On 8/13/2024 4:49 PM, fm117...@students.panola.edu wrote:
Hello, ConTeXt mailing list! I have a question regarding a difference in the code that I have which
uses the same paper size and margin settings, and also the same indentation rules and font size and
font. It seems that ConTeXt (which I compiled via Windows Terminal, this *is* the proper way to
compile ConTeXt docs, right?) seems to make text that is less... compact, and I am not sure if this
is due to me not adding features that I **should** have turned on in ConTeXt when using Times New
Roman that is installed by default on Windows. I also was not able to get a "proper (?)"
single quote like when Word or LaTeX compiles "Don't", that ' is a straight quote in the
compiled text.
I also heard that ConTeXT would be much better for typography since it does have a more
advanced typographical engine as the base (and this is a big reason as to why I want to
switch to ConTeXt, pretty much everything is built in, I just can't understand
documentation that well), and this may be because my code is very basic and I do not know
how do properly do ConTeXt. Is it possible that ConTeXt also has a more
"correct" way of formatting? Anyways, thank you for reading and taking the time
to read this post.
LuaLaTeX code: https://pastebin.com/p5aWxAyK
ConTeXt code: https://pastebin.com/DsMnxMvY
Can you explain what you mean with less compact? Can we assume that you
are running the LMTX version? (luametatex engine)
\showframe
\setuppapersize
[letter]
[letter]
\setuplayout[
backspace=0.5in,
topspace=0.5in,
header=0in, % No headers
footer=0in, % Space for the footer
width=middle,
height=middle,
]
\setupbodyfont[termes,12pt]
\mainlanguage[en]
\setupindenting[yes,0.5in]
\startsetups document:start
\centerline{\documentvariable{title}}
\centerline{\documentvariable{author}}
\centerline{\documentvariable{date}}
\blank[line]
\stopsetups
\startdocument[title=Title,author=Author,date=Date]
...
\stopdocument
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