Re: Xywrite antiques -Reply

[Robert Hemenway robhem@xxxxxxxx]

Carl, et al

Well, you can letterspace caps in XyW by inserting a nonbreakable space,
ASCII 32, between each letter in a very small point size. For 12pt. type,
SZ3.5PT seems about right.: ≪SZ3.5PT≫ ≪SZ12PT≫. Put that on a key and
drop it in between each pair. Works for me for letterheads. Too tedious to
use for much of anything else.

Bob Hemenway

At 09:30 PM 5/13/01 -0400, you wrote:
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>Reply to note from cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano) Sat, 12 May 2001
>19:49:09 -0400 (EDT)
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≫ What "expanded type" means in MS Word is that, for example,
≫ and by default, 1 "point" (whatever that means in Microspeak)
≫ of spacing is inserted between each character. In other words,
≫ the intercharacter spacing is increased.
>
>Ah, so. No straightforward way to do *that*, I daresay. Embedded
>PCL codes, anyone?
>
>It may or may not be possible to approximate the effect -- very
>roughly -- in Xy4 with Speedo fonts, by playing with the second
>(width) parameter of the SZ command. For example  for
>normal text and  (instead of ) for
>footnotes. The second parameter widens the characters themselves; it
>doesn't increase the space between them. Certainly not the same
>thing as increasing "intercharacter spacing".
>
>--
>Carl Distefano
>cld@xxxxxxxx
>http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/
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