Adrian Drury wrote:
> Is there a way to calculate the width of some number of characters (or a
> string of characters) to use as a dimension parameter? For example, a
> macro that returns the width in points of 5 space characters in the
> current font? I figured hardcoding the width of a space a
Radhelorn wrote:Adrian Drury wrote:
> Hello,
>> I'm having trouble using dropped caps within \startlines\stoplines.> I'm trying to typeset some poetry and I'm using> \setuplines[space=yes]. I'd like to use dropped caps and have the> indented lines be additionally indented by any space at the beginn
Adrian Drury wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having trouble using dropped caps within \startlines\stoplines.
> I'm trying to typeset some poetry and I'm using
> \setuplines[space=yes]. I'd like to use dropped caps and have the
> indented lines be additionally indented by any space at the beginning
> of th
