From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: lower superscripts in MkIV -- too low?
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:29:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <532D9E60.4000405@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0CC44EA5-F317-4D1B-B481-BD2C91EF6692@gmail.com>
On 3/22/2014 8:17 AM, Otared Kavian wrote:
> Hi Sanjoy,
>
> I agree with you to say that the position of subscripts and superscripts in mkiv is not perfect: the same remark applies to the position of the derivative sign « prime » as $u’(t)$.
>
> Actually in mkii (and also in plain TeX) the positions of the superscripts in your example are the same, but this is not the case with subscripts:
> $x_{3}\ x\mathstrut_{3}$
> that is in mkii the latter $x\mathstrut_{3}$ gives a lower subscript, while in plain TeX both subscripts are positioned at an identical depth.
>
> I would say the position of subscripts and superscripts in mkiv should be identical with one gets with the latest beta (version 2014.03.20 16:59) in the following example
> \starttext
> $x\mathstrut_{3}$ and $x\mathstrut^{3}$
> \stoptext
>
> However as Hans pointed out, regarding maths typesetting in mkiv there are also some font related issues.
we have a more modern implementation in the next beta
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-21 16:34 Sanjoy Mahajan
2014-03-22 7:17 ` Otared Kavian
2014-03-22 14:29 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2014-03-23 1:12 ` Sanjoy Mahajan
2014-03-28 12:21 ` Sanjoy Mahajan
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