# Re: [NTG-context] strange text/math spacing

Hi Vyatcheslav,

> - Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070222 14:17]:
> Hi,
>
> I found a small but annoying thing about math. When I typeset
> in-line formula like '...a vector of $a_x$ is...', it creates too
> little space between 'of' and succeeding lowercase math
> symbol.

I cannot reproduce your problem. Take a look at this minimal example:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% Pick one of the following for different types of bounding boxes.
%\def\boxit#1{{#1}}
%\def\boxit#1{\hbox{#1}}
\def\boxit#1{\hbox{\strut #1}}
\showmakeup
\starttext
The absolute value of \boxit{a} is positive.\crlf
The absolute value of \boxit{\it a} is positive.\crlf
The absolute value of \boxit{$a$} is positive.\crlf

The absolute value of \boxit{b} is positive.\crlf
The absolute value of \boxit{\it b} is positive.\crlf
The absolute value of \boxit{$b$} is positive.\crlf

The absolute value of \boxit{A} is positive.\crlf
The absolute value of \boxit{\it A} is positive.\crlf
The absolute value of \boxit{$A$} is positive.\crlf

The absolute value of \boxit{B} is positive.\crlf
The absolute value of \boxit{\it B} is positive.\crlf
The absolute value of \boxit{$B$} is positive.\crlf
\stoptext
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

The distance between the 'of' and the following letter is the same for
a math mode $a$ or a regular roman a. Only if we switch to italics is
a little extra space added. At least for my eye the letters are evenly
spaced.

HTH
Olaf

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