···<Datum: Friday, 26. July 2013>···<Von: Ulrike Fischer>···
> Am Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:59:55 +0200 schrieb Philipp Gesang: > > >> Imho the correct solution would be that luatex/luaotfload sets > >> \fontdimen1 for italic fonts to a sensible positiv value. > > > What’s “a sensible value” if italic correction is done on node > > level? There’s tfmdata.properties.autoitalicamount and > > tfmdata.parameters.slantfactor if you need the information [0]. > > We could certainly set further fontdimensions in addition to the > > one we do already (no. 8), but if we spend time on that part then > > why not supply the entire list in one go? Someone knowledgeable > > about font parameters and how they translate to the original > > values would have to supply the code, though, especially when it > > comes to the more delicate parts described in appendix G. > > Perhaps one should ask Jonathan Kew. A similar discussion came up > for xelatex some years ago and he added at the request of Will > Robertston values of some of the standard fontdimens. > > http://tug.org/mailman/htdig/xetex/2005-October/002692.html > http://tug.org/mailman/htdig/xetex/2005-December/002847.html I opened a tracker item for anyone willing to contribute: https://github.com/lualatex/luaotfload/issues/112 but this is definitely going to take a while. Best, Philipp
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