Peter Rolf wrote:
> Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>> Peter Rolf wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just run into the problem, that \strutheight is lower than the height
>>> of some german umlauts (���).
>>>
>>> % -----
>>> \setupoutput[pdftex]
>>> \mainlanguage[german]
>>>
>>> \setupcolors[state=start]
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>> \showstruts
>>>
>>> \def\FOO#1{\framed[frame=off,background=color,backgroundcolor=green]{#1\strut}}
>>>
>>> \hbox{\FOO{AOU}\FOO{���}}
>>>
>>> \stoptext
>>> % -----
>>>
>>> Is this intended (and if so, why)?
>>>
>>> I need this for several boxes with a mp overlay as background and
>>> centered text. The height of the boxes is equal, so all text should be
>>> placed on the same baseline. Currently I box the text and set the height
>>> manually to \strutheight. But a more "global" solution would be prefered.
>>> Should I define my own gfx strut or just add one of those umlauts to
>>> \setfontstrut or ...? Dunno what is the best solution.
>>>
>>>
>> (1) increase the lineheight (2.8ex by default)
>> (2) change the height/depth ration (.72/.28 by default)
>>
>> it all depends on the font
>>
>>
> I know not much about this stuff, so thanks for the helpful answer.
>
the .72/.28 and 2.8ex work quite wel for most fonts as well as math; they
originate in the inrstex macro package that we used long ago (just before we
started writing context, which for some time used snippets of the rather
modular inrstex)
Hans
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