[NTG-context] Re: first line in different font

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 9/28/2024 12:26 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Thomas Meyer schrieb am 28.09.2024 um 11:40:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Is it possible to set the first line of an indented paragraph in a 
>> different font?
>> I saw it in a book. There, the first line was indented to half the 
>> line width (\setupindenting[yes, .5\textwidth]) and set in smallcaps.
> 
> Yes it is possible but it stops when the indentation gets too large.
> 
> There seems to be a few other problems because the spaces between the 
> words are too wide and it gets worse with increased indentation.
> 
> %%%% begin example
> \definefirstline
>    [smallcaps]
>    [alternative=line,
>     style=\setsmallcaps]
> 
> \setupbodyfont [pagella]
> 
> % even with wider lines the formatting of the first line stops
> % \setuppapersize[A4,landscape]
> 
> \starttext
> 
> % \setupindenting[yes,.5tw]
> % \setfirstline[smallcaps]
> % \samplefile{lorem}
> 
> \doloopoverlist{0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5}
>    {\setupindenting[yes,\recursestring\textwidth]
>     \inleft{\recursestring}
>     \setfirstline[smallcaps]
>     \samplefile{lorem}
>     \blank}
> 
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example

just comment line 168 in typo-fln (because we run in parindent == glue 
mode in context, otherwise parindent is applied twice) (i didn't check 
mkiv)

Hans

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