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From: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
To: Shuxian Wang <wsx@udscbt.io>,
	mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Multi-letter words/identifiers in math
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 19:28:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <af571bc3-a605-2096-b799-0dbe939787f1@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA58SD99+xNeyEPQGU6ELHurO35+RVDUTjUanSfG5xMJnweHJA@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/1/2019 6:52 PM, Shuxian Wang wrote:
> Thanks Hans!
> 
> Your suggestion does partially solve the problem, but it seems that 
> `\mfunction` internally called `\rm` to set upright Roman font in math 
> mode. Does achieving the same effects (text-like kerning) for italics 
> and bold style still requires custom fonts?
It depends on the font. A proper opentype math font should have at least 
the basic latin characters for test and these then if needed will have 
kerns and such.

Hans


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      parent reply	other threads:[~2019-10-01 17:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-29  7:30 Shuxian Wang
2019-09-30 13:22 ` Hans Hagen
     [not found]   ` <CAA58SD99+xNeyEPQGU6ELHurO35+RVDUTjUanSfG5xMJnweHJA@mail.gmail.com>
2019-10-01 17:28     ` Hans Hagen [this message]

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