[NTG-context] (bug?) wrong interline in \placelist[alternative=d] with Pagella italics

Hans Hagen j.hagen at xs4all.nl
Mon Mar 16 18:42:51 CET 2020


On 3/16/2020 6:01 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 16.03.2020 um 15:42:
>>
>>
>>> Am 2020-03-16 um 14:35 schrieb Hans Hagen <j.hagen at xs4all.nl>:
>>>> Yes, pagella is a extreme case but when you use bold text the 
>>>> vertical spacing is also messed up. You can avoid this when you use 
>>>> a fixed lineheight (e.g. \setupinterlinespace[line=14pt]) because 
>>>> the default distance is font dependant (default: 2.8 * ex-height).
>>> or one can play with these parameters, that default to:
>>>
>>> \setupinterlinespace
>>>   [height=.72,
>>>    depth=.28]
>>>
>>> (maybe we should have recomended values for specific fonts)
>>
>> I had similar problems in the past and got to
>> 2.9ex for Alegreya
>> 3.2ex for Adobe Jenson
>>
>> (Just tried, didn’t calculate anything.)
> 
> How would this help for the original problem?
Some fonts have a different ratio (I forgot what font i did .7 / .3) but 
indeed an all-bold or whatever style change sometimes demands a local 
\setupinterlinespace (no argument).

Of course one could also tweak the ht/dp of a specific style using one 
of the pseudo features.

Hans


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