Bill McClain wrote
> This is perhaps more of a TeX question. The typography manuals recommend
> letterspacing strings of caps and small caps. I see the \stretch macro,
> but it requires a box of predetermined size. I would like to do
> something like:
>
> Make the string 10% wider:
>
> \Mystretch {BARCHESTER TOWERS} 1.10
>
> or: Add .2pts between each character:
>
> \Mystretch {FRAMLEY PARSONAGE} 0.2pts
>
> (I swear I will never letterspace lowercase letters).
If you can live with a muddle of plain, latex and context, then
consider the soul.sty package (available on CTAN). I've included an
example below
%--------------------------------------------------
\input miniltx
\input soul.sty
\sodef\SO{}{.08em}{.4em}{1em}%
\setuplabeltext[chapter=\SO{CHAPTER} ]
\def\ChapterTitle#1#2{%
\vbox{
\hbox{\midaligned{#1}}
\blank[big]
\hbox{\midaligned{#2}}
}
}
\setuphead
[chapter]
[command=\ChapterTitle,
page=right]
\setupbodyfont[cmr,10pt]
\starttext
\chapter{\small\SO{WHO WILL BE THE NEW BISHOP?}}
In the latter days of July in the year 185--, a most important
question was for 10 days hourly asked in the cathedral city of
Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways---Who was to be
the new bishop?
...
\stoptext
%--------------------------------------------------
