From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Tracking in MKII and MKIV
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:02:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8AB146CB-733C-4DEC-B97A-559200EA9545@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6E564668-96CA-4116-8B8C-394E3EE7E1BA@synterein.com>
Am 16.08.2011 um 02:22 schrieb Raymond LeClair:
> I am automating the creation of books using ConTeXt with a graphic design graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design.
>
> The book cover is created using MetaPost inside a ConTeXt source file.
>
> The graphic designer tells me it is very common to specify the interletter spacing, or tracking, and in fact, he considers this capability to be essential.
>
> I understand that these, so called, microtypography capabilities are present in pdfTeX fully, but only partially present in LuaTeX (protrusion and expansion), although tracking can be set in a way using \kerncharacters[0.5] in LuaTeX.
>
> However, the quality of the typesetting produced by LuaTeX is completely inadequate, while the quality of the typesetting produced by pdfTeX is very good.
>
> Am I miss-understanding the differences in capability between pdfTeX and LuaTeX in this regard?
To place elements on a fixed position on the page you can use layers.
It’s also important to disable kerning, ligatures etc.
\definepapersize[LG1][width=9.24in,height=6.87in]
\definepapersize[LP1][width=9.49in,height=7.12in]
\setuppapersize[LG1][LP1]
\setuplayout[location=middle,marking=off]
\setuppagenumber[state=stop]
%\definefont[LabelFont][Serif sa 0.583]
\definefont[LabelFont][Serif*none at 7pt]
\definelayer[cover]
\starttext
\startlayout[page]
\startstandardmakeup
\setlayerframed
[cover]
[x=0.3472in,
y=0.3472in]
[frame=off,
width=2.6in,
align={right,broad},
foregroundstyle=LabelFont]
{\setupinterlinespace[line=10.5pt]
\setuptolerance[space]%
\kerncharacters[0.25]
THIS BOOK CONTAINS 988 TWEETS POSTED TO
TWITTER BY LADYGAGA FROM MARCH 27, 2008
TO AUGUST 5, 2011. IT WAS PUBLISHED ON
DEMAND ON AUGUST 14, 2011\par}
\placelayer[cover]
\stopstandardmakeup
\stoplayout
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-16 0:22 Raymond LeClair
2011-08-16 8:02 ` Wolfgang Schuster [this message]
2011-08-16 8:23 ` Hans Hagen
2011-08-16 8:37 ` Hans Hagen
2011-08-16 23:11 ` Hans Hagen
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