Re: [NTG-context] \pm set too low in MkIV?

On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 2:34 AM, Sanjoy Mahajan san...@mit.edu wrote: the + aligns on the math axis so one can argue if the type-one variant is ok ... so we would need a smaller (less height) + then which would look visually weird Plain TeX doesn't align the plus/minus to the math axis.

Re: [NTG-context] \pm set too low in MkIV?

On 7 mai 2014, at 10:46, Mikael P. Sundqvist mic...@gmail.com wrote: […] I guess one could do this for the other signs one don't like in TeX Gyre Pagella Math… Hi, This is a good trick to know, especially if one combines \pm and \mp as in the counter-example given by Hans: % Start

Re: [NTG-context] \pm set too low in MkIV?

On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Sanjoy Mahajan san...@mit.edu wrote: Continuing my recent theme of finding glyphs too low or too high: The \pm symbol looks like it is set too low, in MkIV. \setuppagenumbering[location=] \starttext $\pm2$ \stoptext The minus part of the sign lies below

Re: [NTG-context] \pm set too low in MkIV?

Thanks for the testing. I just tried it too. The live context uses MkIV 2012.05.30. It also gets a different set of fonts: VNVCGN+LMMathSymbols10-Regular Type 1Custom LFHPBE+LMRoman12-Regular CID Type 0C Identity-H I still wonder whether the

Re: [NTG-context] \pm set too low in MkIV?

Hi Hans, Thanks for your attention to the issue pointed out by Sanjoy. On 6 mai 2014, at 20:14, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: […] all minus' are below the baseline so consider it a feature Yes this is the case in recent versions of mkiv, but in Plain TeX and mkii this is not the case:

Re: [NTG-context] \pm set too low in MkIV?

On 5/6/2014 4:22 PM, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: Continuing my recent theme of finding glyphs too low or too high: The \pm symbol looks like it is set too low, in MkIV. \setuppagenumbering[location=] \starttext $\pm2$ \stoptext The minus part of the sign lies below the baseline, which looks odd

Re: [NTG-context] \pm set too low in MkIV?

On 5/6/2014 8:28 PM, Otared Kavian wrote: Hi Hans, Thanks for your attention to the issue pointed out by Sanjoy. On 6 mai 2014, at 20:14, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl mailto:pra...@wxs.nl wrote: […] all minus' are below the baseline so consider it a feature Yes this is the case in recent

Re: [NTG-context] \pm set too low in MkIV?

On 5/6/2014 4:56 PM, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: Thanks for the testing. I just tried it too. The live context uses MkIV 2012.05.30. It also gets a different set of fonts: VNVCGN+LMMathSymbols10-Regular Type 1Custom LFHPBE+LMRoman12-Regular CID Type 0C Identity-H

Re: [NTG-context] \pm set too low in MkIV?

the + aligns on the math axis so one can argue if the type-one variant is ok ... so we would need a smaller (less height) + then which would look visually weird Plain TeX doesn't align the plus/minus to the math axis. Rather, the minus is aligned to the baseline, and the horizontal stroke