Am 16.08.2011 um 02:22 schrieb Raymond LeClair:
I am automating the creation of books using ConTeXt with a graphic design graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design.
The book cover is created using MetaPost inside a ConTeXt source file.
The graphic designer tells me it is very common to specify the interletter spacing, or tracking, and in fact, he considers this capability to be essential.
I understand that these, so called, microtypography capabilities are present in pdfTeX fully, but only partially present in LuaTeX (protrusion and expansion), although tracking can be set in a way using \kerncharacters[0.5] in LuaTeX.
However, the quality of the typesetting produced by LuaTeX is completely inadequate, while the quality of the typesetting produced by pdfTeX is very good.
Am I miss-understanding the differences in capability between pdfTeX and LuaTeX in this regard?
To place elements on a fixed position on the page you can use layers. It’s also important to disable kerning, ligatures etc. \definepapersize[LG1][width=9.24in,height=6.87in] \definepapersize[LP1][width=9.49in,height=7.12in] \setuppapersize[LG1][LP1] \setuplayout[location=middle,marking=off] \setuppagenumber[state=stop] %\definefont[LabelFont][Serif sa 0.583] \definefont[LabelFont][Serif*none at 7pt] \definelayer[cover] \starttext \startlayout[page] \startstandardmakeup \setlayerframed [cover] [x=0.3472in, y=0.3472in] [frame=off, width=2.6in, align={right,broad}, foregroundstyle=LabelFont] {\setupinterlinespace[line=10.5pt] \setuptolerance[space]% \kerncharacters[0.25] THIS BOOK CONTAINS 988 TWEETS POSTED TO TWITTER BY LADYGAGA FROM MARCH 27, 2008 TO AUGUST 5, 2011. IT WAS PUBLISHED ON DEMAND ON AUGUST 14, 2011\par} \placelayer[cover] \stopstandardmakeup \stoplayout \stoptext Wolfgang