> > 2. Do your numbers have to line up? If so, make sure kerning's
> > disabled. That solves the comma problem.
>
> By which I suppose you mean the .kern request? It doesn't seem to
> matter, please see attached PDF output for this file -ms:
>
> .NP
> .ds comma \h'-5M',\h'7M'
> .IP kerned
On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:41:52 -0500
Peter Schaffter wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013, James K. Lowden wrote:
> > While I'm in the neighborhood, I wonder if commas in numbers get
> > special treatment? Reading over my document, the number 34,800
> > looked bad; the comma was squished over by the eigh
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:59:26 -0500
Doug McIlroy wrote:
> > I can't think of a situation where you would want to mix point sizes
> > on a line.
>
> A fairly common case is small caps, as in acronyms. Another is mixed
> fonts (e.g. using Courier for computer literals) with different
> x-heights
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013, James K. Lowden wrote:
> While I'm in the neighborhood, I wonder if commas in numbers get
> special treatment? Reading over my document, the number 34,800 looked
> bad; the comma was squished over by the eight. The effect was
> especially noticable when the comma trails a 7.
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:59:26 -0500
Doug McIlroy wrote:
> > I can't think of a situation where you would want to mix point sizes
> > on a line.
>
> A fairly common case is small caps, as in acronyms. Another is mixed
> fonts (e.g. using Courier for computer literals) with different
> x-heights
Steve --
Great musings on the lowly dash.
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013, Steve Izma wrote:
> Yet I'll admit that my idea of dashes is not traditional: I
> consider a dash not to be a punctuation mark affixed to another
> object (e.g., as a period to a sentence or a comma to a phrase),
> but more like an o
> So does this mean that you are arguing for a new set of spaces that
> behave like word spaces but have a different starting width and
> stretch proportionately (more or less) along with word spaces?
This would be a good thing...
> (That means they would also need to shrink proportionately as w
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 03:58:00PM +0100, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> Subject: Re: [Groff] Typesetting dashes
>
> > Adding the same amount of stretch to each of the objects in
> > the line maintains symmetry and rhythm.
>
> I contest that. Adding the same amount of ho
> I can't think of a situation where you would want to mix point sizes
> on a line.
A fairly common case is small caps, as in acronyms. Another is mixed
fonts (e.g. using Courier for computer literals) with different
x-heights for fonts of the same nominal point size.
Doug McIlroy
I sometimes mix fonts and sizes inside of single lines in some of the
things I create. I like things just fine the way they are.
I put normal spaces around em dashes ( \(em ) and don't concern myself
with end or beginning of line because I use them to break up sentences,
and I definitely do NOT
Hi,
Tadziu wrote:
> > I can't think of a situation where you would want to mix point sizes
> > on a line.
>
> Correct. This usually isn't done.
I suppose one case I can think of has come from web pages; a headline
with supplementary information following in smaller text, e.g. a
short-URL to a
> If I understand the question properly, the implication is
> that a line might consist of words or characters at different
> point sizes, therefore the spaces separating words of the
> same point size ought to stretch proportionately.
> (Am I in the ball park here?)
Correct.
> If that's the ide
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 08:57:36PM +0100, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> Subject: Re: [Groff] Typesetting dashes
>
> ...
> Anyhow, 1/4 en thus corresponds to half a normal space in
> groff's TR font. Don't ask me why the "\:" converts the
> following space into a
> I should like to typeset em dashes surrounded by thin,
> say 1/4th en, spaces. To prevent a dash from starting a
> new line, the first space must be unbreakable. The second
> one must be discardable. Both spaces must be unstretchable.
> How to do it?
.ds EM \R'SS \\n[.s]/2'\s'\\n[SS]'\ \s0
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 10:51:09PM +0400, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> Subject: [Groff] Typesetting dashes
>
> I should like to typeset em dashes surrounded by
> thin, say 1/4th en, spaces. To prevent a dash from
> starting a new line, the first space must be un-
> break
Hello all,
I should like to typeset em dashes surrounded by
thin, say 1/4th en, spaces. To prevent a dash from
starting a new line, the first space must be un-
breakable. The second one must be discardable.
Both spaces must be unstretchable. How to do it?
The '\h' describption re
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