Re: files in attachment Why is the (local) interline space (set to 30pt or 2ex) so small compared to the frame's local (switched to 38pt) bodyfont ? At first I thought it was related to \setupbodyfont but \setupbodyfont[38pt] doesn't make a difference. How do you get the (local) interline spacing (pt or ex) in proportion to the local (switched to) bodyfont ? Alan On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

Am 03.01.2009 um 18:12 schrieb Alan STONE:

Hi,

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How do you get a uniform line spacing in the following frames where it's not the case ?

\setuplayout[header=0pt,footer=0pt]

\def\myFrameSetupA{\setupframed[width=\textwidth,frame=on,top=\vss,bottom=\vss,align=middle]}

\def\myFrameSetupB{\setupframed[width=\textwidth,frame=on,location=middle,align=middle,offset=15pt]}

\def\myFrameTextA{Text\\In A\\Frame} \def\myFrameTextB{Text\blank[medium]In A\blank[medium]Frame}

Add a \par after the last line.

\def\myFrameTextA{Text\\In A\\Frame\par} \def\myFrameTextB{Text\blank[medium]In A\blank[medium]Frame\par}

Wolfgang

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

Am 04.01.2009 um 17:15 schrieb Alan STONE:

Re: files in attachment

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Why is the (local) interline space (set to 30pt or 2ex) so small compared to the frame's local (switched to 38pt) bodyfont ?

At first I thought it was related to \setupbodyfont but \setupbodyfont[38pt] doesn't make a difference.

How do you get the (local) interline spacing (pt or ex) in proportion to the local (switched to) bodyfont ?

You're funny, as you can see in my example below your text alone has a height of 26.18pt and you set a line distance of 30pt.

\starttext

\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{\switchtobodyfont[38pt]Text In A Frame}

\the\htdp\scratchbox

\stoptext

What do you expect? TeX does only what you tell him but you get

From this example I conclude TeX does not do what you tell it to do.

I must be missing something... ?

a better result with a bigger line distance, the default value from ConTeXt is 2.8ex.

Wolfgang

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

Am 04.01.2009 um 18:26 schrieb Alan STONE:

\starttext

...

\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{\switchtobodyfont[38pt]Text In A Frame}

\the\htdp\scratchbox

\stoptext

From this example I conclude TeX does not do what you tell it to do.

I must be missing something... ?

What do you not understand in my example?

From what I understand of it: asked 38pt, output 26.18pt

Thanks a lot for the clarification Wolfgang. I guess I was still playing with this kind of major flawed thinking coming from WYSIWYG wordprocessors where isn't concerned thinking about these technical aspects (what's underneath), instead type/edit as characters appear on screen in real time, then when switching to typesetting systems extrapolate and expect things to work in the same way. I'll digg into the manuals' corresponding chapters to get more familiar with these technicalities and let them sink in. Best, Alan On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

Am 04.01.2009 um 20:30 schrieb Alan STONE:

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <

...

schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:

Am 04.01.2009 um 18:26 schrieb Alan STONE:

\starttext

\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{\switchtobodyfont[38pt]Text In A Frame}

\the\htdp\scratchbox

\stoptext

From this example I conclude TeX does not do what you tell it to do.

I must be missing something... ?

What do you not understand in my example?

From what I understand of it: asked 38pt, output 26.18pt

The 26.18pt are only the height of the sample text, not each character has the height of the font size which includes the height and depth.

You can see here the output is correct and only characters with large height and depth match the given fontsize.

\starttext \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{\switchtobodyfont[38pt](} \the\htdp\scratchbox % 37.45pt \stoptext

I show you in another example why you value for the interlinespace is to small for characters with depth.

\starttext

\vbox {\switchtobodyfont[38pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=30pt] \lineskiplimit-\maxdimen Big text\crlf written in\crlf three rows\par}

\stoptext

Wolfgang

Am 05.01.2009 um 10:34 schrieb Alan STONE:

Thanks a lot for the clarification Wolfgang.

I guess I was still playing with this kind of major flawed thinking coming from WYSIWYG wordprocessors where isn't concerned thinking about these technical aspects (what's underneath), instead type/edit as characters appear on screen in real time, then when switching to typesetting systems extrapolate and expect things to work in the same way.

http://www.adobe.com/type/topics/info1.html Wolfgang