Tolerance and Stretch versus Protrusion and Ugliness
Hi there, at the moment I use for my book \definepapersize[MyBook][A5] \setuppapersize[MyBook][A5] \usemodule [simplefonts][size=11pt] \setmainfont[Times New Roman][expansion=quality,protrusion=quality] \setupalign [hanging] \setuptolerance[stretch] \tolerance 70 Is it suitable to use tolerance and stretch in this way together? Of course I want a nice type area - but for me that means that I definitely don't want a word written in the margin! (That happens with the default \tolerance 250 (without using stretch). What would you recommend? Are there other values to play with, to get a better result? Thanks Huseyin
2012-11-15 H. Özoguz:
\setuptolerance[stretch]
Are you sure, you want to use stretch? It will probably product ugly results.
\tolerance 70
Why 70? I don't understand the use of stretch with such a strict tolerance. What about using \setuptolerance [tolerant] %% or verytolerant instead of using stretch?
Is it suitable to use tolerance and stretch in this way together?
It will probably work (though I never used it myself), but using the ConTeXt interface \setuptolerance is the better approach.
Of course I want a nice type area - but for me that means that I definitely don't want a word written in the margin!
Use a higher tolerance, not a lower one.
(That happens with the default \tolerance 250 (without using stretch).
What version are you using? A current ConTeXt has the \tolerance set to 200. \starttext\the\tolerance\stoptext Marco
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