On Fri, 27 May 2011 21:19:29 +0200
Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> 
> Am 27.05.2011 um 21:08 schrieb Marc Trius:
> 
> > No, what is something like:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > \starttypescript      [Standard]
> >      \definetypeface [Standard] [rm] [serif] [frankruehl]       [default] 
> > [features=default]
> >      \definetypeface [Alt]    [rm] [serif] [frankruehl] [default] 
> > [features=alt]
> >  \stoptypescript
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > {\Alt This is the first line after a whitespace, this is the linebreak} and 
> > this is the rest of the paragraph. I'd like to have a macro that 
> > automatically styles the first line only so I don't have to guess at 
> > linebreaks every time I edit the text.
> > 
> > I need to do this because in texts that are written with the Hebrew 
> > alphabet, a shorter glyph of the tallest letter, 'lamed,' is used inside a 
> > block of text than in a first line, so that the interline space can be 
> > smaller. Employing this technique makes the difference between a pretty 
> > good and a really first-rate typesetting job :)
> 
> Adapt the following to your case:
> 
> \setupbodyfont[pagella]
> 
> \definefontfeature[allcaps][smcp=yes,c2sc=yes]
> 
> \starttext
> 
> \TreatFirstLine {\addff{allcaps}} {} {} {}
> The Earth, as a habitat for animal life, is in old age and has a fatal 
> illness. Several, in fact. It would be happening whether humans had ever 
> evolved or not. But our presence is like the effect of an old-age patient who 
> smokes many packs of cigarettes per day — and we humans are the cigarettes.
> 
> \stoptext
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
>
This works perfectly! Also, the \addff is going to make my life much easier. 
Thank you very much.

Marc
 
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