Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
> Ahh!  "\raise" and "\lower" ... these I've missed. Look like plain  
> TeX commands, right?
>
I think it's even a TeX primitive (not defined in the plain TeX macro
package).

> Thank you Peter,
>
> (immediately I go and get a copy of that TeXbook)
>

A very good reference is "TeX by Topic" (for free, as it's not printed
any more; but you can donate the author any amount via paypal)

http://www.eijkhout.net/tbt/

Or for browsing

http://www.tug.org/utilities/plain/cseq.html

But it's never a fault to start with the TeX 'bible' ;)
Happy TeXing,

Peter

> Steffen
> 
> 
> 
> Am 31.08.2006 um 22:44 schrieb Peter Rolf:
> 
>> Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> comparable to the pre-defined \threequarter I want to write a  
>>> \TwoThird.
>>>
>>> The following looks quite good (with my respective font settings) ...
>>>
>>> \def\TwoThird{{\tx\high{\txx 2}}\kern-0.1em/\kern-0.1em{\txx 3}}
>>>
>>> ... but still the "2" is a bit to high.
>>>
>>> How can I adjust "vertikal kerning"?
>>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \def\TwoThird{\raise.295em\hbox{\txx
>> 2}\kern-0.23em/\kern-0.22em\lower.24em\hbox{\txx 3}}
>>
>> \ruledhbox{\threequarter\TwoThird}
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>> I needed a break and this was really fun. Hope it fits your needs.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steffen
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