Thanks, David. I tried \starttext A. E. Samuel\crlf A.\ E.\ Samuel\crlf A.~E.~Samuel
\stoptext and can see no difference (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKII). The tilde is not really a good way for me to go. The problem is that I publish a journal in which the bibliography is punctuated mainly by “.” Introducing tildes (which make spaces non-breaking) would affect the line-breaking negatively. Alan On Jul 16, 2008, at 22;27,59 , David wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:30:19 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: > >> I have the latest ConTeXt and am using mkii. >> >> One used to be able to reduce the spacing after an initial by by >> typing “.\<space>”, but this no longer seems to work. Compare the >> inter-word spacing in >> >> \starttext >> A. E. Samuel\crlf >> A.\ E.\ Samuel >> >> \stoptext >> >> If the is a difference here, I am having trouble seeing it; and on a >> typeset page, the gaps after the initials just seem too big. >> >> In general, I find that the spacing after certain characters ---e.g., >> “)”---has been increased of late. Is this in fact the case? Or should >> I go back to my old glasses? > > Have you tried: > > \starttext > A. E. Samuel\crlf > A.~E.~Samuel > > \stoptext > > ? > > Last time I tried, this one worked for me. > > David > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
