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Tagged with kerning letterspacing
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ConTeXt: Letterspacing in style alternative
I want to create a new style alternative, which would allow me to change the text and font (to uppercase bold in this example) while also increasing the letterspacing. However, trying to do this leads ...
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Math kerning for entire document
My question today is: How can I adjust the kerning for the math environment of the entire document? I am aware of the typical ways to add space, including \, etc., but I was hoping to make the spaces ...
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Unclarities about Microtype's default options
I delved deeper into the details of the microtype package to get the best results and perhaps not the safest results. Four things are still unclear after reading the manual, hence a post here.
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automatically pleasant spacing in the dot product
A followup to transpose and dot superscripts spacing , What is the best symbol for vector/matrix transpose?, Get rid of useless space between a symbol and a following superscript \top, and similar:
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Spacing between letters (ligature)
I noticed today how the spacing between letters are for fl/fi. Is this good a sign of typography?
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
fluid - Fluid
fish - Fish
\end{document}
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How to define letter-spacing of a custom environment?
Say I have:
%defines a vertical bridge hand with seat name
\newcommand{\hand}[5]{
\begin{minipage}[t]{1.0cm}
\begin{tabbing}
\textsc{#1} \= \\
\s\Hair\=#2 \\
\h \> #3 \\
\d \> #4 \\
\c \> #5
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Letter with ' (and correct spacing)
I am struggling with a problem I can't even name properly: I'm writing an article about an object A as well as its slightly different variant A'. I am wondering what character/symbol and/or spacing ...
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Adjusting letterspacing in ConTeXt [closed]
I need to adjust the letterspacing of the font I'm using. I'm currently using the font like this:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality]
\...
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italic correction in math mode
I use txfonts and \texttt in italics in math mode, but the letters' italic correction is not working: an italic/"TT" letter "d" adjacent to a closing parenthesis touches it. Here is minimal sample ...
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Letterspacing titles with LuaLaTeX
I'm using LuaLaTeX to write my thesis and I've been learning about typography thanks to Robert Bringhurst's "The elements of typographic style". Problem is I can't replicate the letterspacing used in ...
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Capital letter expanded letter space kerning
I am using the following code
\usepackage{microtype,textcase}
\textls*[110]{\textbf{\MakeUppercase{Specialties}}}
I would like to achieve even letter spacing. Unfortunately, the kerning of the "ALT"...
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