> 1. Unequally-spaced lettering, but aligned at the top and the bottom
> of the box, except for vertical indents at the start of a paragraph
> and the "sticking out" at the bottom of punctuation.

This `sticking out' of punctuation is not supported by the CJK
package.  Maybe it's possible to add that (at least with pdfTeX it is,
I think, cf. microtype.sty).

> 2. Grid-type layout where each character is positioned in its own
> box of equal size to all others, and characters are aligned in the
> horizontal dimension as well as the vertical one. This style is very
> useful for a number of things; for example, for addresses on
> envelopes, titles on book covers, and the like.

If you set the CJK glue to zero, you get this quite easily.  For the
other dimension, it's a quite complicated task if you mix text with,
say, images.  The `octavo' document style package tries to print lines
at a fixed grid (I've never used it by myself).  Another approach is
described here:

  https://www.tug.org/members/TUGboat/tb28-1/tb88bazargan.pdf

(In case you aren't a member of TUG, please wait until April 6th, then
this TUGBoat article can be read online without entering a password).

> So I wonder, from those on the list more familiar with vertical
> typesetting, what meaning can be attributed to any "suggestion" of a
> vertical box height, and is there any point in trying to enforce it?

My knowledge is too limited to be of real help here.

> I am looking at the documentation, code, and output of pTeX/pLaTeX to
> compare what I want to achieve with the CJK package.

Perhaps you should also contact a pTeX forum, repeating your questions
there.


    Werner

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