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% language=uk
\environment spacing-style
\startcomponent spacing-periods
\startchapter[title=Spacing]
\startsection[title=Spaces]
When \TEX\ reads its input and transforms content it into a node list spaces are
turned into glue nodes of subtype \quote {spaceskip} or \quote {xspaceskip}. In
pseudo code, this is what happens:
\starttyping
if spacefactor >= 2000 and xspaceskip ~= 0 then
space = xspaceskip_space
stretch = xspaceskip_stretch
shrink = xspaceskip_shrink
subtype = xspaceskip
else
if spaceskip == 0 then
space = font_space
stretch = font_stretch
shrink = font_shrink
else
space = spaceskip_space
stretch = spaceskip_stretch
shrink = spaceskip_shrink
end
if space_factor >= 2000
space = space + font_extraspace
end
stretch = stretch * space_factor
shrink = shrink * space_factor
subtype = spaceskip
end
insert_glue(space,stretch,shrink,subtype)
\stoptyping
We demonstrate the effects in a few examples. You can use \typ {\showmakeup [space]} to
visualize spaces.
\def\ShowSpaces#1#2#3%
{\blank
\start
\startsubsubsubject[title={case #1: \type{#2} and \type {#3}}]
\dontleavehmode
#2\relax
#3\relax
\showmakeup[space]%
% \definedfont[Serif*default]%
\nonfrenchspacing
\strut x\space x.\space x\crlf
\frenchspacing
\strut x\space x.\space x\par
\stop
\stopsubsubject
\blank}
\ShowSpaces{1}{\spacefactor2000}{\xspaceskip100pt}
\starttabulate[|l|l|]
\HL
\NC \type {\spacefactor} \NC $\geq 2000$ \NC \NR
\NC \type {\xspaceskip} \NC $\neq 0$ \NC \NR
\HL
\NC space \NC xspaceskip_space \NC \NR
\NC stretch \NC xspaceskip_stretch \NC \NR
\NC shrink \NC xspaceskip_shrink \NC \NR
\NC subtype \NC xspaceskip \NC \NR
\HL
\stoptabulate
\ShowSpaces{2}{\spacefactor1000}{\spaceskip0pt}
\starttabulate[|l|l|]
\HL
\NC \type {\spacefactor} \NC $\lt 2000$ \NC \NR
\NC \type {\spaceskip} \NC $\eq 0$ \NC \NR
\HL
\NC space \NC font_space \NC \NR
\NC stretch \NC font_stretch \NC \NR
\NC shrink \NC font_shrink \NC \NR
\NC subtype \NC spaceskip \NC \NR
\HL
\stoptabulate
\ShowSpaces{3}{\spacefactor2000}{\spaceskip0pt}
\starttabulate[|l|l|]
\HL
\NC \type {\spacefactor} \NC $\geq 2000$ \NC \NR
\NC \type {\spaceskip} \NC $\eq 0$ \NC \NR
\HL
\NC space \NC font_space $+$ extraspace_font \NC \NR
\NC stretch \NC font_stretch \NC \NR
\NC shrink \NC font_shrink \NC \NR
\NC subtype \NC spaceskip \NC \NR
\HL
\stoptabulate
\ShowSpaces{4}{\spacefactor1000}{\spaceskip100pt}
\starttabulate[|l|l|]
\HL
\NC \type {\spacefactor} \NC $\lt 2000$ \NC \NR
\NC \type {\spaceskip} \NC $\neq 0$ \NC \NR
\HL
\NC space \NC font_space \NC \NR
\NC stretch \NC font_stretch $\times$ space_factor \NC \NR
\NC shrink \NC font_shrink $\times$ space_factor \NC \NR
\NC subtype \NC spaceskip \NC \NR
\HL
\stoptabulate
\ShowSpaces{5}{\spacefactor2000}{\spaceskip100pt}
\starttabulate[|l|l|]
\HL
\NC \type {\spacefactor} \NC $\geq 2000$ \NC \NR
\NC \type {\spaceskip} \NC $\neq 0$ \NC \NR
\HL
\NC space \NC font_space $+$ extraspace_font \NC \NR
\NC stretch \NC font_stretch $\times$ space_factor \NC \NR
\NC shrink \NC font_shrink $\times$ space_factor \NC \NR
\NC subtype \NC spaceskip \NC \NR
\HL
\stoptabulate
The width of a space relates to the design of a font and therefore the t width of
the space, its stretch and its shrink are taken from the font and scaled
accordingly. Normally we take the space character in the font as reference.
Traditional \TEX\ fonts don't have that character but \OPENTYPE\ fonts have. When
there is no space character, in the case of a monospaced font we take the
emwidth, otherwise we take half the emwidth. As a last resort we can take the
average width of characters. And of even that fails we take half of the font
units. But, as mentioned, modern fonts have a space.
In the \CONTEXT\ font loader we use a stretch that is 1/2 of the width of a space
and the shrink is 1/3 the width of a space. These values are familiar for those
who come from traditional \TEX.
