From: Stefan Nedeljkovic via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: Max Chernoff <mseven@telus.net>
Cc: Stefan Nedeljkovic <tsar.srb@gmail.com>,
mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Specifying font size as x-height
Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 10:27:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGraPNck5B1z_7-LfUx7dPrNr6K4iEVUb92QugxpeEGZpfpRYw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGraPNerMTFy5nLMyX6rYF870pu1OWUD7y1uvjrE+-gvhH-1+A@mail.gmail.com>
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One slight problem is when I use 2\measured{xheight} as the font size I get
an error. \measure works fine though.
On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 9:34 AM Stefan Nedeljkovic <tsar.srb@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Awesome, thank you very much Max!
>
> On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 8:49 AM Max Chernoff <mseven@telus.net> wrote:
>
>> > How would one specify the font size in LMTX, but via x-height?
>>
>> You could try this:
>>
>> \starttexdefinition setxheight [#1][#2]
>> \switchtobodyfont[#1, 12pt]
>> \switchtobodyfont[#1, \cldcontext{tex.sp"#2" / tex.sp"1ex" *
>> tex.sp"1em" .. "sp"}]
>> \stoptexdefinition
>>
>> Demo:
>>
>> \starttexdefinition setxheight [#1][#2]
>> \switchtobodyfont[#1, 12pt]
>> \switchtobodyfont[#1, \cldcontext{tex.sp"#2" / tex.sp"1ex" *
>> tex.sp"1em" .. "sp"}]
>> \stoptexdefinition
>>
>> \define[1]\sample{%
>> \setxheight[#1][10pt] Hello%
>> }
>>
>> \setuppapersize[letter, landscape]
>>
>> \starttext
>> \dontleavehmode\rlap{\vrule width\textwidth height 10.5pt depth
>> -10pt}%
>> \processcommalist[modern, pagella, termes, heros, bonum,
>> scholas, adventor, cursor, chorus, dejavu]\sample
>> \stoptext
>>
>> This is kind of a hacky solution though. It works reasonably well,
>> although there's likely a better (perhaps builtin?) way to do this.
>>
>> -- Max
>>
>
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-27 19:18 Stefan Nedeljkovic via ntg-context
2022-05-28 6:49 ` Max Chernoff via ntg-context
2022-05-28 7:34 ` Stefan Nedeljkovic via ntg-context
2022-05-28 8:27 ` Stefan Nedeljkovic via ntg-context [this message]
2022-05-28 8:40 ` Max Chernoff via ntg-context
2022-05-28 9:40 ` Stefan Nedeljkovic via ntg-context
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