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Adjusting letterspacing in ConTeXt
I need to adjust the letterspacing of the font I'm using. I'm currently using the font like this:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality]
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Spacing & sizing with libertine and newtxmath
I'm using the following setup for the Libertine font:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[lining]{libertine}
\usepackage[libertine, cmintegrals]{newtxmath}
\begin{document}
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Alternates for specific characters & kerning
I am trying to change the stylistic set used for italic y in my document. I used Alan Munn's method, explained here: Use stylistic set variations only for certain glyphs.
It works properly, except ...
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Three emdashes bound together
In many bibliography styles repeating authors are indicated with three emdashes, forming a single line. This works well with some fonts, while for others it leaves gaps:
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Move a combining character with both \raisebox and \kern
The font I'm using, Linux Libertine O, is not able to properly combine a circumflex (U+0302) with a preceding vowel symbol that has a macron (e.g. U+014D):
\documentclass[17pt]{extarticle}
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Wrong positioning of subscripts on bold math letters
I just noticed that for kpfonts and times (and probably other fonts since it does not seem to be font-related), the subscripts on boldface letters like V are (I would say) wrong. Is there an ...
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Is there a way to improve kerning on mathematics?
It seems that some mathematical formulae do not have as good kerning as standard text? Taking a specific example, I would like to change
The version on the left is LaTeX produced from ...
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Open parenthesis followed by j produces “crash” (slight overlap of glyphs)
Using the Termes font in a large dictionary project, the open parenthesis and lower case Roman j glyphs are often in contact, and my proofreader has asked me to fix the problem, which she calls a ...
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Does latin modern sans serif have a weird kerning, or is there a problem on my side?
I don't know whether it's my brain, or my pdf reader, or a missing font on my system. I know I'm asking for Latin Modern, Sans Serif because it's for a presentation, and the result looks weird:
I ...
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2answers
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Kerning issue with Adobe Garamond Pro: XeTeX or font file to blame ?
I have run into a strange kerning issue, limited to the German letter pair Wä, when using the Adobe Garamond Pro font with XeTeX. The document looks great except for that particular pair. But see for ...
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Basic kerning with XeTeX
Trying to use custom fonts with LyX, so I started using XeTeX.
Unfortunately, It seems kerning only works with certain OpenType fonts (Linux Libertine) but not for others (Doulos SIL or Charis SIL).
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Unsightly spacing with Calligra font (Christmas card)
I'm writing my Christmas cards again with LaTeX. Last year I used a commercial font with XeTeX. For this year I was thinking about using Calligra as font, but for some reason the output is not nice ...
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TeXmacs font rendering [closed]
TeXmacs does not appear to use subpixel rendering of fonts. Subpixel rendering, also known as color anti-aliasing, can improve the appearance of text on an LCD screen.
The latest version ...
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4answers
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Kerning between bold and non-bold text
I'd like to write a word in bold followed by a comma and a non-bold word, like this:
\textbf{why}, blah
If I just write why, TeX inserts a kern to shift the comma a little closer to the "y". But ...
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LaTeX fonts with proper kerning for characters with diacritics
Could you please recommend me fonts working with LaTeX that I can use to typeset text in e.g. Central European languages, with proper kerning?
I am experiencing problems especially with pairs like ...
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Kerning between 'V' and '.'
The canonical font used in LaTeX does not seem to implement any special kerning between letters and dots, possibly resulting in too much space (say, for the combinations "V." or "T.") in my opinion.
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Zapf Chancery and placing a k next to a g
So, I was playing with fonts and found one really nice. It's just that I ran into trouble trying to write the word Background (quite a common word, eh?) using it. The k and the g extend into each ...
