Re: Kerning

[Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>]

Am 12.11.2008 um 16:48 schrieb Bart C. Wise:

> I am trying to change the spacing of a chapter title head.  I found  
> the
> "\kern" command; however, I could not get that to work over a string  
> of text.
>
> Then I found the following code:
> \def\dolist{\afterassignment\dodolist\let\next= }
> \def\dodolist{\ifx\next\endlist \let\next\relax
>   \else \\\let\next\dolist \fi
>   \next}
> \def\endlist{\endlist}
> \def\track#1\by#2{\def\\{\next\kern#2}%
>   \leavevmode \hbox{\expandafter\dolist#1\endlist}}
>
> Then I tried:
>
> def\MyChapterCommand#1#2{
>        \framed[align=center,frame=off,width=\textwidth]{
> 		\vbox{
> 			\track{This is a Test} \by{.2em}
> 			\track #2  \by{.2em}
> 		}
> 	}
> \setuphead[chapter][
>    command=\MyChapterCommand
> }
>
> The output from the \track{This is a Test} \by{.2em} works.   
> However, the
> second track command (\track #2 \by{0.2em}) fails.
>
> I spent many hours last night trying to change the kerning.  What I  
> want is
> something like: \kern{TEXT}{KERNING AMOUNT}.
>
> What's available, or how do I fix the track command above.  By the  
> way,I'm
> running mkii.


Search for \stretched and \stretchednormalcase.

http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20080815.074940.ae67f770.en.html

Wolfgang

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