From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/83567 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Using backslash in chapter title. Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 20:23:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20130728191131.2475e3d9@wexfordpress> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375057455 969 80.91.229.3 (29 Jul 2013 00:24:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:24:15 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jul 29 02:24:17 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V3bG5-0001pH-2w for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:24:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E16101F0; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:23:47 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id GpYXUjRGUcI9; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:23:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5156C101E4; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:23:46 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2977B101E4 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:23:45 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id wJxLwj-OG1J0 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:23:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter3-utr.mf.surf.net (filter3-utr.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.154]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D794101E3 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:23:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.12.86]) by filter3-utr.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r6T0Nn36008288 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2013 02:23:50 +0200 Original-Received: FROM adi-thinkpad.local ((null) [135.0.233.198]) By tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 51F5B613.6B216.1570 ; Authuser adityam; 28 Jul 2013 20:23:47 EDT In-Reply-To: <20130728191131.2475e3d9@wexfordpress> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0007 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=141.211.12.86; country=US; region=MI; city=Ann Arbor; postalcode=48109; latitude=42.2923; longitude=-83.7145; metrocode=505; areacode=734; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.2923,-83.7145&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 08K60nNPu - 05d0951921cd - 20130729 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.154 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:83567 Archived-At: On Sun, 28 Jul 2013, john Culleton wrote: > Using MKIV and MyriadProBold for my sanserif font I have the following > chapter title: > "Can You Type \bye?" > which I type as > \chapter{Can You type \backslash bye?} > > The slash appears but a bit low and much too thin. I have tried > various games including creating a special font just for this > character but nothing changes. the \backslash command seems > invulnerable to change. Is there a way in MKIV to express a backslash > in another way (bigger and bolder)? \backslash is a math mode command. For text backslash, use \textbackslash or \letterbackslash. You can also try \chapter{Can you type \tex{bye}?} Aditya ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________