Adam: One other question, if you don't mind. You wrote:
> I'm curious because it's the flip side of the grid typesetting I was > learning about earlier this week. I'd be grateful if you could tell me what you learned about this. Thanks again. Best wishes, Jack M. Lyon ___________________________________________________ The EDITORIUM Microsoft Word Add-Ins for Publishing Professionals http://www.editorium.com ___________________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Lindsay > Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 4:26 PM > To: ntg-context@ntg.nl > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Widows, flush bottom, and word breaks > > > Peter Münster said this at Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:08:27 +0100: > > >> \setupinterlinespace[stretch=0.08] % experimentation needed! > > > >I'm also very interested in these kinds of problems (and > solutions ;). > > I'm curious because it's the flip side of the grid typesetting I was > learning about earlier this week. I have no special insights, here... > > >It seems to me, that with this parameter, interline-spaces > can get smaller > >but not bigger. > > I think it allows it to become bigger by the same factor. > > >(I've just tried the example on > http://contextgarden.net/Flush_bottom) > >Could you explain this parameter a bit further? > > um, no? :) > I just stumbled across it in core-spa, and empirically > determined that it > would give a bit of variability to the interline spacing, > which is what > the original poster asked for. > > I *think* it's a multiple of \openlineheight by which the > interline space > can vary +/-. So the factor cited above seems like it can cause a > variance of up to 16% in line spacing. (And I can imagine > Hans is biting > his tongue on this because this big variance can cause a huge > difference > in the colour of the text block. :) > > >> \setuptolerance[vertical,verystrict] > > > >I know the meaning of strict and tolerant in horizontal > context, but what > >does it mean in vertical context? I didn't see any difference between > >\setuptolerance[vertical,verystrict] and > >\setuptolerance[vertical,verytolerant] > > I've always been hazy on the distinction myself. > > >Thanks in advance for further comments! We can put it on the > wiki then. > > Anyway, addressing the original poster's requirements, allowing *no* > stretch in the inter-paragraph spacing (whitespace) makes it > hard for the > interline space to handle the whole job of reaching the text > block on its > own. I'd suggest looking at the definition of \defineblank > and how small/ > medium/big are defined in order to get a better balance. In > the following > example (modified from the wiki), the spacing adjustment is a lot less > strained if I do \setupwhitespace[big] instead of 12pt. > > > \widowpenalty 0 > \setupinterlinespace[stretch=0.09] > \setuptolerance[vertical,verystrict,stretch] > \setupwhitespace[12pt] > > \starttext > \showframe > \section{Section} > \input ward \par\input knuth \par\input zapf > \section{Section} > \input tufte \par\input zapf \par\input tufte \input knuth > \section{Section} > \input hawking \par\input bryson \par\input tufte > \section{Section} > \input knuth \input knuth \par\input knuth \input ward > \stoptext > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 > Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
