letter-spacing attribute was excactly what I needed. Settled for 0.03em for 8pt Arial in the tables.
Thank you :) Bergfrid On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Bob Stayton <b...@sagehill.net> wrote: > Hi, > I doubt if kerning will have much effect, since it only adjusts spacing > between certains pairs of characters. In this case, I think you mean > tracking, which is the general horizontal spacing between characters (also > called letter-spacing). > > You can use the 'letter-spacing' attribute in XSL-FO to adjust that. Since > this property is inherited, you can set this property in the DocBook > table.table.properties attribute-set, something like this: > > <xsl:attribute-set name="table.table.properties"> > <xsl:attribute name="letter-spacing">0.02em</xsl:attribute> > </xsl:attribute-set> > > Its value is added to the normal spacing between characters. A positive > value spreads the text, and a negative value compacts the text. > > Bob Stayton > Sagehill Enterprises > b...@sagehill.net > > > On 5/14/2014 11:42 PM, Bergfrid Skaara wrote: > >> After switching font from Verdana to Arial (company policy), we have >> gotten >> feedback that the 8pt text in tables is too tightly kerned and a bit hard >> to read. Increasing the font size is not an option due to space issues. >> >> Is it possible to customize kerning beyond flipping the kerning attribute >> in the font config file to yes/no? >> >> We have both FOP1.1 and XEP4.22 in the tool chain and need the >> customization for both. >> >> Bergfrid >> >>
