Re: [NTG-context] Adjust the tracking

2012-05-17 Thread Marco
On 2012-05-17 Hans Hagen  wrote:

> > how does one adjust the tracking of a font? The command
> > \definecharacterkerning does almost what I need. However, it breaks
> > the ligatures.
> 
> sure, because as soon as one starts adding extra space between 
> characters ligatures make no sense any longer

It depends on the amount of space. If the added space is small it
might not justify breaking the ligatures. If it exceeds some
threshold, then I totally agree with you.

Marco


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Re: [NTG-context] Adjust the tracking

2012-05-17 Thread Hans Hagen

On 16-5-2012 20:52, Marco wrote:

Hi everybody,

how does one adjust the tracking of a font? The command
\definecharacterkerning does almost what I need. However, it breaks
the ligatures.


sure, because as soon as one starts adding extra space between 
characters ligatures make no sense any longer


Hans


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[NTG-context] Adjust the tracking

2012-05-17 Thread Marco
Hi everybody,

how does one adjust the tracking of a font? The command
\definecharacterkerning does almost what I need. However, it breaks
the ligatures.

\definecharacterkerning [track] [factor=.01]
\starttext
\showboxes
\switchtobodyfont [72pt]
final suffocating flange

% all ligatures lost
\setcharacterkerning [track]
final suffocating flange
\stoptext


Marco


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