Thanks, David. I tried \starttext A. E. Samuel\crlf A.\ E.\ Samuel\crlf A.~E.~Samuel \stoptext and can see no difference (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKII). The tilde is not really a good way for me to go. The problem is that I publish a journal in which the bibliography is punctuated mainly by “.” Introducing tildes (which make spaces non-breaking) would affect the line-breaking negatively. Alan On Jul 16, 2008, at 22;27,59 , David wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:30:19 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote:
I have the latest ConTeXt and am using mkii.
One used to be able to reduce the spacing after an initial by by typing “.\<space>”, but this no longer seems to work. Compare the inter-word spacing in
\starttext A. E. Samuel\crlf A.\ E.\ Samuel
\stoptext
If the is a difference here, I am having trouble seeing it; and on a typeset page, the gaps after the initials just seem too big.
In general, I find that the spacing after certain characters ---e.g., “)”---has been increased of late. Is this in fact the case? Or should I go back to my old glasses?
Have you tried:
\starttext A. E. Samuel\crlf A.~E.~Samuel
\stoptext
?
Last time I tried, this one worked for me.
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