On 2016-04-06 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 4/5/2016 11:51 PM, Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > On 2016-04-05 Hans Hagen wrote: > >> On 4/5/2016 10:55 PM, Jan Tosovsky wrote: > >>> > >>> according to http://texdoc.net/texmf- > >>> dist/doc/latex/microtype/microtype.pdf > >>> pdfTeX offers fine tuning of: > >>> (1) Character protrusion > >>> (2) Font expansion > >>> (3) Tracking > >>> (4) Additional kerning > >>> (5) Interword spacing > >>> > >>> AFAIK ConTeXt covers 1+2+(3?) ... > >>> Are there any plans to cover the rest? > >> > > My concern was based on this introduction (on title page), especially > > on that sentence marked with asterisks: > > > > ************************************************ > > ... the adjustment of interword spacing > > and of kerning only works with pdfTeX (≥ 1.40). > > ************************************************* > > protrusion and expansion are supported at the luatex engine level but > configuration is up to the macro packages and they can follow different > approaches > > the other things ... well, they are up to the macro package
Indeed, you most likely figured the problem. They are mentioning luatex, while those features require ConTeXt 'preprocessing'. > i don't think that there are typographical advantages of using pdftex > over luatex (at least not with context) Great, thanks! I am updating article with comparision of various engines, I'll reflect it. Jan ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
