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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Smaller bullet points
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 19:41:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <565B46E2.7060206@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA36g0WWuEzy8e7vk1pMmrv=NCabMJQwz+p-LopvBSKP5pvRFA@mail.gmail.com>

On 11/29/2015 7:33 PM, Kate F wrote:
> On 29 November 2015 at 17:51, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>> On 11/29/2015 5:55 PM, Kate F wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm defining a slightly smaller bullet point symbol:
>>>
>>>    \definesymbol[smallbullet][\small\bullet]
>>>    \setupitemize[1][smallbullet]
>>>
>>> This aligns the smaller bullet point to the baseline of text, which is
>>> too low. I'd like to have it vertically centered, such that it aligns
>>> in the middle of where the regular-sized \bullet would be. I tried
>>> using \inframed[height=\lineheight], but I couldn't find a way to make
>>> that end up in the right place.
>>
>>
>> \definesymbol
>>    [smallbullet]
>>    [\raise.1ex\hbox{\mathematics{\scriptstyle\bullet}}]
>>
>
> Thanks! Where does the .1ex come from? Is that value derived from some
> measurement, or does it just look about right?

the x height


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      reply	other threads:[~2015-11-29 18:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-29 16:55 Kate F
2015-11-29 17:51 ` Hans Hagen
2015-11-29 18:33   ` Kate F
2015-11-29 18:41     ` Hans Hagen [this message]

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