Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: > Hallo! > >>> the following code let ghostscript fail. >>> What is wrong her? >>> >>> Wolfgang >>> >>> \setupcolors [state=start] >>> \starttext >>> \useMPlibrary[txt] >>> \startlinecorrection >>> \TightText{\ss\bf 123}{0cm}{3cm}{red} >>> \stoplinecorrection >>> \stoptext >>> % >>> %ConTeXt ver: 2007.07.03 19:38 MKII >>> %pstoedit: version 3.44 / DLL interface 108 >>> %GPL Ghostscript 8.57 (2007-05-11) > > Don't know if this matters! But the temporary created pdf (input for > pstoedit) is a bit smaller then the string to render '123'. The > overshut of the round charakters '2' and '3' is cut.
try \ruledhbox{...} and you will observe similar effects, traditional tex has alimited number of heights and depths for fonts and glyphs themselves may have a practical boundingbox different from the tight fitting one; just add struts or enlarge the box Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________