Csikos Bela wrote: > Certain character pairs look very ugly in lyx/latex output. > For example if V is followed by Hungarian accented a or e (ie. á or é) it > looks very ugly. See the attached lyx and pdf files. > I know that I could use \kerning command to adjust the distance between the > characters but how could I avoid inserting the command at every occurrence > of such character pairs?
This looks like a problem in the kerning tables of the fonts. It seems to me that LatinModern does a better job at kerning these character pairs. Fixing the kerning is difficult, see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/10455/is-there-a-way-to-adjust-kerning- for-a-specific-character-combination If you need this specific font, you could define a macro such as \newcommand\myve{V\kern-1pt é} Where you fix the kerning for specific pairs (and sizes). A crude hack, I know. You might also check the TeXGyre Pagella font instead of Palatino. Pagella is a Palatino clone from the LatinModern makers. http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/pagella HTH Jürgen
