adjusting vertical space

adjusting vertical space

[jbf via ntg-context]

The following MWE produces a passable result for a half-title page, but 
I need to reduce the vertical space between 'A JOURNEY' and 'from the' 
so that the 'h' of the 'the' is just touching the baseline of the 'R' in 
JOURNEY. At the moment there is some distance between them.

I thought I could do this with \setupinterlinespace[] (not represented 
in the MWE because it did not work) but no matter what dimensions I put 
in there, it makes no difference. Is there another way I can make 
infinitesimal adjustments to distance between the two lines in question?

Julian


\startstandardmakeup[top=]
\startalignment[middle]

\definedfont[name:SemplicitaPro-Medium.ttf*default at 34pt]
\color[gray]{A JOURNEY}

\definedfont[name:baskerville-italic.ttf*default at 26pt]
\color[gray]{from the}

\definedfont[name:SemplicitaPro-Medium.ttf*default at 34pt]
\color[gray]{BEGINNING}
\stopalignment
\stopstandardmakeup
\startstandardmakeup[top= ]

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Re: adjusting vertical space

[Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context]

Am 25.11.21 um 00:06 schrieb jbf via ntg-context:
> The following MWE produces a passable result for a half-title page, but 
> I need to reduce the vertical space between 'A JOURNEY' and 'from the' 
> so that the 'h' of the 'the' is just touching the baseline of the 'R' in 
> JOURNEY. At the moment there is some distance between them.
> 
> I thought I could do this with \setupinterlinespace[] (not represented 
> in the MWE because it did not work) but no matter what dimensions I put 
> in there, it makes no difference. Is there another way I can make 
> infinitesimal adjustments to distance between the two lines in question?

You can try \offset[y=-3pt]{your text} or \vskip-3pt

Not good style, but could work.

Hraban
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Re: adjusting vertical space

[Thomas A. Schmitz via ntg-context]

On 11/25/21 00:06, jbf via ntg-context wrote:
> The following MWE

You do know what MWE stands for, right?

Thomas
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Re: adjusting vertical space

[jbf via ntg-context]

That was the clue I needed - in particular the use of minus values, 
which I had entirely overlooked. And since \vskip works, so, therefore, 
does simple \blank with a minus value (and better style!), and for that 
matter also \hskip to make micro horizontal adjustments. In the end, so 
simple and another lesson learned - look to the simple rather than the 
more complicated solutions first.

Thank you for the patient mentoring.

Julian

On 25/11/21 7:22 pm, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:
> Am 25.11.21 um 00:06 schrieb jbf via ntg-context:
>> The following MWE produces a passable result for a half-title page, 
>> but I need to reduce the vertical space between 'A JOURNEY' and 'from 
>> the' so that the 'h' of the 'the' is just touching the baseline of 
>> the 'R' in JOURNEY. At the moment there is some distance between them.
>>
>> I thought I could do this with \setupinterlinespace[] (not 
>> represented in the MWE because it did not work) but no matter what 
>> dimensions I put in there, it makes no difference. Is there another 
>> way I can make infinitesimal adjustments to distance between the two 
>> lines in question?
>
> You can try \offset[y=-3pt]{your text} or \vskip-3pt
>
> Not good style, but could work.
>
> Hraban
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