On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:59:26 -0500
Doug McIlroy <d...@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> > I can't think of a situation where you would want to mix point sizes
> > on a line.
>
> A fairly common case is small caps, as in acronyms. Another is mixed
> fonts (e.g. using Courier for computer literals) with different
> x-heights for fonts of the same nominal point size.
As it happens, I'm working on a document right now that frequently
mixes point sizes on a line. The body is in Roman font, and the word
"xterm" is set in Helvetica to distinguish it. If I don't reduce size
of it by one point, it looks too large against the rest.
While I'm in the neighborhood, I wonder if commas in numbers get
special treatment? Reading over my document, the number 34,800 looked
bad; the comma was squished over by the eight. The effect was
especially noticable when the comma trails a 7. To correct,
.ds xterm \s-1\fH\&xterm\f[]\s+1
.ds comma \h'-5M',\h'7M'
38\*[comma]400 bits per second
because 1p was too much.
I tried math mode, too, but it seemed a little spacey. Other
suggestions? Or is it just me?
--jkl
