From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/70692 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wolfgang Schuster Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Tracking in MKII and MKIV Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:02:18 +0200 Message-ID: <8AB146CB-733C-4DEC-B97A-559200EA9545@googlemail.com> References: <6E564668-96CA-4116-8B8C-394E3EE7E1BA@synterein.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1313481764 6653 80.91.229.12 (16 Aug 2011 08:02:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:02:44 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Aug 16 10:02:40 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QtEbf-0003Vp-PO for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; 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Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:02:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6E564668-96CA-4116-8B8C-394E3EE7E1BA@synterein.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.85.161.41; country=US; region=CA; city=Mountain View; postalcode=94043; latitude=37.4192; longitude=-122.0574; metrocode=807; areacode=650; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.4192,-122.0574&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 06FkU2lkm - 052874fe813d - 20110816 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.69 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:70692 Archived-At: 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 interlette= r spacing, or tracking, and in fact, he considers this capability to be ess= ential. > = > I understand that these, so called, microtypography capabilities are pres= ent in pdfTeX fully, but only partially present in LuaTeX (protrusion and e= xpansion), 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=92s also important to disable kerning, ligatures etc. \definepapersize[LG1][width=3D9.24in,height=3D6.87in] \definepapersize[LP1][width=3D9.49in,height=3D7.12in] \setuppapersize[LG1][LP1] \setuplayout[location=3Dmiddle,marking=3Doff] \setuppagenumber[state=3Dstop] %\definefont[LabelFont][Serif sa 0.583] \definefont[LabelFont][Serif*none at 7pt] \definelayer[cover] \starttext \startlayout[page] \startstandardmakeup \setlayerframed [cover] [x=3D0.3472in, y=3D0.3472in] [frame=3Doff, width=3D2.6in, align=3D{right,broad}, foregroundstyle=3DLabelFont] {\setupinterlinespace[line=3D10.5pt] \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 ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________