The \ConTeXt macro and sans serif fonts

The \ConTeXt macro and sans serif fonts

[Gerben Wierda]

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I want to use the \ConTeXt macro (so the colofon says \ConTeXt was used), but I'm using the Optima font. The result is pretty ugly. With a standard serif font that looks OK, as the n of Con would touch the serif of the upper side of the T if moved more to the right



but with a sans serif font, a 'hole' exists between Con and TeXt:



Is it OK to define my own \ConTeXt so that the kerning is more pleasing?

G

PS. I'm obviously close to finsihing the book if this is what I worry about.

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Re: The \ConTeXt macro and sans serif fonts

[Hans Hagen]

On 1/10/2015 6:28 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

> Is it OK to define my own \ConTeXt so that the kerning is more pleasing?

sure, we're not that picky about it, sometimes small caps look better; 
even the dropped E can be made normal if needed, just do something that 
looks pleasing to your eyes

Hans

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