Adam Lindsay wrote: (to another list on the topic of fonts and grids)
Okay, it's clearly font dependent, and I chose two typical ones: American Typewriter and Optima Regular. Going through some typical fonts available on my system, it becomes clear that Hoefler Text is the best case.
here are a few secrets: \showminimalbaseline and \setupinterlinespace [height=.72, depth=.28] you may want to change the inlinespace settings depending on the max height/depth values of a font Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------