Re: Different size points in ellipsis

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

On 3/28/2014 3:45 PM, Stéphane Goujet wrote:
> Hello again,
>
>
>    If you look at one of the images in my previous post (I attached it
> here again), you may notice the ellipsis (that has 5 periods instead of
> 3, but that is not my concern). Its last period is bigger, to indicate
> the fusion of the ellipsis and the sentence final period. It does not
> seem stupid to me, so, out of curiosity (I believe, in the end, I will
> stick to the modern typography, even if it is more confusing), could
> that be easily typeset with Context ? Either with a bigger final
> period, or with a normal size final period and other smaller ones. I
> guess the second way is better, for consistency with other periods in
> other sentences.
>
>    So far, I have defined ellipsis (all periods having the same size) as:
> \unexpanded\def\ell{{\def\periodswidth{.4em}\periods[5]}}

i'd keep the period constant and mess with the ellipses:

\defineeffect [ellipses] [alternative=both,rulethickness=.5pt]

test \starteffect[ellipses]\textellipsis\stopeffect .



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