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typography in dsssl (print)
- From: david aumueller <lists at huah dot org>
- To: docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 22:11:27 +0100
- Subject: DOCBOOK-APPS: typography in dsssl (print)
Hi-
(1) Just wondered why sub-/superscripts are defined by fractions of
font-size since there seem to be "\sub" and "\super" -constructs in RTF as
well, which would -- in contrast to the current method -- use the fonts'
own sub- and superscript-characters. The latter (if available) went through
their own development-process under the type-designer's mouse: As true
SmallCaps-characters, true sub- and superscript-characters have a little
bit more weight compared to the same characters sized down to the same
H-height. (If true-chars are not available in the font, I still consider
the sizing a job of the RTF-renderer.)
Furthermore, the scaling-factors defined in dbparams.dsl do not result in
nice sizes to my eyes. I propose the following values:
(define %ss-size-factor%
; 0.6)
0.7)
(define %ss-shift-factor%
; 0.4)
0.25)
(2) Is there a way / docbook-element, that distinguishes between
oblique/slanted and (true) italics?
What do you think?
da
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