[NTG-context] Re: first line in different font

[Thomas Meyer <thomasgmeyer@t-online.de>]

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Thank you, Hans,

that was very helpful!

Greetings
Thomas


Am 28.09.24 um 19:53 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
> On 9/28/2024 12:26 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
>> Thomas Meyer schrieb am 28.09.2024 um 11:40:
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> Is it possible to set the first line of an indented paragraph in a 
>>> different font?
>>> I saw it in a book. There, the first line was indented to half the 
>>> line width (\setupindenting[yes, .5\textwidth]) and set in smallcaps.
>>
>> Yes it is possible but it stops when the indentation gets too large.
>>
>> There seems to be a few other problems because the spaces between the 
>> words are too wide and it gets worse with increased indentation.
>>
>> %%%% begin example
>> \definefirstline
>>    [smallcaps]
>>    [alternative=line,
>>     style=\setsmallcaps]
>>
>> \setupbodyfont [pagella]
>>
>> % even with wider lines the formatting of the first line stops
>> % \setuppapersize[A4,landscape]
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> % \setupindenting[yes,.5tw]
>> % \setfirstline[smallcaps]
>> % \samplefile{lorem}
>>
>> \doloopoverlist{0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5}
>>    {\setupindenting[yes,\recursestring\textwidth]
>>     \inleft{\recursestring}
>>     \setfirstline[smallcaps]
>>     \samplefile{lorem}
>>     \blank}
>>
>> \stoptext
>> %%%% end example
>
> just comment line 168 in typo-fln (because we run in parindent == glue 
> mode in context, otherwise parindent is applied twice) (i didn't check 
> mkiv)
>
> Hans
>
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