[NTG-context] \uchar and italics question

[Hans Hagen]

sjoerd siebinga wrote:

> Hi Hans,
>
> On 19 Jan 2006, at 10:43, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>> can you test with:
>>
>>
>> \unexpanded\def\unicodeglyph#1#2% watch the double mapping
>>
>> �{\begingroup
>>
>> � \getvalue{@@\currentucharmapping\strippedcsname\uchar}{#1}{#2}%
>>
>> � \bodyfontsize\unicodescale\bodyfontsize
>>
>> � \font\unicodefont=\truefontname{\unicodestyle\unicodeone}
>>
>> � � at \currentfontscale\bodyfontsize
>>
>> � \unicodestrut
>>
>> �\unicodefont\unicodecharcommand{\char\unicodetwo\relax}%
>>
>> � \endgroup}
>>
>>
>> i'll change the handlers in not applying a strut by default
>>
>
> This seems to do the trick. The bold glyphs look fine. There is 
> however one oddity �in italics�with the circumflex and caron on 
> capitals and the macron in general. They are so vague that they are 
> hardly visible.

that's a font characteristic

Hans