On Jan 17, 2008 4:49 PM, Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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).

I see. OK, not too critical for now.

> > 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).

OK, thanks. I will do some experiments in this regard. And I should join TUG!

> > 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.

A good suggestion, and I will do so after reading some more about pTeX/pLaTeX.

Regards, Gernot

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