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diff --git a/letterspace.tex b/letterspace.tex index 501400b..257981b 100644 --- a/letterspace.tex +++ b/letterspace.tex @@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ spaceskip=.5em, ] +\defineletterspace [textemph] +\setupletterspace [textemph] [ + spacefactor=.125, + spaceskip=.33em, +] + +\let\te\textemph + +\defineletterspace [ugly] +\setupletterspace [ugly] [ + spacefactor=.4, + spaceskip=1em, +] + + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Font Setups % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% @@ -234,6 +249,10 @@ \clubpenalty -7000 \widowpenalty -7000 +\def\etc{{\italic\letterampersand}c} + +\setupindenting [yes,next,medium] + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Makeup for Front Matter % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% @@ -310,6 +329,33 @@ \chapter{Applications} +\section{Things to Avoid} + +\te{Letterspacing} is a dynamic property of a string of text, as +opposed to static font properties that are e.g. italics or slant. +In principle, when applying a letterspacing to text, the current +font is not merely pushed back in favor of another font. +Instead, the way of typesetting the same font is modified by +certain parameters; in the case of the \te{Letterspace} module +these are the \te{kerning} and the \te{interword space}. +Therefore it exclusively depends on the correct adjustment of said +parameters whether the letterspacing will achieve its purpose or +not. +On the other hand, external factors like harmonizing different +typefaces, the font’s design size \etc. are ruled out as possible +influences, which can be a great advantage if for example a font +happens to lack a matching italic face for emphasizing. + +Due to its flexibility and because it poses relatively small +demands on the typesetting environment, thoughtless letterspacing +may easily ruin a product. +Moderate values don’t express how important a particular emphasis +is to the author? Just \ugly{widen the spacing} and no reader +will ever skip over your message \dots. +Sure, everybody will get the cue, though the appearance of the +paragraph, possibly the whole page will certainly be spoilt. + + \section{Emphasis} \section{Capital Spacing} |