Hi,
I stumbled upon this (see the attached file for the result):
%%% Test file \setupbodyfont[10pt] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=10pt] \type{\tbinom{n}{k}}: $\tbinom{n}{k}$, (does not look good, the vertical space between $n$ and $k$ is too big) \par \type{\binom{n}{k}}: $\binom{n}{k}$ (looks fine to me)\par \type{\dbinom{n}{k}}: $\dbinom{n}{k}$ (does not look good, too big parenthesis, even for displayed formulas).\par \stopTEXpage \stoptext %%% End of test file
I think something should be changed to get the binomial coefficients to look better. In particular I am concerned about the rather big parenthesis in displaystyle (and not so much about the vertical space issue in \tbinom).
/Mikael
PS The result looked better if I used the lucida fonts, if that helps. This is indeed font dependent. These binoms use a low level tex
On 9/1/2017 1:56 PM, Mikael P. Sundqvist wrote: primitive that uses a threshold for steps and that one is part of the math parameters of a font and these are not that good for lm. As I'm looking into some other low level side effect I was in the mood for a configuration option for \setupmathfractions. So, in the next beta you can get the effects iof the attached: - relate the threshold to the bodyfont size - use normal left/right fences instead fwiw, cambria and pagella look better too. Upto you to wikify it. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------