On 8/13/2024 8:30 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Hans Hagen via ntg-context schrieb am 13.08.2024 um 17:40:
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?
The default baseline distance of LaTeX is AFAIK 1.2 times the font size,
adding
\setupinterlinespace [line=1.2\bodyfontsize]
to the document setup should produce similar results with ConTeXt.
that interlinespace is kind of bad as it can lead to inconsistent line
spacing
[dp \the\strutdp] \dorecurse{"FFFF}{%
\ifdim\fontchardp\font#1>\strutdp
\char#1 \space
\fi
}
[ht \the\strutht] \dorecurse{"FFFF}{%
\ifdim\fontcharht\font#1>\strutht
\char#1 \space
\fi
}
So, if oen really wants to go that cramped, maybe try
\setupinterlinespace [line=1.2\bodyfontsize,height=.75,depth=.25]
Hans
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