[***SPAM***] small space before some characters (: ; ! ?)
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Hello: Hungarian typography requires inserting small spaces before :, ;, ! and ? characters. The width of this small space should be equal to that of the period (.). In latex magyarlatex (magyar.ldf) module (part of biblatex) contains definitions to achieve this. How could I set this in context? Thanks in advance, bcsikos
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Am 01.04.2015 um 18:46 schrieb Csikos Bela
: Hello:
Hungarian typography requires inserting small spaces before :, ;, ! and ? characters. The width of this small space should be equal to that of the period (.). In latex magyarlatex (magyar.ldf) module (part of biblatex) contains definitions to achieve this. How could I set this in context?
You can use the french settings which also requires a small space before these characters. \starttext Take a look at this; this: this! or this? \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] Take a look at this; this: this! or this? \stoptext Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Schuster írta:
Am 01.04.2015 um 18:46 schrieb Csikos Bela:
Hello:
Hungarian typography requires inserting small spaces before :, ;, ! and ? characters. The width of this small space should be equal to that of the period (.). In latex magyarlatex (magyar.ldf) module (part of biblatex) contains definitions to achieve this. How could I set this in context?
You can use the french settings which also requires a small space before these characters.
\starttext
Take a look at this; this: this! or this?
\setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation]
Take a look at this; this: this! or this?
\stoptext
Thanks! It is something I'd like to have but the space inserted is too big, it looks like a normal interword space. It should be 1/3 or 1/4 interword space or the width of the dot (the visible part), but definitely less than a normal space. Is it possible to redefine the inserted space width? Thanks, bcsikos
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Am 02.04.2015 um 12:05 schrieb Csikos Bela
: Wolfgang Schuster írta:
Am 01.04.2015 um 18:46 schrieb Csikos Bela:
Hello:
Hungarian typography requires inserting small spaces before :, ;, ! and ? characters. The width of this small space should be equal to that of the period (.). In latex magyarlatex (magyar.ldf) module (part of biblatex) contains definitions to achieve this. How could I set this in context?
You can use the french settings which also requires a small space before these characters.
\starttext
Take a look at this; this: this! or this?
\setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation]
Take a look at this; this: this! or this?
\stoptext
Thanks! It is something I'd like to have but the space inserted is too big, it looks like a normal interword space. It should be 1/3 or 1/4 interword space or the width of the dot (the visible part), but definitely less than a normal space. Is it possible to redefine the inserted space width?
\definecharacterspacing [hungarian] \setupcharacterspacing [hungarian] ["003A] [left=.1,alternative=1] % : \setupcharacterspacing [hungarian] ["003B] [left=.1,alternative=1] % ; \setupcharacterspacing [hungarian] ["003F] [left=.1,alternative=1] % ? \setupcharacterspacing [hungarian] ["0021] [left=.1,alternative=1] % ! \starttext Take a look at this; this: this! or this? Take a look at this.; this.: this.! or this.? \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] Take a look at this; this: this! or this? \setcharacterspacing[hungarian] Take a look at this; this: this! or this? \stoptext Wolfgang
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Wolfgang Schuster írta:
Am 02.04.2015 um 12:05 schrieb Csikos Bela :
Wolfgang Schuster írta:
Am 01.04.2015 um 18:46 schrieb Csikos Bela:
Hello:
Hungarian typography requires inserting small spaces before :, ;, ! and ? characters. The width of this small space should be equal to that of the period (.). In latex magyarlatex (magyar.ldf) module (part of biblatex) contains definitions to achieve this. How could I set this in context?
You can use the french settings which also requires a small space before these characters.
\starttext
Take a look at this; this: this! or this?
\setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation]
Take a look at this; this: this! or this?
\stoptext
Thanks! It is something I'd like to have but the space inserted is too big, it looks like a normal interword space. It should be 1/3 or 1/4 interword space or the width of the dot (the visible part), but definitely less than a normal space. Is it possible to redefine the inserted space width?
\definecharacterspacing [hungarian]
\setupcharacterspacing [hungarian] ["003A] [left=.1,alternative=1] % : \setupcharacterspacing [hungarian] ["003B] [left=.1,alternative=1] % ; \setupcharacterspacing [hungarian] ["003F] [left=.1,alternative=1] % ? \setupcharacterspacing [hungarian] ["0021] [left=.1,alternative=1] % !
\starttext
Take a look at this; this: this! or this?
Take a look at this.; this.: this.! or this.?
\setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation]
Take a look at this; this: this! or this?
\setcharacterspacing[hungarian]
Take a look at this; this: this! or this?
\stoptext
Yes, this looks OK. Thank you a lot! bcsikos
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Wolfgang Schuster