As with many variables, you can overload these values when a font is loaded by
setting the \type {spacing} feature. Here is how this is done:
\startbuffer
\definefontfeature
[morespace]
[spacing=0.50 plus 0.50 minus 0.250]
\definefontfeature
[lessspace]
[spacing=0.25 plus 0.25 minus 0.125]
\definefontfeature
[extramorespace]
[spacing=0.50 plus 0.50 minus 0.250 extra 2.00]
\definefontfeature
[extralessspace]
[spacing=0.25 plus 0.25 minus 0.125 extra 2.00]
\definedfont[Serif*default]
\inleft{\infofont default}
\samplefile{klein}\par
\blank
\definedfont[Serif*default,morespace]
\inleft{\infofont morespace}
\samplefile{klein}\par
\blank
\definedfont[Serif*default,extramorespace]
\inleft{\infofont extramorespace}
\samplefile{klein}\par
\blank
\definedfont[Serif*default,lessspace]
\inleft{\infofont lessspace}
\samplefile{klein}\par
\blank
\definedfont[Serif*default,extralessspace]
\inleft{\infofont extralessspace}
\samplefile{klein}\par
\blank
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer
For demonstration purposes we use a somewhat excessive \type {extra}
specification. By default the extra space is equal to the shrink.
\blank \start
\showmakeup[space]
\getbuffer
\stop \blank
\stopsection
\startsection[title=Expansion]
Spaces become glue that can shrink or stretch. In the worst case words will come
too close, or the gap will be large. Even worse is that this can lead to
successive lines in a paragraph looking different with respect to spacing. A solution
for this is to use font expansion, although the benefits are often less than
some users want (you) to believe.
This mechanism is enabled with \type {\setupalign}. There are two variants (\type
{hz} and \type {fullhz}) and a reset (\type {nohz}). In \in {figure} [fig:expansion]
we use the following font definition:
\startbuffer
\definefont[testfont][Normal*default,quality @ 9pt]
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer \getbuffer
We use \type {\showfontexpansion} to view the effective expansion factors of each
glyph. When \type {fullhz} is used fontkerns also can get expanded. Zero values
are not shown. The font kern factors are shown below the character factors. They
can be neglected and one can even wonder if they need a treatment especially
because kerns are also used for relative positioning, accent anchoring and
cursive attachments.
\startplacefigure[reference=fig:expansion,title={The two expansion methods in action.}]
\startcombination[nx=3,ny=2,location=top]
{\framed[foregroundstyle=\testfont,width=.3\textwidth,align={normal,tolerant,nohz}] {\showfontexpansion\samplefile{ward}}} {}
{\framed[foregroundstyle=\testfont,width=.3\textwidth,align={normal,tolerant,fullhz}]{\showfontexpansion\samplefile{ward}}} {}
{\framed[foregroundstyle=\testfont,width=.3\textwidth,align={normal,tolerant,hz}] {\showfontexpansion\samplefile{ward}}} {}
{\scale[width=.3\textwidth]{\clip[nx=2,ny=4,x=2,y=3]{\framed[foregroundstyle=\testfont,width=.3\textwidth,align={normal,tolerant,nohz}] {\showfontexpansion\samplefile{ward}}}}} {\tttf{nohz}}
{\scale[width=.3\textwidth]{\clip[nx=2,ny=4,x=2,y=3]{\framed[foregroundstyle=\testfont,width=.3\textwidth,align={normal,tolerant,fullhz}]{\showfontexpansion\samplefile{ward}}}}} {\tttf{fullhz}}
{\scale[width=.3\textwidth]{\clip[nx=2,ny=4,x=2,y=3]{\framed[foregroundstyle=\testfont,width=.3\textwidth,align={normal,tolerant,hz}] {\showfontexpansion\samplefile{ward}}}}} {\tttf{hz}}
\stopcombination
\stopplacefigure
\stopsection
\startsection[title=Looseness]
The \type {\looseness} parameter can be used to let the par builder add more
lines, but that condition is only met when the demand is reasonable. So we need
stretch and often also tolerance to achieve it.
\starttyping
\looseness=1 ... text ... \par
\stoptyping
This setting is reset afterwards. Because \type {framed} does some grouping deep down,
we need either to use it in there like this:
\starttyping
\framed
[align={normal,verytolerant,stretch},strut=no]
{\looseness1 ... \par}
\stoptyping
which is somewhat clumsy, or we can do:
\starttyping
\framed
[align={normal,verytolerant,stretch,2*more}]
{...}
\stoptyping
This is demonstrated in \in {figure} [fig:looseness].
\startplacefigure[reference=fig:looseness,title={Looseness in action.}]
\dontcomplain
\startcombination[location=top,nx=3,ny=1]
{\framed[foregroundstyle=small,align={normal,verytolerant,stretch}, width=.3\textwidth]{\samplefile{sapolsky}\unskip}} {}
{\framed[foregroundstyle=small,align={normal,verytolerant,stretch,1*more},width=.3\textwidth]{\samplefile{sapolsky}\unskip}} {\type {1*more}}
{\framed[foregroundstyle=small,align={normal,verytolerant,stretch,2*more},width=.3\textwidth]{\samplefile{sapolsky}\unskip}} {\type {2*more}}
\stopcombination
\stopplacefigure
\stopsection
\stopchapter
\stopcomponent
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