Microtype & ConTeXt question

Microtype & ConTeXt question

[Gerben Wierda]

http://mail.rna.nl/~gerben/microtype.tiff contains an image of a margin 
of a piece of text I just have typeset with ConTeXt.

I was wondering about two things:

1. How does one set up the use of margi kerning in ConTeXt given that 
my ConTeXt (without me having selected it myself) uses Latin Modern?

I have tried adding

\usetypescript [serif,sans,mono] [hanging]  [thanh]

to my environment file.

2. If you look at the image (link above) you see that there is no 
margin kerning there. Also I was wondering if margin kerning would make 
not only the . protrude but also the slanted f protrude negatively.

G

Re: Microtype & ConTeXt question

[Adam Lindsay]

Gerben Wierda said this at Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:19:08 +0100:

>
>1. How does one set up the use of margi kerning in ConTeXt given that 
>my ConTeXt (without me having selected it myself) uses Latin Modern?

I only know a little bit about microtype (hanging/handling) in ConTeXt.
This is the code that I start from:

\usetypescript[serif]     [hanging] [normal] %see type-exa
\usetypescript[postscript][texnansi]
\setupalign   [hanging]
\setupbodyfont[postscript]

\setuplayout[width=5in]
\showframe
\starttext
\input tufte
\it\input tufte
\stoptext


(The reason why it's easier to do an example with Times rather than Latin
Modern is because the handling handler needs to insert the hanging code,
which is a little bit more involved with the pre-loaded, default font.)

>Also I was wondering if margin kerning would make 
>not only the . protrude but also the slanted f protrude negatively.

I'm not sure how the italic protrusion code works, but I think it is
capable of handling your 'f's in the way you want.
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