rscale with auto value
Wolfgang, explaining the following sample to ConTeXt newbies, I have a problem: \setuppapersize[A5, landscape] \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][TeX Gyre Pagella] \definefontfamily[mainface][tt][DejaVu Sans Mono][rscale=0.825] \setupbodyfont[mainface, 22pt] \starttext \startmakeup[standard] This is available at {\tt https://contextarden.net}. \stopmakeup \stoptext The problem is how to explain to someone who never used anything similar to ConTeXt or TeX how she has to calculate the scale ratio. It is even not simple to myself. rscale is a useful option, but it would be great to have the auto value that does all the math for the user. Would it be possible that rscale could have the auto value? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
Wolfgang,
explaining the following sample to ConTeXt newbies, I have a problem:
\setuppapersize[A5, landscape] \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][TeX Gyre Pagella] \definefontfamily[mainface][tt][DejaVu Sans Mono][rscale=0.825] \setupbodyfont[mainface, 22pt] \starttext \startmakeup[standard] This is available at {\tt https://contextarden.net}. \stopmakeup \stoptext
The problem is how to explain to someone who never used anything similar to ConTeXt or TeX how she has to calculate the scale ratio. It is even not simple to myself.
rscale is a useful option, but it would be great to have the auto value that does all the math for the user.
Would it be possible that rscale could have the auto value?
See my answer to a similar question on TeX.SE https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/450658/323 Aditya
On 9/26/18 5:31 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
[...] Would it be possible that rscale could have the auto value?
See my answer to a similar question on TeX.SE
Hi Aditya, many thanks for your detailed explanation at TeX.SE. It seems that \showfontstrip is the way to go. It won’t be easy to explain to newcomers, but I have to try. I agree with Thomas that Porson shouldn’t be scaled. But this is mainly because the font is totally different from other typefaces with Latin glyphs (such as Palatino or Times). Hans is right that glyph boldness is to be taken in consideration when scaling a typeface. In my personal case, what bothers me most is the different x-height between typefaces. Glyph boldness when scaling is changed, but I’d say that it isn’t as obvious as different x-height. rscale=auto would only be a value for an option, not even the default. Of course, it wouldn’t be mandatory. This would not prevent from scaling manually (or not scaling at all). But it would make things much easier when trying to calculate the same x-heights. Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk
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