worth considering. > > Many thanks for your help and your excellent work, Hard coded char checking is talking all punctuation is tricky, so i now = use a threshold instead (enabled by default). \disabledirectives[typesetters.threshold] % % % % test: \definefontfeature [default] [default] [itlc=3Dyes] \setupitaliccorrection [global,always] % \enabletrackers[typesetters.italics] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=3D1ex] f. {\em f}.\par f, {\em f},\par f. {\it f}.\par f, {\it f},\par = f: {\it f}:\par f; {\it f};\par x. {\em x}.\par x, {\em x},\par x. {\it x}.\par x, {\it x},\par = x: {\it x}:\par x; {\it x};\par \stopTEXpage \stoptext Will be in next beta. 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