> On 02 Jan 2015, at 11:42, Hans Hagen <pra...@wxs.nl> wrote:
>
> On 1/2/2015 12:56 AM, Malte Stien wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to typeset some strings in {\tt ...}, but they turn out to be
>> pretty wide. So, I would like to compress those bits of text a little. Any
>> hints on how I could do that locally, that is without adjusting the entire
>> font.
>
> \starttext
> \definecharacterkerning[tight][factor=-.5]
>
> test {\tt \setcharacterkerning[tight]tight} test
>
> \stoptext
>
> (Btw, there is a narrow monospaced lm font)
I implemented it by redefining \tt:
\definecharacterkerning[tight][factor=-.075]
\let\oldtt=\tt
\def\tt{\setcharacterkerning[tight]\oldtt}
However, I find this a bit of a kludge. But opinions may differ, of course.
Can this be done in a more general way? For example by setting some font
feature?
Hans van der Meer
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