On 8/13/2024 4:49 PM, fm117575@students.panola.edu wrote:
Hello, ConTeXt mailing list! I have a question regarding a difference in the code that I have which uses the same paper size and margin settings, and also the same indentation rules and font size and font. It seems that ConTeXt (which I compiled via Windows Terminal, this *is* the proper way to compile ConTeXt docs, right?) seems to make text that is less... compact, and I am not sure if this is due to me not adding features that I **should** have turned on in ConTeXt when using Times New Roman that is installed by default on Windows. I also was not able to get a "proper (?)" single quote like when Word or LaTeX compiles "Don't", that ' is a straight quote in the compiled text.
I also heard that ConTeXT would be much better for typography since it does have a more advanced typographical engine as the base (and this is a big reason as to why I want to switch to ConTeXt, pretty much everything is built in, I just can't understand documentation that well), and this may be because my code is very basic and I do not know how do properly do ConTeXt. Is it possible that ConTeXt also has a more "correct" way of formatting? Anyways, thank you for reading and taking the time to read this post.
LuaLaTeX code: https://pastebin.com/p5aWxAyK
ConTeXt code: https://pastebin.com/DsMnxMvY Can you explain what you mean with less compact? Can we assume that you are running the LMTX version? (luametatex engine)
\showframe \setuppapersize [letter] [letter] \setuplayout[ backspace=0.5in, topspace=0.5in, header=0in, % No headers footer=0in, % Space for the footer width=middle, height=middle, ] \setupbodyfont[termes,12pt] \mainlanguage[en] \setupindenting[yes,0.5in] \startsetups document:start \centerline{\documentvariable{title}} \centerline{\documentvariable{author}} \centerline{\documentvariable{date}} \blank[line] \stopsetups \startdocument[title=Title,author=Author,date=Date] ... \stopdocument ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------