Re: [NTG-context] Tracking in MKII and MKIV

2011-08-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 16.08.2011 um 02:22 schrieb Raymond LeClair: I am automating the creation of books using ConTeXt with a graphic design graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design. The book cover is created using MetaPost inside a ConTeXt source file. The graphic designer tells me it is

Re: [NTG-context] Tracking in MKII and MKIV

2011-08-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-8-2011 2:22, Raymond LeClair wrote: The graphic designer tells me it is very common to specify the interletter spacing, or tracking, and in fact, he considers this capability to be essential. intercharacter spacing is ok for titling but for running text ... maybe common but not that

Re: [NTG-context] Tracking in MKII and MKIV

2011-08-16 Thread Hans Hagen
best disable the regular kerning: \starttext \definedfont[Serif*none] % no kerning \hsize 2.389in \kerncharacters[0.125] THIS BOOK CONTAINS 988 TWEETS POSTED TO TWITTER BY LADYGAGA FROM MARCH 27, 2008 TO AUGUST 5, 2011. IT WAS PUBLISHED ON DEMAND ON AUGUST 14, 2011

Re: [NTG-context] Tracking in MKII and MKIV

2011-08-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-8-2011 10:37, Hans Hagen wrote: best disable the regular kerning: \starttext \definedfont[Serif*none] % no kerning \hsize 2.389in \kerncharacters[0.125] THIS BOOK CONTAINS 988 TWEETS POSTED TO TWITTER BY LADYGAGA FROM MARCH 27, 2008 TO AUGUST 5, 2011. IT WAS PUBLISHED ON DEMAND

[NTG-context] Tracking in MKII and MKIV

2011-08-15 Thread Raymond LeClair
I am automating the creation of books using ConTeXt with a graphic design graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design. The book cover is created using MetaPost inside a ConTeXt source file. The graphic designer tells me it is very common to specify the interletter spacing, or