Re: horizontal spacing under special circumstances

[Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>]

Am 2015-12-08 um 02:15 schrieb Rik Kabel <context@rik.users.panix.com>:

>>> When typesetting bibliography manually, I typically use \frenchspacing.
>> You may, but that is increasing spacing (at least around punctuation).
>> But my publisher would like tighter-than-normal spacing.
> Is a condensed font that complements your text face available? That, and reducing the font size should be the first things to look at.
> If neither will work for you, there is a sledge-hammer you can wield: \kerncharacters. Depending on the font and your sensibilities, you might get away with \kerncharacters[-0.07], but even at -0.03 some look bad. You will lose ligatures.

Thank you for the suggestion, but I am not looking for typographical solutions, being a typographer myself.

I asked explicitely for TeXnical advice to achieve tighter spacing - maybe I should have made clear that I don’t mean character kerning but only the handling of "space" glyphs.

Greetlings, Hraban
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