Bernhard Tempel <[email protected]> a écrit: > > Hello, > > as Source2e states, the LaTeX font change commands with argument like > \emph{foo} "automatically take care of any necessary italic correction > on either side of the argument" ([1] The LaTeX2e sources [2011/06/27], p. > 190). Using pdfTeX this works with some fonts like Latin Modern or MinionPro. > Unfortunately with luaTeX italic correction in normal text seems not to work > at all. Take a look at the minimal working example following. > > I noticed some earlier discussion about italic correction with lua(La)TeX and > math mode, but this doesn't apply here. As I'm only LaTeX user it's difficult > for me to analyze this more in depth. There are fonts where even pdfTeX has > no > italic correction as the font metrics don't include the necessary values, > e.g. > Linux Libertine. My hope was changing to luaTeX, using otf fonts, would solve > this - which is not the case as I had to realize. > > Any ideas?
Italic correction is a concept related to TFM fonts; OTF fonts do not have such a parameter by default. However, it can be calculated, and apparently luaotfload (the fontloader you must be using) doesn't do that. Best, Paul
